Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

AquaVan gives Kamloops students rare, up-close look at animal life
KAMLOOPS - Dallas Elementary school students got to take part in a special hands-on learning experience Wednesday morning. Kindergarten to grade seven students were given the chance to get an up-close...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017

Brock students helping city cut down on unnecessary waste
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has a goal of reducing waste by 50% of the 2008 levels over the next three years, a process made potentially more challenging with the recent recycling changes. But stu...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017

Kamloops Symphony holds Barb's Book Sale Fundraiser
KAMLOOPS - It's an annual tradition in the spring and fall in Kamloops. The Kamloops Symphony Orchestra Barb's Book Sale is taking place for the next two weeks at Sahali Mall, with a wide variety of u...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017
Suspect arrested in Tuesday CIBC robbery
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP have arrested a suspect after a brazen daytime bank robbery Tuesday (April 11). At about 2:30 p.m., a man walked into the CIBC branch at Third Avenue and Victoria Street, hand...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017

Two bodies recovered following tragic ice fishing accident
KAMLOOPS - The bodies of two fisherman who had been reported missing have been recovered from Red Lake near Kamloops. The men, aged 61 and 66, ventured onto the lake Tuesday for some ice fishing and w...
Kayla Derkach Apr 12, 2017

Local candidates officially kick off provincial election campaigns
KAMLOOPS - The election campaign is now officially underway. Even though candidates in both Kamloops ridings were campaigning long before the writ dropped, they’re now in a 28-day dash to the Ma...
Kayla Derkach Apr 11, 2017

City council begins transition without mayor Milobar, Cavers
KAMLOOPS - With the writ dropping on next month’s provincial election, Kamloops City Council is feeling the shift. Council has been without Marg Spina for more than last three months, absent whi...
Kayla Derkach Apr 11, 2017
Another brazen bank robbery in Downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have released a photo of the man believed to have robbed the CIBC branch in downtown Kamloops this afternoon. Cpl. Kelly Butler says it happened at about 2:30 p.m. “We had report...
Kayla Derkach Apr 11, 2017

Suspect on the loose after hotel robbery
KAMLOOPS - Police say a local motel was robbed Monday and a suspect is on the loose after evading a police search. About 10:15 PM Monday night, a man entered the Howard Johnson Inn on West Columbia St...
Kayla Derkach Apr 11, 2017

Kamloops Law Day events taking place at Courthouse
KAMLOOPS - On Tuesday night, the Kamloops courthouse plays host to a special event which gives families an inside glimpse into the legal system, most people likely don't get. Law Day is a national eve...
Kayla Derkach Apr 11, 2017

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