Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - It’s a small device that could save your life. Having a smoke alarm in your home, increases your chance of surviving a fire by 50% and fire officials are advising homeowners to check ...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops elementary school is hoping to garner funds to revamp its playground. Summit Elementary is one of several groups looking for support through the Aviva Community Fund Contest, whi...

KAMLOOPS - The second man to plead guilty to the 2011 killing of Archie LePretre in downtown Kamloops has received a life sentence with no chance of parole for 14 years. Justice Dev Dley handed the se...

KAMLOOPS - School District 73 officials say the trend of frightening clowns popping up in odd places appears to have made its way to Kamloops, and its no laughing matter. Director of Student Support S...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Film Commission has issued a casting call for a feature film shooting in Kamloops starting late this month. Film Commissioner Vicci Weller says the film ‘Beautiful...

KAMLOOPS - One of two men who murdered Archie Lepretre on a downtown Kamloops basketball court five years ago apologized in BC Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, but few of the victim’s family ...

KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre has lifted the curtain on it’s latest production at the Sagebrush Theatre, and it’s expected to be a popular show. Blithe Spirit – a smash hit on Lo...

KAMLOOPS - If you are traveling on the North Shore in the next few hours, you may want to avoid Fortune Drive at Oak Street. Two vehicles were involved in a crash that resulted in one vehicle ending u...

KAMLOOPS - This weekend, the Home Depot in Kamloops held their annual fundraiser for the Orange Door Project. The project is an effort to end youth homelessness in Canada. It’s an issue which ca...

KAMLOOPS - Sentencing submissions have begun for one of two men involved in a murder in Downtown Kamloops more than five years ago. Archie LePretre was stabbed and beaten to death on March 22, 2011 wh...