Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Can you identify this alleged Kamloops booze thief?
KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like your help tracking down a man accused of stealing a bottle of booze from a North Shore liquor store. In a news release issued Wednesday (March 12), Kamloops RCMP spokesperso...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025 Image Credit: Contributed / Kamloops RCMP

Fires at Kamloops recycling plant prompt reminder about proper battery disposal
KAMLOOPS - Three fires at a local recycling plant have city officials reminding Kamloops residents of items they should and should not throw into their recycling bins. The fires have ignited over the ...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025 Emterra Environmental (Image Credit: CFJC Today / File Photo)

Weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes drugs seized, youths fighting at a coffee shop, hotel break-ins
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 349 calls for service from Friday March 7 to 9 a.m. on Monday, March 10. Below are some incidents police attended. Drugs and baton seized near Halst...
Mar 12, 2025

Justice reserves decision on conflict of interest petition against Kamloops councillor
KAMLOOPS - A B.C. Supreme Court justice has reserved his decision after hearing two days of arguments - first from a group of 10 petitioners and then from Kamloops councillor Mike O'Reilly's lawyer. T...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025

Police identify victim of 2022 homicide in Lytton as 27-year-old woman from Williams Lake
LYTTON, B.C. - Police are identifying the victim of a homicide in Lytton three years after her death. In an update Wednesday (March 12), the RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) says the...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025

Red Bridge debris cleaned up; province says planning process for long-term solution to begin shortly
KAMLOOPS - Debris from the former Red Bridge has been completely removed from the South Thompson River. In a news release issued Wednesday (March 12) morning, B.C.'s Ministry of Transportation and Tra...
James Peters Mar 12, 2025

Man arrested, guns seized after notable police presence on the North Shore Friday
KAMLOOPS - A man was arrested after a notable police presence on the North Shore Friday (March 7) afternoon. Kamloops RCMP say multiple officers responded to a home on the 800-block of Sherbrooke Aven...
Aaron Schulze Mar 12, 2025

Next round of prescribed burns planned for Peterson Creek, Lac Du Bois areas
KAMLOOPS - People in Kamloops may have noticed plumes of smoke periodically appearing in the city last week, which marked the start of a series of prescribed burns planned for the area. The practice i...
Dylana Kneeshaw Mar 11, 2025

The Tree looking for solutions as funding expiry approaches for women-focused counselling service
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Family Resources Society is voicing concern about an end to funding for its current counsellor. The service is offered through The Tree, which is a drop-in support centre for l...
Mar 11, 2025

Local liquor sales shifting with Buy Canadian movement
KAMLOOPS - Government-owned liquor stores have again pulled American-made products off their shelves in response to the ongoing tariff dispute between the U.S. and Canada. For privately-owned shops, t...
Aaron Schulze Mar 11, 2025

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