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CITY HALL – Mayor withdraws names of volunteers from standing committee

March 26, 2023 // 2 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson has rescinded his appointments of community members to standing committees. The mayor sent out a notice Friday (March 24, 2023) to City councillors [Continue]

CITY HALL – Demolition of Northbridge Hotel to get underway soon

March 21, 2023 // 2 Comments

Demolition of the Northbridge Hotel at 377 Tranquille Road will get underway later this month with the City awarding the contract to Clearview Demolition. The City announced [Continue]

CITY HALL – ‘Put bruised egos aside’ mayor urges councillors in statement

March 18, 2023 // 10 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson today (Saturday, March 18, 2023) released a statement in response to Friday’s news conference held by the eight City councillors about [Continue]

CITY HALL – Councillors blast mayor for ‘chaotic’ and ‘erratic’ behaviour

March 17, 2023 // 9 Comments

The war of words between Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and City councillors escalated today (March 17, 2023) with the councillors firing back over changes made by the mayor to the [Continue]

POLICE – Youth in custody following Westsyde school threats investigation

February 15, 2023 // 0 Comments

A brief hold and secure at a Westsyde school ended Tuesday with a youth suspect being arrested by police. On Feb. 14, 2023, around 1:45 p.m., Kamloops RCMP received a report [Continue]

POLICE – Charges sworn in McGill Road shooting investigation

September 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

Three men are facing robbery with a firearm charges as part of an ongoing investigation into a McGill Road shooting Friday morning. Around 7:41 a.m. on Sept. 16, 2022, [Continue]

CITY – Unclaimed bikes, surplus furniture, equipment to go on the block

July 27, 2022 // 1 Comment

The City of Kamloops, in partnership with Team Auctions, will host a three-day event Aug. 4–6, 2022, to auction off hundreds of surplus assets. Both new and used assets [Continue]

CITY – July 4 deadline looms for payment of property taxes

June 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

Kamloops property owners have one more week to pay their property taxes before a 10 per cent penalty for late payment is applied on July 5. Property tax notices for 2022 were [Continue]

HERITAGE – City will temporarily suspend new St. Andrew’s bookings

December 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

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]

CITY – Council gives green light for historic homes to give way to towers

December 14, 2021 // 1 Comment

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]

POLICE – Missing Kamloops woman’s Jeep found on Nicola Street

November 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

A jeep belonging to missing Kamloops woman Shannon White has been found, but a search for her continues. On Nov. 2, 2021, RCMP requested the public’s help in locating [Continue]

POLICE – Weapons, drugs, cash seized during aggravated assault investigation

October 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

An investigation into a stabbing report has led to the seizure of guns, weapons, drugs, and cash. On Oct. 7, 2021, members of the Kamloops RCMP Detachment’s Targeted [Continue]

POLICE – Charges laid in connection with deaths of Kamloops brothers

June 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

Two men have been charged in connection with the deaths of Carlos and Erick Fryer, the Kamloops brothers whose bodies were discovered in Naramata in May. On May 10, police [Continue]

COVID-19 – City closes Hillside Stadium due to social-distancing worries

March 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

The City of Kamloops is closing Hillside Stadium effective immediately (Tuesday, March 24, 2020) due to social distancing concerns. “Unfortunately, social distancing [Continue]