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Kamloops RCMP working on plan to expand 'Car 40' program to outlying areas
The head of the Kamloops RCMP says its been a successful first year for the expanded Car 40 program in the city. Now known as the Integrated Crisis Response Team, Superintendent Jeff Pelley says the R...
May 14, 2024 Photo via Interior Health
B.C. moves to prevent offender name changes after Allan Schoenborn legally gets new name
The British Columbia government has now introduced legislation to ensure those convicted of serious Criminal Code offences will no longer be permitted to legally change their names. The New Democrat g...
May 13, 2024 Allan Schoenborn is shown in this sketch attending a British Columbia Review Board in Coquitlam on March 12, 2020. (Photo via Felicity Don/The Canadian)
Kamloops CSO expected to working around the clock by July
The City of Kamloops expects to have its Community Services Officers working around the clock by July. The City got the wheels in motion when it approved an expansion of the CSO program from 16-hours ...
May 13, 2024 A Kamloops Community Services Officer's badge. (Photo via Victor Kaisar)
New East Kamloops Business Improvement Association expecting to get Council approval Tuesday
The City of Kamloops is still on track to get a new business improvement association to represent the Valleyview and Dallas area by next year. Randy Ruygrok with the East Kamloops Business Improvement...
May 13, 2024 Businesses in Valleyview Square, between Oriole Road and Highland Road in Kamloops. (Photo via Google Maps)
Tk'emlúps and Kamloops to host 2025 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
The City of Kamloops and Tkemlps te Secwpemc have been named hosts of the 2025 National Aboriginal Hockey Championship next year. Set to run May 5 to 10, the Hockey Canada sanctioned under-18 tourname...
May 13, 2024
Kamloops man facing numerous weapons charges
RCMP say a Kamloops man is facing seven charges following the discovery of weapons in a stolen vehicle that was seen "parked in a suspicious manner." Police say an officer on patrol on Kokanee Way spo...
May 10, 2024
Manhunt underway after Merritt business robbed at gunpoint
Police in Merritt are on the lookout for a man who robbed a convenience store at gunpoint this afternoon. Mounties say they were called to Bob's Mini Mart at 2801 Clapperton Avenue around 1:45 p.m. th...
May 10, 2024 Merritt RCMP are looking for this man after an armed robbery on May 10, 2024. (Photo via Merritt RCMP)
B.C. confident that cybersecurity attacks on government were state directed
A state or state-sponsored actor was likely responsible for a series of cybersecurity attacks targeting British Columbia government networks, Mike Farnworth, B.C.'s public safety minister and solicito...
May 10, 2024
Kamloops spray parks to open this Saturday
With a heat wave on the way, the City of Kamloops will be opening its spray parks this weekend. Councillor Stephen Karpuk says this Saturday's opening comes a week earlier than expected. "[Wednesday] ...
May 10, 2024 Photo via City of Kamloops
Province giving Tolko $8-million to expand Heffley Creek mill in Kamloops
The B.C. Government is giving Tolko Industries up to $8 million, allowing it to expand its Heffley Creek operation in Kamloops. The Province says the money - which is coming from the BC Manufacturing ...
May 09, 2024
