Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Merchant Market fills the streets of downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - If you haven’t been downtown lately, now’s the time to go. The Kamloops Merchants Market’ is underway this week, offering the best of what our city has to offer. Whether i...
Jul 20, 2016
Motorcyclist walks away from crash with motorhome
KAMLOOPS - It’s a very lucky day for a motorcyclist, after being involved in a collision with another vehicle just east of the city, and when you consider the other vehicle was a motorhome the r...
Jul 20, 2016
Kamloops music program strikes a chord with young musicians
KAMLOOPS - Young musicians are refining their skills this month at the Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music (KISSM) taking place at Sahali Secondary School. Students come from all over the distric...
Jul 20, 2016
BC Coroners Service IDs body found on Kamloops riverbank
KAMLOOPS - The BC Coroners Service has identified the woman whose body was found on the bank of the South Thompson River last week. She was 53 year old Shirley Marie Thomas of Vancouver. Thomas was fo...
Jul 20, 2016
Cops warn Coquihalla drivers about changing conditions
KAMLOOPS - Police say hydroplaning on a rain-slicked highway played a part in a series of crashes on the Coquihalla yesterday (July 19). Corporal Jodi Shelkie says in one case, poor tire tread may hav...
Jul 20, 2016
Kamloops Petro Can attendant beaten with baseball bat, robbed
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are hunting for a man who used a baseball bat to terrorize a gas station attendant last night. At about 7:30 p.m., the suspect walked into the Petro Canada convenience store o...
Jul 20, 2016
Mind over Metal: kids get a jump-start on trades training
KAMLOOPS - It’s not your typical summer camp, but it’s proving to be very popular for 18 students in the Kamloops area. The Mind over Metal welding camp being held at Thompson Rivers Unive...
Jul 19, 2016
Passionate pipeline discussion begins in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Two days of panel discussions regarding the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion began today, July 19, at Thompson Rivers University. A three-person ministerial panel is collecting in...
Jul 19, 2016
B.C. Transit buses is Kamloops to be equipped with new tracking technology
KELOWNA, B.C. - New funding has been announced for BC Transit projects. Premier Christy Clark made the announcement in Kelowna this morning (July 19). “We are the first province in the country t...
Jul 19, 2016
Happy campers: wet weather means prohibition postponed
KAMLOOPS - There is still no campfire prohibition in place for the Kamloops Fire Centre, and judging from the forecast, a ban won’t be necessary for at least the next few days. Last year, the pr...
Jul 19, 2016
