Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops International Buskers Festival puts out call for street performers and community groups
KAMLOOPS - Acrobats, clowns, magicians, musicians and other artists and street performers are being called to Kamloops in late July.The Kamloops International Buskers Festival (KIBF) opened applicatio...
Apr 5, 2024
Kamloops mom irate after child came home from Riverside Park Easter egg hunt with a baggie of suspected drugs
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops mom is expressing anger after her children came home from a church Easter egg hunt over the weekend with a bag of what appears to be illicit substances. "I was cleaning up their ...
Apr 4, 2024
Courses to begin at new TRU Wildfire Training and Education Centre in 2025
KAMLOOPS - In the aftermath of the worst wildfire season on record in British Columbia in terms of hectares lost, a task force was formed to make recommendations to government on how to reform and imp...
Apr 4, 2024
Downtown Kamloops rooming house replete with safety issues to be torn down
KAMLOOPS - A downtown Kamloops rooming house that was cleared out by Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) for safety reasons will be demolished.About two dozen people were evicted from the property at 91 Seymou...
Apr 4, 2024
Wildfire training centre to be established at Thompson Rivers University
KAMLOOPS - A wildfire training and education centre will be coming to Thompson Rivers University (TRU).Speaking in Kamloops Thursday morning (Apr. 4), Premier David Eby announced what he calls the fir...
Apr 4, 2024
Three suspects arrested, school in Salmon Arm placed on alert as police respond to Chase break-in
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Three suspects were arrested after an incident in Salmon Arm caused a nearby school to be placed in a hold and secure.In a news release issued Thursday (April 4) morning, RCMP in Ch...
Apr 4, 2024
Dry March drier than usual for the Kamloops area: Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - A dry month for Kamloops was even drier than usual in 2024.According to Environment Canada, Kamloops received 5.5 millimetres of precipitation in March 2024, which is about 43 per cent of t...
Apr 4, 2024
Kamloops looking to be a soccer hub
KAMLOOPS - In the last few years, Kamloops has been putting itself on the map as a soccer hub in B.C.Housing a founding member of the League1BC soccer league, Rivers FC, and following the Thompson Riv...
Apr 4, 2024
BC Soccer Premier League franchise coming to Kamloops?; Rivers FC hires women's coach
KAMLOOPS -- Lyle Dos Santos was hired in October as general manager of both the Kamloops Youth Soccer Association and Rivers FC, the latter a club that fields men's and women's teams in semi-pro Leagu...
Apr 3, 2024
Man charged with robbery, assault after North Shore fracas
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man is facing multiple charges after a violent incident on the Kamloops North Shore.Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says officers were led to Angus Street and Mack...
Apr 3, 2024
