Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops RCMP investigating homicide on Tranquille Rd.
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for a suspect in an assault which has left a 30 year old male dead. At approximately 4:47pm on Friday, a 911 call was recieved for a male who had suffered serious injuries ...
Jan 23, 2016
Death at the Duchess on Tranquille
KAMLOOPS - The RCMP confirm there has been a sudden death at the Duchess on Tranquille this week. Corporal Cheryl Bush says they responded to the nightclub in the early morning hours of Tuesday Januar...
Jan 23, 2016
B.C. Government chips in to end tobacco use
KAMLOOPS - If one of your New Year's resolutions was to quit smoking, but you're still puffing on those darts, B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake has some good news for you. The province will chip in to ...
Jan 22, 2016
Kamloops climbers summit Mt. Kilimanjaro for a cause
KAMLOOPS - It's the highest peak on the African continent, rising 5,895 metres above sea level, off the plains of Tanzania. Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the Seven Summits; the highest mountains on each...
Jan 22, 2016
Pedaling to divert waste from the landfill
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman is pedaling to divert food waste from landfills. The B.C. Lottery Corporation is trying to pioneer commercial composting in Kamloops. After conducting a waste audit it was ...
Jan 22, 2016
No fire code change on CO detectors forthcoming
KAMLOOPS - It doesn’t appear mandatory carbon monoxide detectors are coming to the BC fire code any time soon. Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake says the devices are already mandatory in ne...
Jan 22, 2016
McLeod stands with MLAs against First Nations claim
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod is calling on the Trudeau government to stand with the province of BC in opposing the First Nations land claim on the Ajax mine property. McLeod sa...
Jan 22, 2016
School District 73 report uncovers interesting statistics
KAMLOOPS - For the first time in recent memory, a higher percentage of boys finished high school in School District 73 last year than girls. A new report heading to the Board of Education next week sh...
Jan 22, 2016
Family saved from carbon monoxide poisoning by crying toddler
KAMLOOPS - Fifteen-month-old Celia Ruppel is being credited with saving her life, the lives of her parents, and the family's several cats and dogs after carbon monoxide filled their Kamloops home. It ...
Jan 21, 2016
Former Kamloops teen plans to write a book about sexual abuse
KAMLOOPS - When she was 15 years old she was sexually abused by her then 39 year old Kamloops hockey coach. Now 20 years old and living in Alberta, Chanelle Petrie is being all but silent about her tr...
Jan 21, 2016
