Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Mounties use taser to collar knife-wielding suspect in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP used a taser to take down a knife-wielding woman in downtown Kamloops Wednesday morning (Oct. 22).In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cpl. Dana Napier says officers were called ...
Oct 22, 2025
Fending off conflict-of-interest warnings, Kamloops mayor again votes on proposal led by developer he is suing
KAMLOOPS - Embattled mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson was challenged by both councillors and City of Kamloops staff Tuesday (Oct. 21) over conflict-of-interest issues.On council's agenda for Tuesday's regular...
Oct 22, 2025
Upper Nicola Band members extinguish roof fire at Quilchena Community Centre site
QUILCHENA, B.C. - The Upper Nicola Band is crediting members and volunteer firefighters for preventing disaster at a future community centre. A fire ignited at the Quilchena Community Centre site earl...
Oct 22, 2025
Virtual care pilot programs planned for emergency departments in Clearwater and Lillooet
CLEARWATER, B.C. - Virtual emergency care pilot programs are being planned for a pair of hospitals in the Southern Interior that have become notorious for emergency department closures in recent years...
Oct 22, 2025
Hockey players recognized for CPR efforts on ice that helped save Kamloops man's life
KAMLOOPS - When Glenn Stockford collapsed onto the ice during a recreational hockey game about two years ago at Valleyview Arena, six players jumped into action and performed bystander CPR to help sav...
Oct 21, 2025
River search teams plan to return to area of interest after weekend search for missing Kamloops man
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue recently sent a team back out on the Thompson River to renew a search for a young man who leapt from the Overlanders Bridge in late July. Volunteers went back out...
Oct 21, 2025
Former health minister says money isn't solution to ongoing strain at RIH
KAMLOOPS - The former health minister of B.C. is weighing in on recent news of medical staff resigning at Royal Inland Hospital, saying it's a system-wide problem. Early this week, the seven OB-GYNs w...
Oct 21, 2025
Mounties alerted to cattle poaching in Nicola Valley, Cariboo
MERRITT, B.C. - The BC RCMP Livestock Investigations Section (LIS) is looking into a series of cattle poaching complaints in the province, including a notable instance near Merritt.Police say sometime...
Oct 21, 2025
Mounties looking into report of man leering in residence windows on TRU campus
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are working to identify a man reported looking in the windows of a residence on the TRU campus in the middle of the night.In a news release distributed Tuesday (Oct. 21), spok...
Oct 21, 2025
Salmon Arm Treble Clef named greatest Canadian landmark for 2025
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A landmark in Salmon Arm was given international recognition. The Treble Clef at 111 Lakeshore Dr. NE was named the winner of Municipal World's 2025 Great Canadian Landmark Contest....
Oct 21, 2025
