Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
SD73 budget cuts draw disapproval from District Parent Advisory Council
KAMLOOPS - On Monday (April 28th), the SD73 budget was passed despite the criticism the district received from various groups.Among the concerned groups is the District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC),...
Apr 30, 2025
Bagabuyo murder trial resumes after two-day pause
KAMLOOPS - The first-degree murder trial of Rogelio 'Butch' Bagabuyo resumed on Wednesday (April 30) morning following a brief two-day hiatus for new disclosure.Bagabuyo is charged in the slaying of h...
Apr 30, 2025
RCMP emergency response team on Kamloops North Shore
KAMLOOPS - A large police presence involving members of the Southeast District Emergency Response Team (ERT) is currently visible at a residence on the North Shore. "This afternoon, police officers re...
Apr 30, 2025
Lac Du Bois Grasslands has new signage due to collaboration between multiple community groups
KAMLOOPS - The Lac Du Bois Grasslands Protected Area has new signage after a collaboration between multiple groups. The organizations, including the Kamloops Naturalist Club, Tk'emlups te Secwepemc, B...
Apr 30, 2025
Police defuse tense situation at Lower Sahali hotel Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - One person has been taken into custody after a weapons call in Lower Sahali Tuesday afternoon (April 29).RCMP were called to the Ramada Inn on Columbia Street West at Pemberton Terrace at a...
Apr 29, 2025
SD73 Board of Education approves district spending plan; staffing cuts to follow
KAMLOOPS - A series of cost-cutting measures largely impacting staffing were approved Monday night (April 28) by the Kamloops-Thompson Board of Education within the district's budget plan for the 2025...
Apr 29, 2025
Despite local losses, Kamloops Liberals look to national victory; NDP appear set to be minority kingmakers
KAMLOOPS - It was a tale of two elections for the major parties in Kamloops that fell to the incumbent Tories. For the Liberal camp, it was easy to look across the nation and to a Mark Carney win to k...
Apr 29, 2025
Conservative double dip the newly-split Kamloops ridings
KAMLOOPS - It was a clean sweep of the two Kamloops ridings for the Conservative Party of Canada Monday (April 28), with incumbents Mel Arnold in Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies and Frank Caputo in K...
Apr 29, 2025
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...
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...
Apr 29, 2025
