Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

TRU to build $22M Indigenous Education Centre
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University is planning to build a $22-million Indigenous Education Centre.The university's Board of Governors unanimously approved the project at a meeting Friday (Sept. 29)...
Dave Barry Sep 29, 2023

Legislature returns Tuesday with BC United eyeing cost of living challenges
KAMLOOPS - Next week, the B.C. legislature will return for the first sitting of the fall session. Since the legislature was last underway, the province has suffered the worst wildfire season in histor...
Sep 29, 2023

Hamer-Jackson seeking legal advice before handing over secret recordings
KAMLOOPS - In a closed meeting of council earlier this week, Kamloops city council voted to approve the hiring of an investigator to look into the mayor's practice of secretly recording phone calls wi...
Dave Barry Sep 29, 2023

UPDATE: Missing Kamloops man found safe
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (Oct. 12): RCMP say the man reported missing on Sept. 29 has been found and is confirmed safe.
James Peters Sep 29, 2023 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Missing Prince George man may be in Clinton area: RCMP
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are releasing new information about a missing Prince George man who was last seen in Logan Lake.John David Young, 67, was on his way from Prince George to Duncan on Vancouver I...
Dave Barry Sep 29, 2023

Victim stable after Thursday night Valleyview stabbing; suspect in custody
KAMLOOPS - One man was arrested and another taken to hospital after a stabbing in Valleyview Thursday night (Sept. 28).In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says officers w...
Sep 29, 2023

Kamloops elementary students celebrate city’s rivers
KAMLOOPS - Students from Bert Edwards Science and Technology School took part in a 12th-annual tradition on Thursday (Sept. 28). Every year, the school gathers on the banks of the North Thompson River...
Sep 28, 2023

Kamloops break-in, assault suspect leaves tooth at crime scene
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say the suspect in a downtown Kamloops break-in investigation may be whistling a new tune this week, as he lost a tooth in the process of committing the crime.In a news release, detach...
Sep 28, 2023

Incensed at hospital closures, City of Merritt plans to withhold tax dollars from province
MERRITT B.C. - Fourteen closures this year, and two this week alone at the Nicola Valley Hospital's Emergency Room, have left residents concerned and searching for answers. "It's a Band-Aid station ri...
James Peters Sep 28, 2023

Witnesses sought after violent robbery at McArthur Island Monday: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking into a frightening robbery on McArthur Island earlier this week.According to Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn, the incident took place at about 2:30 p.m. on M...
Sep 28, 2023

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