Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2024
Remains found near Kamloops landfill identified as man missing since 2020
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say skeletal remains found near Mission Flats Landfill last month belonged to a man who has been missing for four years. The remains were found on February 25, leading police ...
Mar 5, 2024
TRU Day of Giving campaign raises $81,000 for student supports
KAMLOOPS - The public gave Thompson Rivers University (TRU) nearly double its goal for its seventh annual Day of Giving.Numbers released by TRU Tuesday (March 5) show 223 donors - including alumni, in...
Mar 5, 2024
TRU prof spearheads largest public database of internal government records
KAMLOOPS - An assistant law professor at Thompson Rivers University is leading a project that contains the largest database of internal Canadian government documents ever made publicly accessible.In a...
Mar 5, 2024
No injuries reported in collision that shut down Fortune Drive Monday night
KAMLOOPS - No one was injured in a crash that shut down a busy North Shore thoroughfare Monday evening (March 4).Cpl. Crystal Evelyn of Kamloops RCMP says two vehicles collided at about 8:40 p.m., on ...
Mar 5, 2024
No working rink at prison where MP says notorious inmates play pickup hockey: agency
OTTAWA - Canada's prison service says there is no working hockey rink at an institution where a Conservative MP says notorious inmates play "taxpayer-funded serial killer pickup hockey." Correctional ...
Mar 5, 2024
Spike belt damaged two civilian vehicles in dangerous driving pursuit: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a police spike belt damaged two civilian vehicles as officers tried to collar a dangerous driving suspect Friday (March 1).In a news release issued Tuesday (March 5), spok...
Mar 5, 2024
City of Kamloops organics collection returns to weekly pickup this week
KAMLOOPS - The weather may not feel like it quite yet, but spring has nearly sprung in Kamloops and the city's organic waste collection will be reverting back to weekly pick-ups. Over winter months, t...
Mar 4, 2024
