Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Panhandling & transients plague downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Panhandling is an issue that many communities face right across the country, and Kamloops isn’t immune. In fact, the problem of people begging for money or engaging in illicit activit...
Jul 13, 2016
Mounties discover bike graveyard on the North Shore
KAMLOOPS - If you’ve had your bicycle stolen in the past, this may be of interest. Police found a bicycle graveyard on the North Shore this afternoon (July 13). Corporal Jodi Shelkie says an off...
Jul 13, 2016
Kamloops overdose deaths already three times 2015 total
KAMLOOPS - The BC Coroners Service says Kamloops has seen the fourth-most illicit drug overdose deaths in the province so far this year – trailing only Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria. 22 people ...
Jul 13, 2016
Province buys new equipment for TRU trades school
KAMLOOPS - The province has doled out some new funding to the Thompson Rivers University School of Trades and Technology. MLAs Todd Stone and Terry Lake announced $300 thousand in new equipment and to...
Jul 13, 2016
Kamloops council approves wine variance permit at Save-on-Foods
KAMLOOPS - The wine debate in the Tournament Capital was once again the topic of discussion among City Councillors. At its regular meeting today (July 12) council was discussing whether or not to look...
Jul 12, 2016
Death of female found in river not suspicious
KAMLOOPS - Police are now saying there was nothing suspicious in the death of a woman whose body was found on the shore of the South Thompson River yesterday (Tuesday) morning. In a news release this ...
Jul 12, 2016
Police scour second location along the Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - RCMP and Kamloops Fire Rescue rushed to Riverside Park, for another report of a body found. BC Ambulance received a call of a possible body floating in the river near the west end of Rivers...
Jul 12, 2016
Fentanyl dealer sentenced in Kamloops Supreme Court
KAMLOOPS - The first ever sentence for trafficking fentanyl in BC, was handed down in Kamloops Supreme Court today. According to Kamloops This Week, 32-year old Matthew Hickson was handed a 28 month p...
Jul 11, 2016
Kamloops flocks to airport for Open House
KAMLOOPS - Fans of flying machines were in their element this weekend, as the Kamloops Airport held an open house. The event was planned around the 419 Squadron's 75th Anniversary celebrations, and fe...
Jul 11, 2016
Coroners Service identifies body found in Kamloops park
KAMLOOPS - A body discovered along a hiking trail in Peterson Creek Park last week has been identified. On Wednesday, a jogger came across a deceased man in the park. He has been identified as 26-year...
Jul 11, 2016
