Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Kamloops Mounties say distracted driving getting worse, not better
KAMLOOPS - The fines are harsher and there’s more police presence, but drivers around BC including in Kamloops still aren’t leaving their phones alone. Central Interior Traffic Services pu...
Kayla Derkach Mar 23, 2017

Child recovering after medical incident at Canada Games Pool
KAMLOOPS - The child who was the subject of a frantic emergency call to the Canada Games Pool yesterday has been released from hospital. According to a news release from the City of Kamloops, the youn...
Kayla Derkach Mar 23, 2017

It's Morphin' Time! Kamloops-filmed Power Rangers set to open
KAMLOOPS - The Power Rangers movie opens tonight (March 23) in many North American cities, including Kamloops, which served as the backdrop for several scenes in the film. For the locals who had a sma...
Kayla Derkach Mar 23, 2017

Police on the hunt for North Shore flasher
KAMLOOPS - Police are on the lookout for a man who flashed a woman earlier this week. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says it happened Monday night at about 10:00 p.m., as a woman was walking down Tranquille Road a...
Kayla Derkach Mar 23, 2017

Ask Wellness treating supervised injection sites as an experiment
KAMLOOPS - With this year’s fentanyl-related deaths about to reach double-digits, it’s clear the province-wide epidemic is far from over. Last week, Kamloops city council voted in favour o...
Kayla Derkach Mar 22, 2017

Emergency unfolds at Canada Games Pool
KAMLOOPS - No word yet on the condition of a young boy who was taken to Royal Inland Hospital late yesterday afternoon after an incident at the Canada Games Pool. Emergency crews were called around 4:...
Kayla Derkach Mar 22, 2017

Funding announced for transportation, infrastructure projects in TNRD
KAMLOOPS - The province is providing funding for a number of infrastructure projects in Kamloops and the Thompson Nicola Regional District Wednesday. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd...
Kayla Derkach Mar 22, 2017

RCMP, family concerned for Aislynn Hanson's safety
KAMLOOPS - 17-year-old Aislynn Hanson disappeared from a Kamloops medical facility on Feb. 20, and hasn’t been heard from since. The Summerland teen has run away before, but her grandmother says...
Kayla Derkach Mar 22, 2017

The Reach set to rise above TRU
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University says shovels will go into the ground this summer for the first phase of the university’s multi-faceted development project The Reach. Cape Construction has ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 22, 2017

Students spending part of spring break training with the RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Students from across School District 73 are getting the opportunity this week to train like RCMP officers and get a taste of what it would be like to go to bootcamp. They’re learning ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 21, 2017

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