Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Pedestrian killed in downtown Kamloops collision
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating a collision that killed a pedestrian downtown Saturday evening (Oct. 15).In a news release issued Monday (Oct. 17) morning, Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says the coll...
Oct 17, 2022
New Merritt councillors, mayor to serve upcoming term following election
MERRITT - The City of Merritt has a new mayor and it is former city councillor, Mike Goetz. After preliminary results, Goetz received 859 votes out of the 2,261 votes. Following behind was Tony Luck w...
Oct 16, 2022
Highway 1 reopened near Sorrento following vehicle incident
SORRENTO - UPDATE: Highway 1 is now operating at single-lane alternating traffic west of Sorrento. Previous post: According to Drive BC, Highway 1 is closed in both directions near Sorrento due to a v...
Oct 16, 2022
New look council table takes shape in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A new look council will convene next month with only three incumbents sitting at the table. Bill Sarai, Mike O'Reilly and Dale Bass all secured re-election tonight, while Nancy Bepple, who ...
Oct 16, 2022
Voter turnout drops below 30 per cent in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Voter turnout in Kamloops is down percentage-wise from 2018. While more than 80,000 Kamloops residents were eligible to cast a ballot in this year's municipal election, just 29 per cent uti...
Oct 16, 2022
Capital funding will be key for new Kamloops-Thompson school board
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School Board will have some new faces joining the team for the next four years. Five seats at the board table are allotted to the city of Kamloops, and four other seat...
Oct 16, 2022
Familiar face Ranta returns to the mayor's chair in Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - John Ranta is returning to the mayor's chair in Cache Creek.After the votes were tabulated Saturday (Oct. 15), Ranta (39.2 per cent) had defeated incumbent Santo Talarico (24.1 per...
Oct 16, 2022
Three new faces on four-person Sun Peaks council; Raine acclaimed mayor
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - The Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks will have three new faces around the council table for the next term.After Saturday's (Oct. 15) vote, incumbent Rob O'Toole was re-elect...
Oct 16, 2022
Voters choose four of six incumbents to return to Barriere council
BARRIERE, B.C. - Two of the six incumbents have been unseated in the race for Barriere council.After Saturday's (Oct. 15) votes were tabulated, incumbents Scott Kershaw, Rob Kerslake, Donna Kibble and...
Oct 15, 2022
Blackwell defeats Clifford in Clearwater; two newcomers elected to council
CLEARWATER, B.C. - Incumbent Merlin Blackwell has easily held off challenger Dean Clifford to retain the mayor's chair in Clearwater.Blackwell defeated Clifford by a margin of 88.1 per cent to 11.2 pe...
Oct 15, 2022
