Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops youth allegedly threatened with firearm
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP are appealing to the public for video and information following an alleged threat that involved a firearm. "On Saturday Dec. 28, 2024, around 7 p.m., Kamloops RCMP frontli...
Jan 02, 2025
More Mounties on the way for Kamloops as Battle Street Detachment faces space crunch
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP is in the midst of a five year plan to increase the number of officers serving the community by five members each year. The city approved the officers, but the Kamloops RC...
Jan 02, 2025
Update : Fatal crash closes Highway 1 west of Kamloops; three others transported to hospital
KAMLOOPS - Highway 1 west of Kamloops is closed in both directions following a fatal motor vehicle incident Thursday morning, which saw three other people transported to hospital. Tk'emlups Rural RCMP...
Jan 02, 2025
Pipe bomb discovered on North Shore beach Wednesday: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say members found and disposed of a pipe bomb in a North Shore neighbourhood on New Year's Day. In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says officers we...
Jan 02, 2025
2025 BC property assessments released; Kamloops home values up 2 per cent on average
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residential property values have seen a modest rise, according to BC Assessment.The agency has released its 2025 assessments, showing the average single family home in Kamloops is ...
Jan 02, 2025
Snowfall expected to begin in Kamloops Thursday, continue through the weekend: Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - It's too late for a white Christmas at the valley bottom but Kamloops is expecting snow to fall over the next few days.Rather than an intense storm system, Meteorologist Chris Doyle of Envi...
Jan 02, 2025
Lease for Aberdeen Tiny Library extended to February; TNRL still planning for South Kamloops library
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) has extended the lease for the Aberdeen Tiny Library until at least February.Chief Librarian Judy Moore says the 350-square-foot facility located...
Jan 02, 2025
It's a boy! B.C.'s first baby of 2025 born at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's a boy! B.C.'s first baby of 2025 came into the world at 12:02 a.m. at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Little Emerson is the first child born to parents Jordan (Forrest-Drezet) Hill ...
Jan 01, 2025 Image Credit: Interior Health
Kamloops MLA Milobar looks back on year of change in B.C. politics
KAMLOOPS - Election years always bring with them a sense of change in provincial politics. However, British Columbia put that into overdrive in 2024, highlighted by the rise of the Conservatives and f...
Dec 31, 2024
Kamloops RCMP observing behavioral changes with rollout of body-worn cameras
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP began rolling out the use of body-worn cameras earlier this month.Three weeks in, there are now more than 100 officers equipped with the technology in both the Kamloops an...
Dec 31, 2024
