Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Can you identify this Lillooet break-in suspect?
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Lillooet hope residents can help identify a suspect who broke into the community's Tim Hortons location.The crime happened early in the morning of September 26 at the restaurant loc...
Nov 02, 2023
Mounties will not be charged after wild chase from Falkland to Westwold ends in rough arrest
WESTWOLD, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog says RCMP officers who used potentially lethal force against a home invasion suspect after a wild chase in the Westwold area will not be charged.The incident be...
Nov 02, 2023
Vehicle incident halts eastbound traffic on Okanagan Connector between Merritt and Kelowna
UPDATE (8:30 a.m.): DriveBC says the stretch of Highway 97 fully reopened.UPDATE (7 a.m.): DriveBC says the Okanagan Connector at Brenda Mine Road now has a lane open in each direction.EARLIER: MERRIT...
Nov 02, 2023
One year after it was announced, new pay model for B.C. family physicians showing signs of success
KAMLOOPS - Last year, the B.C. government introduced changes to the way family doctors are paid and a local physician says he's already noticed an improvement. Dr. Grant Del Begio has practiced in the...
Nov 01, 2023
Local Jeep community to light up Kamloops in honour of Shannon White
KAMLOOPS - It's now been two years since Shannon White went missing, after the Kamloops woman didn't show up at work on November 1, 2021. And two years later, the investigation into her suspicious dis...
Nov 01, 2023
Safer streets the main focus of Kamloops council one year in
KAMLOOPS - It's now been exactly one year since the current Kamloops mayor and council were sworn in following the October 2022 election. In the year that has followed, city hall has been cloaked in a...
Nov 01, 2023
RCMP request help finding Kamloops man wanted for weapons offences
KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like your help tracking down a wanted man.Mitchell James Nesbitt, 32, has unendorsed warrants related to these offences:Carrying a concealed weaponPossession of a weapon while pr...
Nov 01, 2023
RCMP seize weapons from Westsyde home Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a police presence at a Westsyde property Wednesday morning (Nov. 1) was prompted by a weapons raid on a home.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says ...
Nov 01, 2023
Walhachin area gets starring role in new Apple TV+ series
KAMLOOPS - Apple TV+ subscribers in Kamloops and area are encouraged to keep their eyes peeled for an upcoming TV series, and a specific episode, that showcases the region's settings.In a news release...
Nov 01, 2023
Kamloops did not record a death due to illicit drugs in September: BC Coroners Service
KAMLOOPS - The toxic drug crisis did not take a single life in Kamloops during the month of September.New figures released Wednesday (Nov. 1) by the BC Coroners Service show 62 deaths due to illicit d...
Nov 01, 2023
