Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Thousands without power on the North Shore Thursday morning
UPDATE (8:30 a.m.): Power has been restored.UPDATE (5:45 a.m.): BC Hydro says power is expected to be restored for 3,453 customers on the North Shore at around 9:00 a.m. Thursday.The impacted area has...
Mar 21, 2024
Steady stream of film and television show productions working within Thompson-Nicola region and beyond
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops area, and surrounding regions within B.C.'s interior are known as recreation destinations, but they've also become high demand locations for film and television productions. Ju...
Mar 20, 2024
'A perfect storm'; regional hospital board saddled with three major financial asks
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Regional Hospital District board of directors will be asked on Thursday (March 21) to adopt the new five-year financial plan.Included in this year's plan is a five per cent tax...
Mar 20, 2024
Kamloops RCMP asking for public's help locating missing 50-year-old man
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking the public to keep an eye out for a missing man, last seen on Monday (Mar. 18). In a release, Kamloops RCMP's Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says 50-year-old Clifford Por...
Mar 20, 2024
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
