Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops organics collection temporarily shifting to bi-weekly pickup during winter months
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents are being advised of an upcoming schedule shift to the curbside organics collection. Starting December 1 for the duration of the winter season, bins will be picked up eve...
Aaron Schulze Nov 09, 2023
'Sober second thought'; Bass swings vote to reconsider utility rate hike
KAMLOOPS - At the final council meeting in October, Kamloops council narrowly voted in favour of a water amendment bylaw that would see a 25 per cent rate increase in 2024. Due to the 5-4 vote split, ...
Nov 09, 2023
RCMP seek info on man who allegedly assaulted Valleyview restaurant employee
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP would like your help identifying a man who allegedly assaulted an employee at a Valleyview restaurant.In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says the i...
Nov 09, 2023
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival moves up to July for 2024
KAMLOOPS - Organizers of the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues festival are moving the event earlier in an effort to avoid another wildfire-related cancellation.The 2023 festival was cancelled at the last mi...
Nov 09, 2023
Stolen bike returned to Kamloops child more than five years later
KAMLOOPS - Five-and-a-half years since a bicycle was stolen from a shed on Ord Road in Kamloops, it has been successfully returned to it's rightful owner.In April of 2018, a mother reported that her d...
Nov 09, 2023
Kamloops RCMP searching for wedding ring and necklace stolen from grandmother
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled for a wedding ring and necklace that were stolen from a grandmother.In a news release issued Thursday (Nov. 9) morning, police ...
Nov 09, 2023
Kamloops council to receive Code of Conduct investigation report in closed meeting, consider sanctions
KAMLOOPS - It appears disciplinary measures against Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson may be on the way.Kamloops council released a statement Thursday morning (Nov. 9) alluding to a report generated a...
Nov 09, 2023
Man found dead near Heffley Creek after truck goes down embankment
KAMLOOPS - One man was found dead near a truck that reportedly went down a steep embankment near Heffley Creek on Todd Mountain Road.In a news release issued Thursday (Nov. 9), Tk'emlups Rural RCMP sa...
Nov 09, 2023
VIDEO: Tk'emlúps commemorates Indigenous Veterans Day
KAMLOOPS - November 8 serves as Indigenous Veterans Day across Canada, commemorating more than 12,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis people who served in conflicts throughout Canada's history - includ...
Aaron Schulze Nov 08, 2023
Kamloops sees second largest jump for 'Living Wage' in B.C.
KAMLOOPS - A 9.2 per cent increase, to $20.91 per hour for the living wage in Kamloops is the second highest jump in the province behind only Nanaimo. The key factors in the increase are rent and groc...
Aaron Schulze Nov 08, 2023
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