Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Newly-minted Okanagan jail promises to relieve pressure on KRCC
KAMLOOPS - BC Corrections held a grand opening ceremony this morning for the new $200 million Okanagan Correctional Centre north of Oliver. The jail is being hailed as a potential source of relief for...
Oct 21, 2016
Quiet wildfire season saves B.C. millions
KAMLOOPS - With the wildfire season all but wrapped up, provincial officials say 2016 was extraordinarily quiet. Chief Fire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek says 1,050 fires were recorded this year,...
Oct 20, 2016
Changing Face of the Kamloops RCMP: New Recruits
KAMLOOPS - In the first installment of our new series ‘The Changing Face of the Kamloops RCMP’ we feature some new faces, beginning a new era for the detachment. Kamloops is in transition,...
Oct 20, 2016
Illicit drug death count in Kamloops rises to 25
KAMLOOPS - New numbers from the BC Coroners Service show the number of illicit drug deaths in the province has already eclipsed the total for all of 2015. 555 people have died after using illicit drug...
Oct 20, 2016
Kamloops Lafarge plant to close, 26 layoffs expected
KAMLOOPS - Lafarge Canada has announced the company’s Kamloops plant is shutting down. Lafarge says it will “mothball” the local cement plant, and blames the decision on market condi...
Oct 20, 2016
Emergency preparedness highlighted with annual shakeout drill
KAMLOOPS - October 20th is the date of the annual Shakeout BC earthquake preparedness drill. One of the local workplaces to participate in the exercise was London Drugs in downtown Kamloops. WATCH: Fu...
Oct 20, 2016
Three candidates competing for Kamloops-North Thompson Liberal nomination
KAMLOOPS - The field is set for the BC Liberal nomination in Kamloops-North Thompson ahead of next spring’s provincial election. Yesterday was the deadline for potential candidates to file their...
Oct 20, 2016
Empowering event: Kamloops Y gives girls power
KAMLOOPS - It’s a full-day conference for teen and pre-teen girls focusing on everything from self-esteem, healthy relationships, dating, discrimination, body image and bullying. The Power of Be...
Oct 19, 2016
Kamloops woman scammed out of $26,500
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a Kamloops woman has been taken for more than $26,000 by a scammer. Police say the woman, who is in her 70s, received a call telling her she had won a quarter of a million dollars ...
Oct 19, 2016
Upgrades to the North Shore Community Policing Office on RCMP radar
KAMLOOPS - The new North Shore Community Policing Office is not yet a year old – but RCMP are already proposing some improvements to the $2 million building. A proposal for upgrades was presente...
Oct 19, 2016
