Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Missing teen may have been spotted in Kamloops
UPDATE JULY 24 - Teen found safe and sound in Metro Vancouver. EARLIER- RCMP are still looking for a missing Kamloops teenager, and say she might have been spotted in Kamloops yesterday. 17 year old A...
May 05, 2017
Overnight storm causes creek flooding throughout Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - The overnight rain storm that hit the BC Interior has caused creeks around the Kamloops area to overspill their banks. Noble Creek in Westsyde is flowing into private properties, though it&...
May 05, 2017
Storm hits, but not as hard as predicted
KAMLOOPS - It didn’t develop to be the big storm it could have been, but there are still concerns after all the storm warnings yesterday. Officially, Kamloops got only half a millimeter of rain ...
May 05, 2017
Cougar sighting in Westsyde
KAMLOOPS - There haven’t been any official warnings at this point, but it appears there’s a cougar in the area of the far reaches of Westysde. Andrea Clark posted two pictures on the Wests...
May 05, 2017
Rising temperatures increase Barnhartvale residents flood fears
KAMLOOPS - As temperatures continue to rise throughout the city, so does the speed of the snowpack melt. With water levels in Campbell Creek continuing to rise, Barnhartvale residents are sandbagging ...
May 04, 2017
Election issues: Pipelines
KAMLOOPS - The $7.4 billion expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline has been approved by the federal government, but it hasn’t earned a stamp of approval from the majority of ...
May 04, 2017
Greyhound depot stays put for another year
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Greyhound depot is staying put - for the time being. Greyhound has been looking for a new location since last year, as the owner of the current depot on Notre Dame Drive is loo...
May 04, 2017
Searchers scour Thompson River for bridge jumper
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue volunteers and RCMP are searching the Thompson River after the report of a person jumping from the Overlanders Bridge this morning. The emergency call was made ar...
May 04, 2017
McHappy Day raises more than $62,000 locally
KAMLOOPS - McHappy Day organizers say the 24th annual event yesterday was a big success. Local McDonald’s restaurants raised a total of $62,544. Normally, proceeds go to a specifically local ini...
May 04, 2017
Sloughing of hillside near Rayleigh slow, could be impacted by thunderstorms
KAMLOOPS - In the hills past Rayleigh, excavators dig up portions of the sloughed area, trying and stabilize the slope that is creeping closer to the Yellowhead Highway by the hour. “They don...
May 04, 2017
