Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Mitch Harlock's legacy lives on through bursary
KAMLOOPS - A Norkam Secondary student has been awarded a bursary, honouring a Kamloops teenager who lost his battle with cancer. The Kamloops Firefighters Charitable Society has awarded bursaries in m...
Jun 13, 2016
Kamloops Keg location to close
KAMLOOPS - The Keg Restaurants says its decision to close its Kamloops location was a difficult one. But, in a news release, the company says it’s Kamloops franchise owners don’t want to b...
Jun 13, 2016
Garage destroyed in Barnhartvale fire
KAMLOOPS - A garage was destroyed in an early morning fire in Barnhartvale, but the adjacent home was spared and noone was hurt. KFR’s Steve Kilmartin says they were called to the home at 6108 M...
Jun 13, 2016
Kamloops Relay for Life raises $37,000
KAMLOOPS - An event celebrating cancer survivors and raising money for those still in the battle was held Saturday, June 11, in Kamloops. This year’s Relay for Life celebrated more than 50 survi...
Jun 12, 2016
Kamloops Pride mourns for victims of Orlando shooting
KAMLOOPS - The horrific shooting and hostage taking at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, FL early this morning, June 12, has shocked and devastated many in the U.S. and around the world. Fifty peopl...
Jun 12, 2016
Kamloops remembers Len Marchand
KAMLOOPS - Despite the grey skies, and occasional rain, hundreds gathered at a public memorial service for former Member of Parliament, federal cabinet minister, and Senator, Len Marchand, who passed ...
Jun 11, 2016
Health Minister seeks fewer barriers to safe injection sites
KAMLOOPS - B.C.’s Health Minister would like to see fewer restrictions in place for setting up safe injection sites. Terry Lake says the former federal government’s Respect for Communities...
Jun 11, 2016
Agitated man taken down by police taser
KAMLOOPS - A 46-year-old man is in custody after an altercation with Kamloops RCMP. Shortly after 9 p.m. last night, June 10, officers witnessed a man swinging a large wooden walking staff and yelling...
Jun 11, 2016
Organizers seek smoking provision at Ribfest
KAMLOOPS - At its regular meeting next week, Kamloops council is expected to discuss the first challenge to its new by-law barring smoking in city parks. The city has received a formal request from th...
Jun 10, 2016
Mother of OD victim says more must be done to prevent deaths
KAMLOOPS - The spate of overdose deaths in B.C. has hit Kamloops harder than any other community. Eighteen deaths were recorded in the city between January and May this year. One of those killed was R...
Jun 10, 2016
