Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops council passes new public drug use ban, calls on province to fund all 'Four Pillars'
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has changed a motion it passed three weeks ago, banning drug use in parks and public places. In order to take the motion out of the hands of the provincial government, coun...
May 02, 2023
RCMP distribute photos of suspect in Sunday armed robbery in Sahali
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are distributing a photo of a robbery suspect, hoping someone will be able to help identify her.Just before 9:00 p.m. on Sunday (April 30), officers were called to a robbery i...
May 02, 2023
Province issues flood warning for smaller creeks and rivers west of Kamloops
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The B.C. River Forecast Centre has now issued a flood warning for the Lower Thompson region, including a series of smaller waterways west of Kamloops.The warning, issued Tuesday af...
May 02, 2023
Tuesday morning highway crash in Dallas killed a man who was outside his own vehicle: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP have confirmed a collision on the Trans Canada Highway Tuesday (May 2) morning took a man's life.In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says police wer...
May 02, 2023
High water crests over Trans Canada Highway in Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - UPDATE: The B.C. River Forecast Centre has now issued a flood warning for the Cache Creek area.EARLIER: The flood situation has worsened in Cache Creek - thanks to high levels on t...
May 02, 2023
Kamloops YMCA prenatal wellness program to focus on mindfulness, meditation, and self-compassion tools
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Region Family Obstetrics Clinic, which handles the majority of expectant families in the Kamloops area, has announced it will stop taking new patients with due dates after July...
May 02, 2023
Serious collision on Highway 1 snarling traffic in Dallas
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (11:40 a.m.): B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) says it was contacted about a motor vehicle incident at about 9:56 a.m. Tuesday.Two ground ambulances and one air ambulance were ...
May 02, 2023
Kamloops man charged with arson after pair of fires lit on North Shore
KAMLOOPS - A 26-year-old Kamloops man was arrested and charged with arson after a pair of fires on the North Shore.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP say they were called to the 1000-block of Lethbridge...
May 02, 2023
Emergency test alert being issued in Kamloops Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will issue a city-wide test alert on Wednesday (May 3) through Voyent Alert!, its emergency notification system. In a news release, the city says the test will go out b...
May 02, 2023
Pressy Lake-area residents given all-clear by TNRD
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - There is good news for residents in the Pressy Lake area east of 70 Mile House.The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says the nearby Lost Valley wildfire is no longer posing a th...
May 01, 2023
