Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Drug seizure leads to hazmat response at Kamloops police headquarters
KAMLOOPS - Downtown residents were alarmed by a major hazardous material response at the Battle Street RCMP detachment last night. Several emergency vehicles and scores of emergency personnel were see...
Jul 14, 2016
RCMP say latest scam targets immigrants
KAMLOOPS - Police are alerting the public to a new twist on the familiar Canada Revenue Agency scam. In this iteration, the scammer will call up an immigrant to Canada impersonating an immigration off...
Jul 14, 2016
Weather alert issued for Thompson-Nicola
KAMLOOPS - BC’s southern Interior could be the next to endure some wicked weather. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for eight areas of south-central B-C, from the North ...
Jul 14, 2016
Change to Save-On-Foods wine application changes minds
KAMLOOPS - A small change in wording has made all the difference in the fight to sell wine at Save-On Foods. In May, Kamloops City Council had voted 5-2 against a bylaw variance that would allow the S...
Jul 13, 2016
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
