Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
RCMP and Interior Health expanding Car 40 program in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health, in partnership with the B.C. RCMP Southeast Division, has announced changes to the PAC program in Kelowna and the Car 40 program in Kamloops that sees nurses accompany poli...
Dec 01, 2022
RCMP ask for help identifying North Shore liquor theft suspect
KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like your help identifying a suspect in a theft on the Kamloops North Shore.According to a news release from detachment spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn, the theft took place jus...
Dec 01, 2022
City of Kamloops to collect garbage and recycling separately in 2023
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will have two separate trucks collect garbage and recycling in 2023.In a news release issued Thursday (Dec. 1), the city says it will put the dual-pass collection syste...
Dec 01, 2022
'The event has changed since the '90s'; Memorial Cup now a full community event
KAMLOOPS - The four best junior hockey teams in Canada will descend on Kamloops in late May for the Memorial Cup. It's the first time the tournament has been contested in Kamloops since 1995, when the...
Dec 01, 2022
Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir to be one of 14 new recipients of Order of British Columbia
KAMLOOPS - Tk'emlups Kkpi7 Rosanne Casimir will be officially appointed to the Order of British Columbia Thursday (Dec. 1) night.Casimir will be one of 14 British Columbians to receive the order in 20...
Dec 01, 2022
Weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes bear spray assault, interrupted constitutional
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 394 public complaints from midnight Friday (Nov. 25) to 9:00 a.m. Monday (Nov. 28). Below are some incidents police attended.Merritt man on warrant ...
Dec 01, 2022
Early retirement decisions contribute to Kamloops labour shortage
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops businesses of all sizes have struggled to find and keep employees as labour shortages plague the entire country and most of the world. Dean Stainton, vice-president of people exper...
Nov 30, 2022
'The real concern right now is around the stability of these funds': opposition finance critic Milobar
KAMLOOPS - Late last week, B.C. Finance Minister Selina Robinson announced a shocking $5-billion surplus for the province. The news came as a surprise after the minister had previously predicted just ...
Nov 30, 2022
Bedard, projected No. 1 NHL draft pick, plays Blazers during first visit to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The biggest superstar in junior hockey is in Kamloops tonight. Connor Bedard, the projected No. 1 overall pick in next year's NHL Draft, plays the Blazers at the Sandman Centre with the Reg...
Nov 30, 2022
Kamloops council shoots down $8,000 spend to help community groups meet winter needs
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has decided not to spend $8,000 of its contingency fund to boost community groups through the winter season. At its regular meeting Tuesday (Nov. 29), Councillor Nancy Bepp...
Nov 30, 2022
