Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Candidates spend final campaign days primarily door knocking
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - With three days to go until the provincial election, Kamloops candidates are out in full-swing this weekend. The NDP’s Barb Nederpel and Nancy Bepple are spending the weekend kn...
May 6, 2017
City crews grapple with more flash flooding Friday night
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Two separate flooding incidents kept city crews busy Friday night. According to Tammy Robertson, EOC Information Officer with the City of Kamloops, Noble Creek breached its banks for ...
May 6, 2017
Saturday marks final day for advanced voting
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Those looking to cast an advanced vote ahead of Tuesday’s election better hurry up. Saturday marks the final day for advanced voting. According to the Canadian Press, more than ...
May 6, 2017
Evacuation ordered in Cherry Creek
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued an evacuation order for 11 properties in Cherry Creek. The order was issued at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening, due to “the potential danger ...
May 5, 2017
Cherry Creek homes hit hard by flooding following rainstorm
KAMLOOPS - In 12 years of living on his property, Wayne Holm has never seen anything like it. “Five or six years ago the water was up but it only came to the bottom of our bridge,” said Ho...
May 5, 2017
Election issues: Rural communities
KAMLOOPS - With the major party leaders spending countless hours campaigning in the Lower Mainland and large urban centres it’s easy for residents of rural communities to feel forgotten about. B...
May 5, 2017
Missing teen may have been spotted in Kamloops
UPDATE JULY 24 - Teen found safe and sound in Metro Vancouver. EARLIER- RCMP are still looking for a missing Kamloops teenager, and say she might have been spotted in Kamloops yesterday. 17 year old A...
May 5, 2017
Overnight storm causes creek flooding throughout Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - The overnight rain storm that hit the BC Interior has caused creeks around the Kamloops area to overspill their banks. Noble Creek in Westsyde is flowing into private properties, though it&...
May 5, 2017
Storm hits, but not as hard as predicted
KAMLOOPS - It didn’t develop to be the big storm it could have been, but there are still concerns after all the storm warnings yesterday. Officially, Kamloops got only half a millimeter of rain ...
May 5, 2017
Cougar sighting in Westsyde
KAMLOOPS - There haven’t been any official warnings at this point, but it appears there’s a cougar in the area of the far reaches of Westysde. Andrea Clark posted two pictures on the Wests...
May 5, 2017
