Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Man breaks into Kamloops business, defecates in bathtub, takes nap, flees in stolen vehicle
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are searching for a suspect who broke into a commercial suite on the South Shore, defecated in a bathtub and fled in a vehicle reported as stolen.In a news release, RCMP say t...
Oct 24, 2023
Coquihalla Highway and Okanagan Connector due for another snowy day
KAMLOOPS - Snow continues to fall on stretches of the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Kamloops and the Okanagan Connector between Merritt and Kelowna this morning (Oct. 24).From Tuesday morning un...
James Peters Oct 24, 2023
City of Kamloops welcomes new legislation to limit use of short-term rentals
KAMLOOPS - The number of short-term rentals - such as Airbnb and VRBO - has expanded rapidly over recent years in British Columbia. With the province facing a housing crisis, the government is taking ...
Aaron Schulze Oct 23, 2023
TRU welcomes the entire Kamloops community to the annual Open House
KAMLOOPS - Have you ever driven by the Thompson Rivers University campus on McGill Road and wondered just what goes on in that collection of buildings? Well, Saturday (Oct. 21) was your chance to find...
Oct 23, 2023
Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre to facilitate service hub with provincial funding
KAMLOOPS - Survivors of sexual assault will soon have access to a new support hub through the Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre (KSACC). The centre was recently announced as one of five locat...
Aaron Schulze Oct 23, 2023
'Do we have enough beds? We absolutely do not'; Kamloops shelters preparing for winter
KAMLOOPS - With overnight lows in Kamloops forecast to hit minus temperatures this week, shelter operators are gearing up for the winter season.Last year at this time, Out of the Cold was scrambling t...
Aaron Schulze Oct 23, 2023
RCMP in Lillooet look to identify robbery suspect
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Lillooet are looking for help identifying a robbery suspect.In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cst. Balraj Saran says officers were called to a business in the 600-block of ...
Oct 23, 2023
Helicopter part stolen from truck parked in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are on the lookout for unique, valuable items that were stolen from a vehicle downtown last week.In a news release issued Monday (Oct. 23) morning, at around 6:30 a.m. Thursda...
Aaron Schulze Oct 23, 2023
Traci Genereaux's family still searching for answers, six years after her body found
SALMON ARM, B.C. - On Oct. 21, 2017, the body of Traci Genereaux was found on the property of a north Okanagan man with a violent history. However, to this day, the victim's family is still waiting fo...
James Peters Oct 23, 2023
Downed power pole on Trans Canada Highway left 3,000 Kamloops customers without power
KAMLOOPS - A downed power pole on the Trans Canada Highway in Valleyview was the cause of a large power outage in Kamloops Sunday (Oct. 22) night.DriveBC reported of a vehicle incident on Highway 1 ne...
James Peters Oct 23, 2023
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