Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Unseasonably quiet fire season continues, hot weather coming
KAMLOOPS - It’s a fire season that so far has proven unusually quiet. The wet spring in Kamloops, with record rainfall, means there is less threat of fire in the backcountry. “To date, the...
Jun 19, 2017
Blackwell Dairy Farm owner eager to rebuild, grateful for community support
KAMLOOPS - The investigation into a fire at Blackwell Dairy Farm is now in full swing. Despite a giant hit to its operations, the farm is continuing to supply milk to market, however, not under Blackw...
Jun 19, 2017
ASK Wellness pleased with new mobile overdose prevention site
KAMLOOPS - Nearly two weeks since Interior Health and ASK Wellness launched a mobile overdose prevention services between the north and south shores and ASK Wellness is pleased with the results. Howev...
Jun 19, 2017
Changes coming to Kamloops bylaw department
KAMLOOPS - A comprehensive review of the City of Kamloops Bylaw Enforcement Division has been finished, and city council will hear the results at a workshop tomorrow. Corporate Services and Community ...
Jun 19, 2017
Police warn Kamloops businesses about fake U.S. bills
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are warning Kamloops businesses after the discovery of counterfeit US $20 bills. Police say over the past week, some businesses have inadvertently accepted the fakes, and others have r...
Jun 19, 2017
Harm reduction seminar planned for Kamloops parents
KAMLOOPS - Police are teaming up with the Kamloops-Thompson School District, Phoenix Centre and Interior Chemical Dependency Office to educate parents about drug use and harm reduction. The agencies w...
Jun 19, 2017
Longtime school trustee Watson to run for Kamloops Council
KAMLOOPS - Longtime Kamloops school trustee Gerald Watson says he’s running for Kamloops council in the upcoming by-election. Watson was first elected to the Kamloops-Thompson School District Bo...
Jun 19, 2017
Suspect arrested, charged in 2016 homicide
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have made an arrest in the December 30, 2016 murder of 42 year old Sean Dunn. Dunn was killed near the corner of Tranquille Road and Wood Street. RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says Dunn’...
Jun 19, 2017
Third candidate for City Council
KAMLOOPS - Another candidate has surfaced for one of the two council seats up for grabs in an anticipated Kamloops byelection this fall. Local chiropractor Stephen Karpuk says he will be seeking a sea...
Jun 19, 2017
No injuries as plane slides off runway at Fulton Field
KAMLOOPS - Looks like everyone was safe after a small plane went off the runway after landing at Fulton Field early last evening. According to eyewitnesses, the plane had only one landing gear down on...
Jun 19, 2017
