Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Tolko Heffley Creek investment will help the mill reach new value-added markets: minister
KAMLOOPS - The BC NDP government is investing $8 million into an expansion at the Tolko Heffley Creek Mill.The funding will help with construction of a facility that will house a new Heffley Creek eng...
May 10, 2024
RCMP seize weapons, recommend charges against Kamloops man
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man is facing a long list of weapons charges after a suspicious vehicle led Mounties to a significant bust this week.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Ev...
May 10, 2024
Property crime down 10 per cent in 2023, but business break-ins jump: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - New numbers from the Kamloops RCMP detachment show decreases in most property crime areas last year - with business break-ins a notable exception.Superintendent Jeff Pelley will present the...
May 10, 2024
RCMP raid Brocklehurst duplex Thursday
KAMLOOPS - RCMP aren't saying whether a raid on a Brocklehurst home Thursday evening (May 9) is related to the ongoing gang battle taking place in Kamloops.According to witnesses, officers raided a du...
May 10, 2024
NDP government and opposition share divergent views of latest jobs report
KAMLOOPS - The latest Stats Canada labour survey reports shows unemployment across the nation held steady in April at 6.1 per cent.Stats Canada called the April job figures in British Columbia the fir...
May 10, 2024
Kamloops breweries collaborate on Shot of Gold 2.0 in support of local Paralympic champ
KAMLOOPS - Like the five families of the Italian-American mafia, the five craft breweries of Kamloops gathered on Thursday afternoon (May 9) at Iron Road Brewing.Representatives from Iron Road, Alchem...
May 09, 2024
Kamloops Fire Rescue holds boot camp to encourage young girls to join firefighting
KAMLOOPS - For the second consecutive year, the Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) held a Junior Girls Firefighter boot camp, where 20 female students from Grades 10 to 12 in School District 73 had hands-on e...
May 09, 2024
Man arrested after rash of assaults on bystanders in Merritt
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Merritt say that community was hit with a string of violent incidents Wednesday (May 8) - and they believe one man was responsible.In a news release, Sgt. Brock Hedrick says police ...
May 09, 2024
Jury makes single recommendation as inquest into deadly 2018 Rose Hill police shooting wraps up
KAMLOOPS - In the final day of the coroners inquest into a 2018 police shootout that took the life of 35-year-old Eugene Marcano, court heard from two medical experts, including a pathologist from Roy...
May 09, 2024
Province pumps $8M into new Tolko Heffley Creek engineered wood product plant
KAMLOOPS - The provincial government is pumping $8 million into an expansion at the Tolko Heffley Creek mill.In a news release, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Minister Brenda Bailey says th...
May 09, 2024
