Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Winning ticket brews Kamloops couple a warm $500,000
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops couple can drink thousands of more cups of coffee thanks to a $500,000 Extra Prize win from the Aug. 3, 2024, Lotto 6/49 draw. In a news release issued Thursday (Aug. 15), Britis...
Aug 16, 2024
Merritt RCMP seeking information after an assault with a pellet gun
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt RCMP are seeking information pertaining to a pellet gun assault that occurred in front of the Old Barley Market. At around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday (Aug. 14), police responded to a ...
Aaron Schulze Aug 16, 2024
BC Government touts potential new supportive housing location in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - BC Housing has announced that a new supportive housing build could be coming to Kamloops' North Shore. "We know that the healthiest and safest communities are those where all residents have...
Aaron Schulze Aug 15, 2024
PIT Stop focused on maintaining meal service after fire damage at Kamloops United Church building
KAMLOOPS - The PIT Stop meal program out of Kamloops United Church says it doesn't plan on missing this Sunday's meal service - even after a fire on Tuesday (Aug. 13) damaged the building along St. Pa...
Aug 15, 2024
Merritt working on housing plan as they await details from BC Housing on a new shelter
MERRITT, B.C. - The shelter in Merritt, which was run in partnership by BC Housing, and the Nicola Valley Shelter Society has been forced to permanently closes the doors to the old Desert Inn. With th...
Aaron Schulze Aug 15, 2024
UPDATE: missing man found safe
UPDATE: KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say the 31-year-old man reported missing on Aug. 12, 2024 has been found safe. Editor's note: For privacy considerations, any previous information pertaining to the fo...
Aaron Schulze Aug 15, 2024
TNRD lifts evacuation alert for 80 properties near Shetland Creek wildfire
SPENCES BRIDGE, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) downgraded its final evacuation alert related to the Shetland Creek wildfire. In a news release issued Thursday (Aug. 15) morning, t...
Aaron Schulze Aug 15, 2024
Man believed to be at centre of local organized-crime conflict arrested: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - A man Kamloops RCMP believe is at the centre of an organized-crime conflict was arrested earlier this week. In a statement issued Wednesday (Aug. 14) evening, S/Sgt. Janelle Shoihet says 40...
Aaron Schulze Aug 15, 2024
Evacuation alerts lifted for Hullcar Mountain wildfire
ARMSTRONG, B.C. - Some people living near the scene of the Hullcar Mountain wildfire can breathe a sigh of relief.The Columbia Shuswap Regional District and the Township of Spallumcheen lifted the Eva...
Aug 15, 2024
Katzberg talks newfound fame, Thor and marketing opportunities after winning Olympic gold
Ethan Katzberg of the Kamloops Track and Field Club won gold in men's hammer throw earlier this month at the Olympic Summer Games in Paris.The 6-foot-6 Nanaimo product was named one of Canada's flag b...
Aug 14, 2024
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