Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Apr 28, 2025
WATCH: CFJC Boogie the Bridge runners excited to keep pushing; organizers overjoyed with turnout
KAMLOOPS- The CFJC Boogie the Bridge took place on Sunday (April 27th). Runners from across Canada participated in a 21-kilometre, 10-kilometre or five-kilometre race. Runners race against their perso...
Apr 28, 2025
Campaigns over, Kamloops voters head to the polls on general election day
KAMLOOPS - The federal election campaign has culminated in general voting day Monday, April 28.From the day the writ was dropped, the Mark Carney-led Liberals have sat atop the polls, predicted to for...
Apr 28, 2025
