POLICE – Billboard on Yellowhead promoting COVID safety vandalized
The Tk’emlúps Rural RCMP Detachment is investigating after a billboard promoting Covid-19 safety was vandalized. Police received a report today (Sept. 20, 2021) of [Continue]
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POLICE – Man stabbed at motel on Columbia Street West, suspect arrested
A man is in custody and another was taken to hospital following a report of a stabbing at a Columbia Street motel early Saturday evening. On Sept. 18, 2021, around 5:08 p.m., [Continue]
POLICE – Suspect caught in City Hall break-in; chain of office still missing
A number of electronics were returned to City Hall and a man was arrested, thanks to the help of a City of Kamloops employee. However, the mayor’s chain of office is [Continue]
POLICE – Farewell to Fargo as Kamloops police dog heads into retirement
The green tactical ‘Police’ vest came off of K9 member Fargo for the last time yesterday, as he was signed off from his last shift with the Kamloops RCMP. Just a couple [Continue]
POLICE – Stolen high-end mountain bikes returned to owner
Two high-end mountain bikes stolen late last week were recovered by the Kamloops RCMP during two separate occurrences. On Thursday, Aug. 5, around 7:35 a.m., a member of the [Continue]
POLICE – Sentimental poem, medal of honour stolen from vehicle
The Kamloops RCMP Detachment is asking for the public’s help in recovering some stolen items with an irreplaceable sentimental value. A poem from a family’s late son, a [Continue]
POLICE – Suspect arrested, then released after reports of threats
The Kamloops RCMP Detachment responded to about 520 calls for service over the BC Day long weekend, midnight Friday, July 30, to 9 a.m. on Tuesday Aug. 3, 2021. Below are [Continue]
POLICE – Three in custody after van stolen, then torched in Riverside Park
Two men and a woman are in police custody following a commercial robbery that led to a vehicle on fire in Riverside Park. Kamloops RCMP responded to a report of a robbery on [Continue]
PETERS – Government needs a more convincing argument to vaccinate
I DON’T USUALLY talk about my family as part of this segment, but I feel I need to. I grew up in a town – I like to say it’s a city, but it’s really a town – called [Continue]
POLICE – Horse’s tail cut off in strange overnight theft
A mischief report from a Monte Creek property has the RCMP asking residents to be on the lookout for anyone suspicious hanging around their horses. Earlier this month, the [Continue]
POLICE – Memorial plaque for three RCMP constables stolen from cairn
Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a plaque stolen from Peterson Creek Park. On Monday July 26, 2021, around 9:32 a.m., the Kamloops RCMP Detachment [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Tea leaves point to fall federal election, Liberal majority
SUDDENLY, A FEDERAL ELECTION is very much a topic of conversation. Oh, we’d always had our suspicions that we’d have to go to the polls again this fall, but it’s a [Continue]
PETERS – In the midst of its grief, Tk’emlups community exemplifies compassion
IT’S TIME WE SIT BACK AND CONTEMPLATE the marvel that is the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc community. Like most Indigenous communities where a residential school operated in the [Continue]
POLICE – Body of missing Kamloops man found after widespread search
The body of a Kamloops man missing since June 28 has been found. RCMP said today (July 7, 2021) Mark Foan was found yesterday. He had been the subject of a widespread search [Continue]
