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Kamloops woman pleading with drivers to stop for schools buses with lights on
With school back in session, a Kamloops woman wants drivers to stop for a school bus if it has its lights on. Adriana Mailloux tells NL News there has been more than once instance where that has happe...
Sep 17, 2021 Photo via Pixabay
Up to five times more naloxone needed to reverse a fentanyl overdose, BC paramedic says
A veteran paramedic says every second counts when it comes trying to save a life during an overdose call. Brian Twaites with BC Emergency Health Services says brain cells start to die in just four to ...
Sep 17, 2021
Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc proposing worldwide drum circle on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Tk'emlps te Secwepemc is calling on people around the world to drum simultaneously on the first Canadian National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir says the proposal ...
Sep 17, 2021 Tk'emlúps Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir outside the Kamloops Indian Residential School building/via Tk'emlups
Kamloops RCMP looking for suspect after a dozen walkie-talkies stolen from downtown business
Kamloops RCMP are asking for help identifying a suspect after almost a dozen walkie-talkies were stolen from Spirit Halloween downtown. Police say around 8:30 a.m. this past Sunday, Sept. 12, they wer...
Sep 17, 2021
Stump Lake Ranch-commissioned study identifies numerous issues with trucks on Highway 5A
Proponents behind a push to ban semi trucks on Highway 5A between Merritt and Kamloops have released a new transportation study - commissioned by the Stump Lake Ranch - to support their case. Accordin...
Sep 16, 2021 Photo via Lori Brewer
Kamloops man charged after early-morning scooter stop in Dallas
Kamloops RCMP say a local man is in custody for theft as well as for breaching his conditions after an early-morning scooter stop in Dallas. RCMP say around 1:45 a.m. Thursday morning, Sept. 16, an of...
Sep 16, 2021
B.C. Lions partnering with Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
The BC Lions will recognize survivors of Canada's residential school system at an upcoming home game this month ahead of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. The Lions are ...
Sep 16, 2021 Photo via BC Lions
Kamloops-area rural communities 'relieved' to see introduction of 24-hour ambulance service
The Mayor of Ashcroft says people in her community are relieved to know they will have 24-hour ambulance service, starting next month. Barbara Roden tells NL News it will mean a 90-second response tim...
Sep 16, 2021
Victim in suspicious death near Merritt identified as 51-year-old local man
The RCMP have identified a 51-year-old Merritt man as the person who was found dead near Nicola Lake this week. The body of Dennis Michael Walters was found just before 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. Police ...
Sep 16, 2021
Rivers Trail between Riverside Park and Pioneer Park closed because of bear in the area
Its not quite like the situation in Stanley Park with coyotes, but a bear has led to the closure of Rivers Trail between Riverside Park and Pioneer Park. In a statement, the City of Kamloops says the ...
Sep 16, 2021
