Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - A routine traffic stop led to a big drug seizure on the Kamloops North Shore early Thursday morning (Feb. 2). In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says an offic...

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued a drug alert for users in Kamloops.IH says crystals sold on the street as ketamine have been found to contain only 25 per cent ketamine and 75 per cent methamphet...

McLURE, B.C. - UPDATE (3:55 p.m.): RCMP have confirmed one person died in a crash on Highway 5 near McLure earlier Thursday (Feb. 2).In a news release, police say the crash before the noon hour betwee...

KAMLOOPS - The forestry sector in British Columbia has been struggling with approximately 800 jobs being lost in the past few weeks as three separate mills have announced closures. Other mills have al...

KAMLOOPS - Reading with your fingertips or using a cane to get around may seem uncommon to most people, but Linda Hall has lived her whole life visually impaired."A lot of people say, 'Well, you don't...

KAMLOOPS - The mini storage facility at 48 Victoria Street West was discussed at length at Tuesday night's (Jan. 31) Kamloops city council meeting. Councillors debated whether or not the issue was lar...

KAMLOOPS - In 2022, 34 people under the age of 19 died as a result of the toxic drug supply in BC. It was just one of the shocking statistics from the BC Coroners Service report that came out on Tuesd...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP are warning the public after a Kamloops man was duped into a motel room robbery over the weekend.In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says the man had arrange...

KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed, along with Kamloops Alliance Church and B.C. Housing have opened the extreme weather response shelter for a total of 13 days since the shelter first opened in the middle o...

OTTAWA - A private member's bill moved by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo has reached the senate after unanimously passing third reading. Bill C-291 seeks to change the name of child pornogr...