Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
North Shore resident helps Kamloops Mounties track down his stolen truck
KAMLOOPS - Local Mounties are crediting a North Shore man with helping recover his own stolen truck.According to Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn, the man heard his truck being stolen fr...
Jan 29, 2025
RCMP seize drugs from vehicle in Valleyview bearing paper license plates
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say paper plates are for barbecues, not vehicle tags.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan. 29), Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says officers were working in the 2100-block of East Tra...
Jan 29, 2025
KCBIA supports addition of security cameras to combat crime and social disorder
KAMLOOPS - The head of the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association (KCBIA) says he supports a plan to add a system of security cameras as a way to try and respond to increasing crime and soc...
Jan 29, 2025
One person killed in crash on Highway 5 south of Valemount
VALEMOUNT, B.C. - One person is dead, and another was injured after a collision on Highway 5 south of Valemount. RCMP say they were called to the scene nearly 25 kilometres south of Valemount at aroun...
Jan 29, 2025
Kamloops council clears a path for hundreds of new rental units
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council was set to consider a trio of purpose built rental buildings on Tuesday (Jan. 28), as the community works toward housing targets imposed by the provincial government. ...
Jan 28, 2025
BC Cattlemen's Association bracing for potential U.S. tariffs on livestock exports
KAMLOOPS - Talk of the new U.S. administration bringing in tariffs on Canadian goods has ramped up this week. And if those tariffs are implemented, agriculture in this country would be heavily impacte...
Jan 28, 2025
Kamloops Airport passenger traffic steady in 2024
KAMLOOPS - It was level flight for Kamloops Airport in 2024, with its year-end passenger totals showing almost no change from the previous year.Statistics distributed to media on Tuesday (Jan. 28) sho...
Jan 28, 2025
Union representing CVSE officers calls for improved safety measures after Kamloops weigh scale assault
KAMLOOPS - An assault in Kamloops has the union representing Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) officers calling on the B.C. government to improve their safety. While an investigation in...
Jan 28, 2025
Response plans being formulated after 11 invasive Japanese beetles found in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Work to come up with a plan to eradicate the Japanese beetle, an invasive species of insect, that has made its way to Kamloops is underway. However, details about what that plan looks like ...
Jan 28, 2025
TRU trades program celebrates completion of 35th training house
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) trades and technology students marked a milestone on Monday (Jan. 27), celebrating the completion of the program's 35th training house with a campus lunch-i...
Jan 27, 2025
