Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops residents irate after voter card mixup prevents them from casting ballots
KAMLOOPS - "It's BS."Timothy Hook of Valleyview was one of several local residents who could not cast their ballots in Monday's (April 28) federal election, thanks to what appears to be an error print...
James Peters Apr 29, 2025
Mounties say major Chase bust last week shut down operation manufacturing 3D-printed guns, explosives
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are saying more about an investigation that led to the bust of a major guns and explosives manufacturing operation in Chase last week. In a news release issued Tuesday (April 29), Supt...
James Peters Apr 29, 2025
RCMP launch homicide investigation after body found near Paul Lake
PAUL LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are investigating the Kamloops area's first homicide of 2025.In a news release issued Tuesday (April 29), Staff Sgt. Jason Smart of the RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit ...
James Peters Apr 29, 2025
Man's death in Kamloops North Shore fire not suspicious: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP do not believe foul play was involved in the death of a man in a fire outside a vacant North Shore commercial building earlier this month.The man was discovered early on April 7, after...
James Peters Apr 29, 2025
B.C.'s police watchdog clears Merritt officers of wrongdoing in September 2024 shootout and arrest
MERRITT, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog has cleared RCMP officers of any wrongdoing after they fired shots at two suspects during an arrest outside of the city last fall. In a news release issued Tuesd...
James Peters Apr 29, 2025
Police investigate report of child followed by stranger in Barriere
BARRIERE, B.C. - RCMP in Barriere are investigating after a child was reportedly approached by an unknown man. At around 9:26 p.m. on April 18, Barriere RCMP say a parent told police their child had b...
James Peters Apr 29, 2025
Mel Arnold elected Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies MP
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE April 29): Mel Arnold has been elected as the first-ever Member of Parliament in the riding of Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies. With 99 per cent of the polls reporting, Arnold had ...
Victor Kaisar Apr 28, 2025
Frank Caputo re-elected in Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE April 29): Frank Caputo is going back to Ottawa for his second term as Member of Parliament for the City of Kamloops. The former Crown prosecutor, who was the incumbent MP in the de...
Victor Kaisar Apr 28, 2025
Lillooet ER to close for another 13 hours Monday night
LILLOOET, B.C. - Residents in Lillooet will be without emergency room coverage for 13 hours on Monday (April 28) night, starting at 7:00 p.m.Interior Health says the ER at the Lillooet Hospital and He...
Apr 28, 2025
Tight-knit Kamloops Filipino community offers help, prayers to victims of Lapu Lapu festival tragedy
KAMLOOPS - Filipino Canadian Association of Kamloops member Eric Perrin said a family acquaintance was among those killed when an SUV plowed through Lapu Lapu festivalgoers on Saturday (April 26) in V...
James Peters Apr 28, 2025

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