Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Chamber petitioning Ottawa for change to affordable housing in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - As the living wage in Kamloops went up 14 per cent this year, the Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce is petitioning the federal government for change to make affordable housing more ...
Nov 17, 2022
IIO report describes dramatic 2021 shootout between fleeing suspect and Merritt RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Ten days after a Fort St. John man was sentenced, a report from the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) is shedding light on how he engaged in a shootout with RCMP near Merritt ...
Nov 17, 2022
Kamloops mayor to keep helping people get into shelter, despite being asked not to visit unannounced
KAMLOOPS - For years, Reid Hamer-Jackson has been waking up early and walking the streets of Kamloops - all in the name of helping people get into shelters. "I'm trying to get people off the streets f...
Nov 17, 2022
TRU nursing school works to help fill critical shortage
KAMLOOPS - Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a spotlight was placed on the healthcare sector across canada. Thanks in part to burnout, early retirement and people switching professions, hospitals like...
Nov 17, 2022
Woman fails breath test after driving to Lillooet RCMP detachment
LILLOOET, B.C. - Lillooet RCMP didn't have to go far to arrest an intoxicated driver earlier this week - she drove right to the police station.According to a report from the detachment, the woman pull...
Nov 17, 2022
Kamloops has the second-lowest living wage in B.C.: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
KAMLOOPS - The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), in partnership with Living Wage for Families B.C. has released its 2022 living wage calculations for B.C. communities and Kamloops comes ...
Nov 17, 2022
VIDEO: Canada's National Women's Hockey Team visits Valleyview Secondary
KAMLOOPS - Ahead of its Rivalry Series game against the United States at Sandman Centre Thursday, Canada's National Women's Team paid a visit to students at Valleyview Secondary Wednesday (Nov. 16). A...
Nov 17, 2022
Kamloops RCMP seek public's assistance in locating missing man
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in locating a man who was last seen in the Kamloops area. Police say Joseph Driscoll hasn't been seen since Friday, November 11.Mounties...
Nov 17, 2022
Work resumes at Highland Valley copper mine following safety shutdown
KAMLOOPS - Unionized workers at TECK's Highland Valley Copper are back on the job today following a work stoppage earlier this week.Sources confirmed members of the United Steelworkers 7619 refused wo...
Nov 17, 2022
Purse drive collecting essential items for Kamloops women in need
KAMLOOPS - Patti Phillips of the North Shore Business Improvement Association is once again collecting filled purses for those in need. "When the women go to the women's shelter, most of them are on t...
Nov 16, 2022
