POLICE – New canine member joins Kamloops RCMP detachment
At 65 pounds, Kamloops’ newest police dog is the smallest of her local teammates, but what she lacks in size, she makes up for in personality. Neeka, a pure black female [Continue]
News
POLICE – School-computer thieves ‘literally stole from children’
Kamloops RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout after 30 Chromebooks were stolen from a school recently. According to the police report, the break and enter occurred [Continue]
HERITAGE – City will temporarily suspend new St. Andrew’s bookings
The City will suspend new bookings at St. Andrew’s on the Square in the new year while it figures out how to manage the facility. In a media release today, the City said it [Continue]
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!
POLICE – Prolific offender in custody following morning crime spree
A stolen vehicle report that started in Williams Lake ended in Kamloops following a spike belt deployment on the East Trans Canada Highway. Around 10:30 a.m. today (Dec. 14, [Continue]
CITY – Council gives green light for historic homes to give way to towers
Kamloops council gave the green light today (Dec. 14, 2021) to the largest residential development permit in the city’s history, one that will see the destruction of an [Continue]
EDITOR – Lifting ban on nursing home staff taking multiple jobs makes sense
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. REMEMBER WHEN B.C.’s nursing homes were taking the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic? Residents of those facilities were dying by the score. [Continue]
POLICE – Lansdowne Street business robbed by woman with knife
Police are investigating following a robbery at a downtown business this past weekend. On Saturday Dec. 11, 2021 around 4:20 p.m., Kamloops RCMP responded to the 450-block of [Continue]
POLICE – Salvation Army kettles grabbed in two separate robberies
Kamloops RCMP are turning to the public for assistance following two Salvation Army Kettle robberies earlier this week. On Tuesday, Dec. 7 and Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, [Continue]
POLICE – Driver arrested and jailed after SUV backs into police cruiser
Multiple vehicles were damaged following a report of an impaired driver on the North Shore Saturday afternoon (Dec. 4, 2021). About 3:30 p.m., Kamloops RCMP responded to [Continue]
CITY – Upgrades to McArthur Island dike pathway have been completed
In addition to a freshly paved road, new playground and upgrades at the disc golf course, McArthur Island can add a new accessible pathway to its list of improvements this [Continue]
POLICE – Arrest made after man with gun reported in parking lot
A Kamloops man is facing weapons offence charges following a report on the 300-block of Columbia Street Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 30, 2021). Around 2 p.m., Kamloops RCMP [Continue]
POLICE – Looking for suspects and witnesses in pair of sexual assaults
Police are warning the public and asking for assistanc, following two separate daytime sexual assault reports in Kamloops this week. The Kamloops RCMP Detachment is [Continue]
FLOODING – City of Merritt drone video shows old and new channels of river
The City of Merritt has released a video of the old (now dry) and new (full of water) channels of the Coldwater River near the wastewater filtration [Continue]
ArmchairMayor.ca 