Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Brock residents urging police to reduce property crime
KAMLOOPS - It’s a problem that continues to plague Kamloops: an increase in the amount of property crime happening around the city. On Monday, during a police committee meeting at City Hall, Sup...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2016

Duo accused of beating Mountie in Pritchard plead guilty
KAMLOOPS - Just days before their trial was set to begin, a pair of men have pleaded guilty to beating up an RCMP officer in Pritchard two years ago. In BC Supreme Court today, Jerry Lamar and Leon Le...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2016

Accused in cabbie stabbing ordered to stand trial
KAMLOOPS - A teenager charged with stabbing a Kamloops taxi driver this summer has been ordered to stand trial in BC Supreme Court. 19 year old Austin Eyres faces a single count of aggravated assault....
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2016

Former Kamloops Councillor O'Fee named Chair of IH Board
KAMLOOPS - Former Kamloops Councillor John O’Fee has been named the new chair of the Interior Health Board of Directors. O’Fee succeeds Erwin Malzer, whose tenure expires at the end of the...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2016

Chamber gala honours excellence in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was a sold out crowd numbering almost 450 people Saturday night for the Kamloops Chamber-TD Bank Business Excellence Awards gala. The 30th annual event featured a total of 509 nomination...
Kayla Derkach Oct 24, 2016

City planning to increase recreation fees in 2017
KAMLOOPS - City Council is expected to approve a five per cent rate increase for all recreation facilities at Tuesday’s regular council meeting. The increase would go into effect Jan. 1, 2017, a...
Kayla Derkach Oct 23, 2016

Honour Ranch to provide PTSD refuge
Kayla Derkach Oct 23, 2016

Police nab man for breaking and entering
KAMLOOPS - RCMP arrested a 40-year-old man Saturday after he broke into a garden shed and later attempted to break into vehicles. RCMP members and the Police Dog Service responded to Anvil Crescent sh...
Kayla Derkach Oct 23, 2016

Kamloops lawyer wins Supreme Court of Canada case over joint submissions
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops lawyer has successfully argued a case that will change how greatly a trial judge is able to deviate from joint submissions. Micah Rankin saw the need to take the matter to the Su...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2016

City of Kamloops to receive compensation for TCC building repairs
KAMLOOPS - A settlement has been reached between the city of Kamloops and all parties involved in damages to the Tournament Capital Centre Fieldhouse. The TCC Fieldhouse experienced years of moisture ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 22, 2016

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