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POLICE – Shootings believed connected to organized crime, say RCMP

January 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

Police released the names today (Jan. 24, 2019) of the two victims who died in separate shootings outside Kamloops motels Wednesday morning. Cpl. Jodie Shelkie said the [Continue]

POLICE – Library area temporarily shut down after morning bomb scare

January 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

A bomb scare shut down several blocks of the Kamloops downtown area for a few hours today (Jan. 4, 2019) as police searched the main library on Victoria Street. Sgt. Kelly [Continue]

University professor, former Kamloops mayoral candidate Cindy Friedman dies

January 2, 2019 // 7 Comments

A former Thompson Rivers University professor and former Kamloops mayoralty candidate has died. Cindy Friedman died from an aortic dissection on Christmas eve morning while [Continue]

WILDFIRES – East Shuswap Road eaglets ready to fly after close call with fire

July 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

An eagles’ nest saved from the East Shuswap Road wildfire remains in place and the eaglets were seen trying to fly from the nest on Saturday, the BC Wildfire Service [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Grass fire north of East Shuswap Road proving troublesome

July 12, 2018 // 1 Comment

A grass fire near the 800 block of East Shuswap Road had reached an estimated 200 acres by 5 p.m. today (July 12, 2018). Fifty BC Wildfire and 18 Kamloops Fire Rescue [Continue]

CANNABIS – Kamloops picked for first government-owned marijuana outlet

July 11, 2018 // 4 Comments

Kamloops will be the first city in B.C. to get a government-owned cannabis retail outlet. The BC Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) announced today (July 11, 2018) that the [Continue]