Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
RCMP, Kamloops businesses to relaunch Inadmissible Patron Program
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP detachment is reviving its Inadmissible Patron Program (IPP) with local restaurants and pubs.The program targets those displaying gang insignia or "whose lifestyle, associ...
Dec 20, 2023
Two Kamloops locals to represent Team Canada at the 2024 Ultimate Frisbee World Juniors
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops locals Kylee Koppes and Grace McDonald have been selected to represent Team Canada U20 at the 2024 WFDF World Junior Ultimate Frisbee Championships. The event is scheduled to take ...
Dec 20, 2023
Little Fort Ferry closing for two weeks due to maintenance
KAMLOOPS - Residents who use the Little Fort Ferry in the North Thompson are being told of a temporary closure.Starting Wednesday (Dec. 20) at 7 a.m. and lasting until Jan. 4 at 7 a.m., DriveBC says t...
Dec 20, 2023
Kamloops RCMP stressing holiday consumer safety as Christmas nears
KAMLOOPS - The holiday season, while festive and full of joy, is also ripe with crimes of opportunity. Just this week, a Kamloops family had a number of delivered packages stolen from their front door...
Dec 19, 2023
Speed changes only part of what's needed for North Thompson highway safety: Barriere mayor
BARRIERE, B.C. - Last week, (Dec. 14) the B.C. government announced new penalties to deter trucks from hitting overpasses. As part of that announcement, heavy commercial vehicles will need to have the...
Dec 19, 2023
Kamloops U15 Blazers win first-ever female championship at KIBIHT
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops U15 Blazers are the first-ever champions in the female division of KIBIHT. 2023 marks the first time in the tournament's 54-year history that a female division has been offered...
Dec 19, 2023
Preparations underway for Cache Creek Crossing Restoration Project
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Work is scheduled to begin in early 2024 for the Cache Creek Crossing Restoration Project, a few metres north of the intersection of Highway 97 and Highway 1. The $5.4 million proj...
Dec 19, 2023
Operation Red Nose prepares for its busiest weekends of the season
KAMLOOPS - Operation Red Nose has been in full swing for nearly a month now. The safe ride service run by volunteers is approaching its busiest weekends of the season ahead of the holidays. The initia...
Dec 18, 2023
Former MLA and mayor appointed to help Kamloops council work together
KAMLOOPS - Infighting, lawsuits and general discord at city hall in Kamloops since the 2022 election has come to a head, with a municipal advisor stepping in, in an effort to correct course."The fact ...
Dec 18, 2023
SD73 students compete in annual High School Food Drive
KAMLOOPS - High schools around School District 73 in Kamloops were in a tight competition Monday - to see who could collect the most food for the Kamloops Food Bank. Classrooms at Westsyde, NorKam, SK...
Dec 18, 2023
