Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops man convicted of string of sexual assaults
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has been found guilty of multiple sexual assaults.Joel Eric Carlson was standing trial in B.C. Supreme Court this month on a total of 10 counts of sexual assault dating back ...
Aaron Schulze Jun 21, 2024
School bus crashes off Highway 97 near Lac La Hache; no word on injuries
LAC LA HACHE, B.C. - UPDATE (4:00 p.m.): BC Emergency Health Service (BCEHS) says there were two incidents at this location Friday afternoon. First was the motor vehicle incident involving the school ...
James Peters Jun 21, 2024
Kamloops community celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day Friday
KAMLOOPS - Friday (June 21) is National Indigenous Peoples Day and the local Kamloops community was invited to take in and celebrate Indigenous culture at Riverside Park.Community leaders and local or...
Aaron Schulze Jun 21, 2024
Air tankers, Simpcw firefighters to conduct training exercise near Kamloops Lake Friday
KAMLOOPS - People heading toward Kamloops Lake to get an early start on the weekend may see some busy air space Friday afternoon (June 21).On social media, the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) notes it wi...
Jun 21, 2024
UPDATE: Kamloops woman found safe.
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (July 8): RCMP say the 21-year-old woman reported missing on June 21 has been located and is safe.
Aaron Schulze Jun 21, 2024 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Thirty more beds coming for NVIT students with young families
MERRITT, B.C. - Students with young families at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) will soon have more access to on-campus housing in Merritt. In a news release issued Friday (June 21) morni...
Aaron Schulze Jun 21, 2024
Man arrested on Kamloops North Shore, in possession of handgun stolen out of Texas
KAMLOOPS - A handgun flagged as stolen out of Texas ended up on the Kamloops North Shore. Kamloops RCMP say officers responded to a parking lot in the 1100-block of Eighth Street at around 10:00 a.m. ...
Aaron Schulze Jun 21, 2024
Man charged with manslaughter following death of 66-year-old Sicamous woman
SICAMOUS, B.C. - A man has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a woman in the Shuswap. Sicamous RCMP say officers responded to a mobile home park at 1707 Hillier Road in Sicamous at ...
Aaron Schulze Jun 21, 2024
As hospital district approves funding for Kamloops cancer centre, focus shifts to potential operational challenges
KAMLOOPS - On Thursday (June 20) morning, the Thompson Regional Hospital District board approved its share of the Kamloops cancer care project, totaling just over $45.1 million.In doing so, the projec...
Aaron Schulze Jun 20, 2024
TNRD hosts Invasive Plant Field Day in Little Fort to educate locals
LITTLE FORT, BC - Hawkweed. Sulphur cinquefoil. Hoary cress. What do these plants have in common? They're all invasive species, on the TNRD's Thompson-Nicola Invasive Plant Management Committee's watc...
Aaron Schulze Jun 20, 2024
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