Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

High interest rates, good time to buy: Kamloops mortgage broker
KAMLOOPS - Rising interest rates have many with variable interest rates and those needing to renegotiate mortgages wondering how they will make ends meet. While some in the industry are worried for fi...
Dave Barry Jan 04, 2023

North Shore family woke up last Thursday to find family member gone: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Jakob Gibbon went missing last Thursday (Dec. 29). In a news release, RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says his family awoke that day to find him gone.The 22-year-old is believed to ha...
James Peters Jan 04, 2023

UPDATE: Missing man found
ENDERBY, B.C. - Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP say the man reported missing last week has been found and is safe.
Dave Barry Jan 04, 2023 Image Credit: CFJC Today

VIDEO: Kamloops man gets rare video of bobcat encounter
KAMLOOPS - Bobcats are notoriously shy and don't hang around populated areas very often - though human encounters are certainly not unheard of.Jan Nademlejnsky of Kamloops had a meet-up with a young b...
Jan 04, 2023

TRU cheer team off to world championships this month
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack cheer team is ready to take on the world.After first- and second-place finishes at the 2022 BC Sport Cheer Provincial Championships last March, the t...
Jan 04, 2023

Acres Enterprises founder Guy Mercier donates $1 million to RIH NICU
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops businessman has made a $1-million donation to the Royal Inland Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).Acres Enterprises founder Guy Mercier's donation will coincide with th...
James Peters Jan 04, 2023

TRU administrator conduct investigation complete; some findings to be released later this month
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University says the investigation into complaints of inappropriate conduct against two senior administrators has wrapped up.In a note to media, a university spokesperson say...
James Peters Jan 04, 2023

2022 property assessments see median Kamloops values approach $700,000
KAMLOOPS - Homeowners across British Columbia will soon receive their 2022 assessments in the mail. On average, Kamloops homeowners saw the value of their homes increase by 11 per cent in 2022, meanin...
Dave Barry Jan 03, 2023

Cooling off period misses mark: Kamloops real estate agent
KAMLOOPS - B.C. is the first province to implement a homebuyer protection period for resale property and newly constructed homes. The provincial government said the new mandatory three-business day pe...
James Peters Jan 03, 2023

One dead in two-vehicle crash near Jade Mountain Tuesday
CHASE, B.C. - UPDATE (4:35 p.m.): Drive BC says the road has re-opened to single-lane, alternating traffic.EARLIER: One person has died in a crash east of Chase Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 3).Cst. Mike Mo...
Dave Barry Jan 03, 2023

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