Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Fire Rescue brings in emergency trail marker system throughout city
KAMLOOPS - Dozens of trail markers have been installed in nature parks around the city of Kamloops, serving as another way for emergency responders to quickly find people who have called for help. Kam...
Jan 30, 2025
B.C.'s attorney general demands Kamloops mayor return Integrity Group report
KAMLOOPS - B.C's Attorney General is taking Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to court. Niki Sharma has asked Hamer-Jackson to return all copies of the Integrity Group Report, also known as the Honcha...
Jan 30, 2025
Clearwater council to meet Friday on local restaurant defying regulatory orders
CLEARWATER B.C. - The District of Clearwater will hold a Special Meeting Friday (Jan. 31) afternoon as it grapples with the owner of a local restaurant who refuses to comply with municipal and provinc...
Jan 30, 2025
Sentencing set for driver involved in 2023 McGill Road crash that killed TRU volleyball player
KAMLOOPS - Colval Abbinett, the driver involved in the fatal vehicle crash along McGill Road in 2023 that killed one member of the TRU WolfPack men's volleyball team was in provincial court Thursday (...
Jan 30, 2025
YKA Hot Chocolate Festival organizers aiming to build on event in its second year
KAMLOOPS -- Brandon Giddens of Logjam Coffee made a succulent sales pitch for the Banana Foster Hot Chocolate. "It tastes like you're sitting by a fire on a beach," he said. "It's one of the best thin...
Jan 29, 2025
Merritt's Sherry Peterson awarded King Charles III Coronation medal for unwavering community service
MERRITT, B.C. -Throughout Canada, the backbones of their communities have been getting honoured with the King Charles III Coronation Medal. In Kamloops, people such as 104-year-old WWII veteran John K...
Jan 29, 2025
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
