Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Chips and salsa stolen in Valleyview
KAMLOOPS -- Appetite for crime was quelled last weekend in Valleyview, according to a Kamloops RCMP press release. Chips and salsa were stolen during a break and enter in a storage bay on the 1700-blo...
Mar 20, 2024
RCMP seize weapons, body armour, drugs
KAMLOOPS -- Two traffic investigations this week in Kamloops resulted in weapons, body armour and illegal drug seizures, according to a Kamloops RCMP press release.A Kamloops RCMP frontline officer wa...
Mar 20, 2024
Clearwater's ice season prematurely ends after Zamboni goes up in flames
CLEARWATER, B.C. - The remainder of Clearwater's ice season went up in flames. According to Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell, one of the pagers in the district's office went off at around 3:30 p.m. T...
Mar 20, 2024
Kamloops driver arrested and charged after nearly striking a pedestrian downtown
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man in his 30s who had two warrants for his arrest was taken into custody over the weekend and faces a new set of charges. In a news release issued Tuesday (March 19) afternoon, ...
Mar 20, 2024
Pioneer Park upgrades and utility work breaking ground this week
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is giving visitors to Pioneer Park a heads up that over the next several weeks, a myriad of upgrade work will be happening. Phase one began this week which includes res...
Mar 19, 2024
Next generation of RCMP recruits put through their paces at Kamloops Youth Academy
KAMLOOPS- It may be spring break, but for 14 local high school students class is in session. The RCMP Youth Academy has set up shop at Brocklehurst Middle School where students are halfway through a s...
Mar 19, 2024
Provincial agricultural water infrastructure program a positive step ahead of expected drought
KAMLOOPS - On Monday (March 18), the B.C. Government announced an increase of funding for the Agricultural Water Infrastructure program to help farmers and ranchers with expected drought this summer.$...
Mar 19, 2024
Explosive Disposal Unit responds to truck fire near Gibraltar Mine in McLeese Lake
MCLEESE LAKE, B.C. - The RCMP's bomb squad was called out to McLeese Lake today (Mar. 19) for a tanker truck hauling explosive material that caught on fire. Williams Lake RCMP officers were called out...
Mar 19, 2024
Request for proposal issued to four companies vying to design and repair Highway 8 east of Spences Bridge
SPENCES BRIDGE, B.C. - Progress on permanently repairing a vital transportation link for thousands of residents in B.C.'s interior is on to the next step. In a news release issued Tuesday (March 19), ...
Mar 19, 2024
Four candidates put their names forward for Merritt council by-election
MERRITT, B.C. - Residents in Merritt will have four candidates to choose from in the upcoming by-election to fill a vacant council seat. The City of Merritt received four submissions ahead of cutoff d...
Mar 19, 2024
