Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
RCMP ask for help locating a missing Kamloops woman
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops are reaching out to the public in an effort to location Samantha Lewis. The 35 year-old woman was last seen April 17 and was reported missing April 25.Lewis is described as...
Apr 28, 2023
Devastating Upper Sahali house fire began in grass next to the property: KFR
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue investigators say a fire that gutted an Upper Sahali home Thursday (April 27) started in the nearby grass.The fiery blaze began at about 2:00 p.m., tearing through a ho...
Apr 28, 2023
Bachelor of Fine Arts program not cancelled but under review: TRU
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University says the future of its Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program is not as sealed as has been reported.In a letter sent to the TRU community Friday (April 28), Provost ...
Apr 28, 2023
Royal Inland Hospital operating room gas collection project has big environmental impact
KAMLOOPS - Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops doesn't have 280 vehicles with their engines running inside its operating rooms, but it has reduced a similar amount on its carbon footprint.In a new...
Apr 28, 2023
Small plane crashes near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP are confirming a light plane crashed in a field near Salmon Arm Friday morning (April 28). The area was described as the Salmon River Valley. "At this time, the pilot and sole ...
Apr 28, 2023
Truck stolen, vehicles damaged after reported break-in at Valleyview business
KAMLOOPS - A man from the south Similkameen Valley was charged with five offences after a reported break-in in Valleyview over the weekend.In a news release issued Thursday (April 27), Kamloops RCMP s...
Apr 28, 2023
Young Ferris Backmeyer again waiting for new kidney, going through hemodialysis in Vancouver
KAMLOOPS - "A nightmare? Yeah. It's every parent's worst nightmare to watch their child suffer." Lindsey and Pat Backmeyer have watched their six-year-old daughter Ferris suffer with kidney disease fo...
Apr 27, 2023
Local food drive returning on the weekend as inflation continues to rise
KAMLOOPS - The Spring Rotary Food Drive returns this Saturday (April 29) as high inflation rates push the need for donations. Partnered with the Kamloops Rotary Club, the food bank is experiencing the...
Apr 27, 2023
'Our personal safety isn't being looked out for'; Kamloops residents rally for public safety
KAMLOOPS - More than 60 Kamloops residents joined together out front of City Hall Thursday (April 27) to say, 'Enough is enough' and demand action on public safety concerns. Rebecca Baechle, a local b...
Apr 27, 2023
Hydra Performing Arts Festival kicks off with a preview at the Effie Arts Collective
KAMLOOPS - Beginning Thursday night (April 27), the Effie Arts Collective on Tranquille Road will be the venue for Chimera Theatre's Hydra Festival. This year will be the fifth or sixth edition of Hyd...
Apr 27, 2023
