Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
RCMP seize guns, drugs and cars from four Okanagan sites
VERNON, B.C. - It's being called the largest and most significant drug and gun seizure in recent memory for the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP.A drug trafficking investigation resulted in five people bein...
Mar 14, 2023
15 facilities in Interior Health with illness outbreaks, including 4 in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is awash with illness outbreaks in health facilities.The health authority's facility outbreak page listed no fewer than 15 facilities amid various outbreak protocols Tuesday...
Mar 14, 2023
Kamloops Firefighters, local brewery honour the past in fundraiser
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Firefighters' Charitable Society have begun a new partnership with a local brewery to fundraise for international relief efforts and local health care.In a news release Monday ...
Mar 14, 2023
Big crowds and great films mark 27th edition of the Kamloops Film Festival
KAMLOOPS - Another year, another Kamloops Film Festival finished - this one, the 27th annual. For Kamloops Film Society Executive Director Duan Magdolen, the 2023 edition of the event was a huge succe...
Mar 13, 2023
Valleyview shooting: RCMP looking for witnesses, video
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP is looking for witnesses and dashcam footage related to a weekend shooting in Valleyview. According to police, officers responded to a motel in the 1800-block of the East Tran...
Mar 13, 2023
Russian flag at TRU IDays causes disbelief among Ukrainian population
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) International Days event wrapped up over the weekend. More than 100 countries are represented among the students and facility at the university and IDay...
Mar 13, 2023
Blazers' Kieper named WHL Goaltender of the Week after allowing 1 goal in 2 games
KAMLOOPS - He may be the Kamloops Blazers' Number 2 option in goal, but Matthew Kieper is proving he's no slouch. The 19-year-old Kieper has been named the Western Hockey League's Goaltender of the We...
Mar 13, 2023
No joke: Salmon Arm prankster wins $675,000 after buying ticket in Kamloops
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A long-haul truck driver from Salmon Arm, who considers himself to be a prankster, thought he was being set up for a joke when he saw his Set for Life ticket won $675,000.According ...
Mar 13, 2023
Emergency department at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt, to close temporarily Monday morning
MERRITT - Merritt area residents will have to deal with another temporary closure of the Nicola Valley Hospital's Emergency department Monday (Mar. 13).In a news release Sunday evening, Interior Healt...
Mar 12, 2023
Coquihalla highway expecting 10 to 20 centimeters of snowfall
KAMLOOPS - Travelers who are planning to take the Coquihalla highway should drive with caution as snowfall is expected to begin late Sunday afternoon (Mar.12).Environment Canada says 10 to 20 cm of sn...
Mar 12, 2023
