Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for a suspect after a frightening carjacking attempt in downtown Kamloops. According to a release, a woman was getting out of her vehicle after parking it in the 900-block ...

Kamloops is one of seven communities that will get new, real time technology on its BC Transit buses. The technology will allow customers to track the location of individual buses by using a free smar...

KAMLOOPS - The Special Olympic B.C. Summer Games’ cauldron won’t be officially lit until Thursday night during the Opening Ceremony, but a police escort with athletes and law enforcement f...

KAMLOOPS - A brush fire that began with a car crash near Cherry Creek yesterday afternoon has destroyed a contractor’s shop and several other outbuildings. The fire began just after 3:30 p.m., w...

KAMLOOPS - Much of the province has been experiencing a long stretch of dry, hot weather, but a campfire ban has yet to go into effect in the Kamloops Fire Centre. There has been little precipitation ...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman is the lucky owner of a brand new home in Juniper Ridge. Beverley Ireland won this year’s Kamloops Y Dream Home. This year’s home is a four-thousand square foot...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking for help tracking down the man who robbed a convenience store on the North Shore this afternoon. Officers say the man walked into the Cornerstone Market on 12th Str...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE - Fire crews have largely contained a brush fire off the Trans Canada Highway near Cherry Creek. The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon after a vehicle accident ignited grass in the ...

KAMLOOPS - A new owner is breathing new life into the heritage Plaza Hotel in downtown Kamloops. The hotel was recently purchased by Sumer Dhillon, who already owns Tumbleweeds neighbourhood pub in Da...

KAMLOOPS - It’s been closed for more than two years, but the finishing touches are being put on the refurbished Westsyde pool, which is two months away from re-opening. “We’re still ...