Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'A semi-normal winter'; Sun Peaks bounces back after years of COVID restrictions and travel disruptions
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - After two years of COVID-19 restrictions and then a winter of travel nightmares with highways washing out, the team at Sun Peaks was just happy to be closer to normal this winter."Th...
Mar 21, 2023
Kamloops high school students get taste of police training at RCMP Youth Academy
KAMLOOPS - Fourteen young student cadets are spending their spring break in uniform.School District 73 and the Kamloops RCMP have teamed up to give these high school students a crash course in policin...
Mar 21, 2023
Kamloops murder trial underway in B.C. Supreme Court
KAMLOOPS - A B.C. Supreme Court trial has begun in the 2020 killing of Paul Samuel Whitten Jr. in downtown Kamloops. Jason Michael Holm is charged with second degree murder in the case. Whitten was fo...
Mar 21, 2023
Council suspends standing committees, challenges mayor at special meeting
KAMLOOPS - The city's standing committees, which have been the centre of controversy for the last week with Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson appointing his own people to those committees, are being s...
Mar 21, 2023
Chase man arrested, charges pending after alleged attack on dog
CHASE, B.C. - Charges are pending against a man arrested in an alleged attack of a dog in Chase Saturday.RCMP Southeast District spokesperson Cpl. James Grandy has confirmed to CFJC Today that a 31-ye...
Mar 21, 2023
Demolition of former Northbridge Hotel set to begin in coming days
KAMLOOPS - Fences will be going up at 377 Tranquille Rd. as preliminary work on demolishing the former Northbridge Hotel is set to begin later this month.In a news release issued Tuesday (March 21), t...
Mar 21, 2023
Kamloops standing committees main focus of special council meeting following mayor and council's rift
KAMLOOPS - Following a shuffle of Kamloops' standing committees by the mayor, a public rebuke by council, and an emailed retort by the mayor, a special council meeting will be held at Kamloops City Ha...
Mar 21, 2023
Family of missing Kamloops woman calls on community for assistance
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP, as well as friends and family, are pleading with the public for help in locating a missing 57-year-old resident, Jo-Anne Donovan, who was last seen by her neighbours early la...
Mar 20, 2023
Daily searches planned for missing Merritt man
MERRITT, B.C. - Miguel Mack was last seen in Merritt three weeks ago. The young man was last seen wearing a burgundy hoodie with white writing on it, dark pants and a toque.Since his disappearance Mig...
Mar 20, 2023
Wild spring break at BC Wildlife Park
KAMLOOPS - Kids are out of school this week and next for spring break, but that doesn't mean they aren't learning anything. The BC Wildlife Park is hosting day camps for kids, each day with a differen...
Mar 20, 2023
