Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
ERT arrest in Merritt last week related to armed break-in: RCMP
MERRITT, B.C. - A list of charges has been approved against a man accused of breaking into a Merritt home last week, brandishing a gun.In a news release issued Monday (Sept. 9), Staff Sgt. Josh Roda s...
Sep 9, 2024
Lansdowne Street construction shifts further east; single-lane traffic beginning at Sixth Avenue
KAMLOOPS - The City Centre Sanitary Upgrades Project is nearly entering the home stretch. Stage Three of the construction work on the Lansdowne Street corridor is expected to begin Monday (Sept. 9). I...
Sep 9, 2024
Build Kamloops AAP deadline approaching, residents on both sides
KAMLOOPS - Less than one week away from the City of Kamloops alternative approval process deadline, and people on both sides of the issue have been very vocal. Garry Davies is the spokesperson for a g...
Sep 9, 2024
B.C. Supreme Court judge and former Kamloops lawyer appointed to B.C. Court of Appeal
KAMLOOPS - A judge and former lawyer with ties to Kamloops was appointed as a Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal for B.C. In a news release issued Aug. 29, the federal Minister of Justice and At...
Sep 9, 2024
Slower August caps off cooler summer for Kamloops real estate market
KAMLOOPS - Real estate sales activity in Kamloops and area over the summer did not heat up like the temperatures. New numbers provided by the Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) show 192 residentia...
Sep 9, 2024
UPDATED: Three pit bulls located after allegedly killing collie on North Shore: Kamloops RCMP
UPDATE, 11:45 a.m.: Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet said the pit bulls have been located and are in the custody of City of Kamloops community services officers. ORIGINAL: KAMLOOPS -- Staff Sg...
Sep 8, 2024
Rockets earn overtime victory over visiting Blazers in WHL pre-season contest
KELOWNA -- Layton Feist, Jordan Keller and Tommy Lafreniere scored for the Kamloops Blazers in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Kelowna Rockets in WHL pre-season play on Saturday (Sept. 7) in the Little App...
Sep 8, 2024
Rookie paces WolfPack to first win of Canada West campaign
KAMLOOPS -- Rookie Julia La Rotta scored twice for the TRU WolfPack in a 4-0 pulverizing of the Fraser Valley Cascades of Abbotsford in Canada West women's soccer action on Saturday at Hillside Stadiu...
Sep 8, 2024
Increased fire activity expected for blaze burning northeast of Seymour Arm
The BC Wildfire Service posted on Twitter on Saturday (Sept. 7) to note increased fire behaviour in the North Blaise Creek fire burning about 28 kilometres northeast of Seymour Arm. A reconnaissance f...
Sep 7, 2024
Raptors' star Olynyk to take part in TRU WolfPack Basketball Skills Academy
KAMLOOPS -- Toronto Raptors' forward Kelly Olynyk will take part in the TRU WolfPack Men's Basketball Skills Academy later this month at the Tournament Capital Centre. Olynyk will help with instructio...
Sep 7, 2024
