Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Open burning ban to be lifted in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - A reduced wildfire risk in the region means the Kamloops Fire Centre will lift its Category 2 and Category 3 open fire bans at 5 p.m. Friday (Oct. 13). The rescinding of the ban applies to ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 12, 2017

Missing Kamloops man found
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE - RCMP report a man they were trying to locate yesterday has been found safe. Police had been looking for Marcel Allan Hutchings.
Kayla Derkach Oct 12, 2017

Pair arrested in hospital car theft
KAMLOOPS - Two people are in police custody and facing numerous charges following an alleged vehicle theft in Kamloops. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelki says the incident occurred Oct. 7 when a person w...
Kayla Derkach Oct 12, 2017

RCMP confirm Richmond homicide victim was at Kamloops gangland murder
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are confirming a man found dead in Richmond this week was present at the murder of gang kingpin Konaam Shirzad in Kamloops. 30 year old Ibrahim Amjad Ibrahim was found shot to...
Kayla Derkach Oct 12, 2017

Crash near Cherry Creek injures driver
KAMLOOPS - Traffic was backed up on the Trans Canada Highway near Cherry Creek Thursday morning after a single vehicle crash. At about 9:10 a.m., a pickup truck careened off the highway and into a nea...
Kayla Derkach Oct 12, 2017

Kamloops mural employment program a picture of success
KAMLOOPS - Murals are seen as a way to brighten up city streets while at the same time warding off graffiti and loitering in an area. The Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association has been par...
Kayla Derkach Oct 11, 2017

Ajax assessment reaches the home stretch
KAMLOOPS - The BC Environmental Assessment Office is all finished surveying the public about the proposed KGHM-Ajax mine. The final public comment period on the assessment into the mine proposal close...
Kayla Derkach Oct 11, 2017

Federal tax proposal most 'controversial' Kamloops accountant has ever seen
KAMLOOPS - Proposed changes to the federal tax system are causing quite a stir locally. That from Starr Carson, managing partner for KPMG’s Kamloops office. One of the proposals seeks to tax emp...
Kayla Derkach Oct 11, 2017

Project Connect sparks conversation about housing for homeless
KAMLOOPS - Thirty-seven social agencies gathered at Spirit Square today (Oct. 11) to connect Kamloops’s homeless population to important services. Project Connect is the main event of Homelessne...
Kayla Derkach Oct 11, 2017

KFR encourages emergency preparation during Fire Prevention Week
KAMLOOPS - Every second counts. That’s the message Kamloops Fire Rescue is spreading during Fire Prevention Week. “They say you have as little as two minutes to get out of a house fire,...
Kayla Derkach Oct 11, 2017

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