Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
North Shore church broken into twice last month: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say the same Kamloops North Shore church was broken into twice last month.In a news release issued Wednesday (March 6), spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says the detachment received br...
Mar 06, 2024
Power out for Barriere and area
UPDATE (9:45 a.m.): BC Hydro says crews are on site and power is expected to be restored at around 10:55 a.m.EARLIER: BARRIERE, B.C. - A pair of outages have knocked out power for residents in the Dis...
Mar 06, 2024
Kamloops councillor Sarai to pursue NDP nomination in Kamloops Centre
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops councillor Bill Sarai says he is seeking the NDP nomination in the provincial riding of Kamloops Centre ahead of the fall election. Sarai, who is in his second term on council, spo...
Mar 06, 2024
Vehicle incident reduces traffic flow on Coquihalla Highway between Kamloops and Merritt
UPDATE (9:00 a.m.): Images captured by CFJC Today show two semi-trucks collided on the stretch of Highway.Vehicle recovery remains in progress. Another update from DriveBC is due at 10:30 a.m.Image cr...
Mar 06, 2024
Temporary closure of Shuswap Outpatient Lab extended due to ongoing flood repairs
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A temporary closure of the Shuswap Outpatient Lab has been extended by three days.In a news release issued Tuesday (March 5), Interior Health says lab services will remain unavailab...
Mar 06, 2024
Avalanche control work planned through Three Valley Gap; Highway 1 temporarily closed
SICAMOUS, B.C. - The Trans Canada Highway through the Three Valley Gap between Sicamous and Revelstoke will be temporarily closed Wednesday (March 6) morning.DriveBC says the closure on the stretch of...
Mar 06, 2024
As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, Kamloops has welcomed 300 refugees
KAMLOOPS - Seven-hundred-forty days since the Russian invasion, February 24, 2022 is a day that lives on in the minds of Ukrainians."You do feel the length of time, that it has been two years," said F...
Mar 05, 2024
Kamloops council pares down supplemental budget, keeps tax increase below 10 per cent
KAMLOOPS- Avoiding a double-digit increase for taxpayers meant taking the axe to the majority of the supplemental budget items on the table at Tuesday's (Mar. 5) Committee of the Whole meeting. "We ha...
Mar 05, 2024
'I stand by my comments'; MP Caputo's claims about Quebec prison backed up by union president
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday (March 2), Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo posted a video to social media addressing a recent tour he took at the Quebec medium security prison currently home to seria...
Mar 05, 2024
Proactive patrols net suspect, stop business break-in in progress: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Patrols initiated by the local RCMP detachment in response to a series of business break-ins in downtown Kamloops have borne fruit.Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says just b...
Mar 05, 2024
