Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
PM Trudeau to make long-awaited Tk'emlups visit Monday
TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlups te Secwepemc (TteS) says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit the community on Monday (Oct. 18). It comes three weeks after the prime minister rebuffed invitations to join Tk...
Oct 15, 2021
'These babies are coming home': a spirit walk from Winnipeg to Kamloops
MEDICINE HAT, AB. - Clad in an orange shirt, an Every Child Matters facemask and carrying a blue backpack, Jasmine Lavallee paid a visit to the Saamis Tepee in Medicine Hat, Alberta Thursday.The south...
Oct 15, 2021
Upper Nicola Indian Band continues innovative trend with partnership in $1.3 billion carbon capture plant
KAMLOOPS - Carbon Engineering has been working on helping the climate for the last decade, developing technologies to capture carbon from the atmosphere.In 2015, the company first collected carbon fro...
Oct 14, 2021
City of Kamloops working on replacement shelter for Memorial Arena
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says it's hard at work looking for a new space to become a replacement shelter for the Memorial Arena. "We do want to see Memorial Arena return to recreational use and ...
Oct 14, 2021
Charges recommended for RCMP officer involved in violent Williams Lake arrest caught on camera
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog is recommending charges against an RCMP officer after a violent arrest near Williams Lake was caught on camera. The incident happened on October 25, 2020, ...
Oct 14, 2021
Interior Health alerts Kamloops drug users to tainted speed
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued a drug alert for a substance being sold as speed in Kamloops. IH says the substance appears as white or colourless crystals, spotted purple or black. Testing has ...
Oct 14, 2021 Image Credit: Interior Health
Rider Express granted new Okanagan, Trans Canada runs
KELOWNA - (NOTE: An earlier version of this story stated Rider Express would not be able to transport passengers between Enderby and Salmon Arm. That incorrect information came directly from the Passe...
Oct 14, 2021
Meet Sadie, Kamloops' top online sales-model
KAMLOOPS - A Brocklehurst resident has discovered the key to successfully selling items online: an effective sales-model.Alesia Willard regularly uses Facebook's Kamloops 24 Hour Auction page to offlo...
Oct 14, 2021
Transportation Safety Board finds no link between train activity and fire that destroyed Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has concluded its investigation into the fire that destroyed the village of Lytton, saying it has found no connection between train activ...
Oct 14, 2021
Kamloops RCMP - Coroners Service investigating sudden death in mall parking lot
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP and the Coroner are investigation a sudden death that occurred in the 500-block of Notre Dame Drive at the Columbia Square mall this morning (Oct. 14).Police have taped off an...
Oct 14, 2021
