Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS -- An uptick in local violence associated to an organized-crime conflict has Kamloops police warning residents about two individuals and an increased risk to public safety. The warning in an ...

KAMLOOPS - A spot fire has ignited north of Kamloops. The BC Wildfire's dashboard is reporting a 0.3 hectare blaze near Edwards Creek that is currently classified as 'out of control'. The location is ...

VICTORIA -- Sin Lewis of Kamloops is among 20 recipients of the BC Achievement Foundation Community Award. The awards were handed out on Wednesday (May 8) in Victoria. BC Achievement is an independent...

May is BC Highway Patrol's (BCHP) motorcycle safety month.BCHP will have its patrol officers working from May 17 to May 21, along with an abundance of overtime officers, to help prevent collisions and...

KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops has a new CEO.In a news release issued Wednesday (May 8), the organization says Erik Fisher will take over leadership, effective immediately.The tourism marketing agency sa...

UPPER NICOLA, B.C. - The Upper Nicola Band, south of Kamloops, has halted construction on a community centre after finding human remains. "Construction crews discovered human remains. The RCMP were im...

KAMLOOPS - An aerial spraying campaign announced by B.C.'s Ministry of Forests last month is taking place over downtown Kamloops Wednesday morning (May 8).The spraying program is aimed at the invasive...

KAMLOOPS - "The current council governance situation in Kamloops is not normal." That is how municipal adviser Henry Braun began his report to council's Committee of the Whole on Tuesday (May 7) morni...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP have released stock images in a press release of a grey, 2000s-model Honda Civic that may be connected to the shooting that took place on Monday near the Ramada Inn in Sahali....

VERNON, B.C. - Police say the discovery of a dead person in Vernon is being treated as suspicious.A body was found in a parked vehicle on Eastside Road near Ellison Provincial Park Sunday evening (May...