Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
United Way Thompson Nicola Cariboo kicks off 2024 workplace campaign
KAMLOOPS - On Thursday morning (Sept. 12), United Way BC hosted it's annual campaign kickoff breakfast in locations throughout the province. In Kamloops, United Way staff, volunteers and hundreds of c...
Sep 12, 2024
Royal Inland Hospital collecting anesthetic gas to stem emissions
KAMLOOPS - Approximately 9,500 surgical procedures have been performed at Royal Inland Hospital in the last year. Surgeons use anesthetic gas to sedate patients every day. What most people don't know ...
Sep 12, 2024
Kruger announces new first-of-its-kind technology for ultra-clean pulp
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Jobs Minister Brenda Bailey was in Kamloops on Thursday morning (Sept. 12) for a joint announcement with Kruger about a multi-million-dollar investment into new technology at the Kamlo...
Sep 12, 2024
Do you recognize this Kamloops assault suspect?
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (Sept. 19): RCMP say they have identified the individual in the photo. EARLIER (Sept. 12): RCMP investigators trying to solve a summertime assault in downtown Kamloops are looking to...
Sep 12, 2024
B.C. will scrap ‘consumer carbon tax’ if Ottawa drops federal backstop: Eby
VANCOUVER - BC NDP Leader David Eby says the province will scrap its consumer carbon price if the federal government drops its legal backstop requiring provinces to have one.Eby announced the policy s...
Sep 12, 2024
Mounties ask for help tracking down 'armed and dangerous' wanted Merritt man
MERRITT, B.C. - UPDATE: Merritt RCMP say Karlson has now been located and arrested. EARLIER: RCMP in Merritt have put out a second call for help as they look to track down a wanted man they consider a...
Sep 12, 2024
Kamloops RCMP working to identify deceased man found in Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - The body of a man was found in the Thompson River early Wednesday (Sept. 11) night. Kamloops RCMP say officers responded to an area near McArthur Island Park at around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday a...
Sep 12, 2024
Kamloops RCMP arrest woman after reported neck stabbing
KAMLOOPS - A woman was arrested and later released with conditions after a report of a person who stated they had been stabbed in the neck over the weekend. Officers from Kamloops RCMP and Tk'emlups R...
Sep 12, 2024
'We don't forget': Kamloops firefighters remember lives lost on anniversary of 9/11 attacks
KAMLOOPS - Wednesday morning (Sept. 11), firefighters throughout the city paid their respects to the thousands of people who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The moment...
Sep 11, 2024
City of Kamloops says move to nix deal with child care operator unrelated to Ralph Bell inspection infractions
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says its recent decision to pull out of an operating agreement for a new downtown day care was unrelated to issues with that same childcare company at a separate facili...
Sep 11, 2024
