Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Hazmat incident at Courthouse highlights concern over fentanyl
KAMLOOPS - A spokesman for the union representing sheriffs at the Kamloops courthouse says he expects a full investigation into a hazardous materials scare at the courthouse yesterday. WATCH: Full rep...
Mar 16, 2017
Three arrested following breakins at Kamloops businesses
KAMLOOPS - Police have three people in custody after a series of break and enters earlier this week in the City. The three were arrested Wednesday afternoon at a local motel after police found a stole...
Mar 16, 2017
Kamloops tech sector hoping TRU can help retain skilled workers
KAMLOOPS - Many from the Kamloops tech sector are heading back home after two days at the B.C. Tech Summit in Vancouver. Business owners from the Interior were there hoping to find ways to retain tale...
Mar 15, 2017
Westsyde residents and workers worry about high speeds
KAMLOOPS - It was just before midnight Monday when a 36-year-old man was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Westsyde Rd. and 8th St. He later died in hospital. Witnesses to the collision told ...
Mar 15, 2017
Hazmat incident at the Kamloops Courthouse
KAMLOOPS - We’ll likely find out more today about a hazardous materials incident at the Kamloops Courthouse late yesterday afternoon. The hazmat team was called out after an apparent altercation...
Mar 15, 2017
Crown appeals sentence in Pritchard police assault
KAMLOOPS - The BC Criminal Justice Branch has confirmed it has filed an appeal of the sentences handed down to two men convicted of beating a Kamloops RCMP officer until he was unconscious. Jerry Lama...
Mar 15, 2017
North Shore BIA concerned about 'fixed' locations of mobile injection sites
KAMLOOPS - After Kamloops City Council unanimously endorsed the concept of two mobile injection sites on Tuesday, the North Shore Business Improvement Association is concerned about the mobile site be...
Mar 15, 2017
Sheriff shortage ships Kamloops guards to Victoria
KAMLOOPS - The head of the union representing sheriffs in BC says deputy sheriffs are being transported from Kamloops to Victoria to help cover a shortage there. BCGEU section chair Dean Purdy says th...
Mar 15, 2017
City Council shifts industrial tax rate with hope of stabilizing job force
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Council has passed a policy that it says will lead to more financial certainty to heavy industry in town. Council shifted the industrial tax rate on Tuesday, in response to co...
Mar 14, 2017
City Council endorses two mobile injection sites in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is moving one step forward towards the reality of operating two mobile injection sites, voting unamimously at Tuesday’s Council meeting to endorse the mobile site...
Mar 14, 2017
