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Kamloops RCMP looking for suspect after weekend incident
Mounties are looking for a 26-year-old Kamloops man who has been charged after an incident on the weekend. Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Const. Crystal Evelyn says police were called at 11 p.m. on Saturd...
Jan 26, 2021
City of Kamloops hoping to build new bike lane on 6th Avenue, multi-use path on Summit Drive
The City of Kamloops has an ambitious timeline to build bike lanes that connect to both ends of the Xget'tem' Trail, which connects Sahali to downtown. Staff are planning to build a dedicated bike lan...
Jan 26, 2021
Councilor Sarai happy to finally hear Parkcrest rebuild announcement
"This is exactly what Kamloops and Brocklehurst needed to hear" - that is what Kamloops Councillor Bill Sarai says about Monday's announcement from the province as it announced plans to rebuild Parkcr...
Jan 26, 2021
Kamloops could be hub for RCMP training if new facility gets built
When Kamloops council votes on supplemental budget items next month, it's potentially voting on whether the city will become a hub for police training. One of the supplemental items is an RCMP Trainin...
Jan 26, 2021
Family of missing Merritt cowboy Ben Tyner makes emotional plea on two-year anniversary of disappearance
Two years later, and still no sign of Merritt cowboy Ben Tyner, and his family is renewing a plea to help find him. Tyner was last seen on Jan. 26, 2019, and was reported missing two days later when h...
Jan 26, 2021
Outpouring of support for Kamloops Blazers forward Kyrell Sopotyk after snowboarding accident
There's been an outpouring of support for Kamloops Blazers forward Kyrell Sopotyk and his family, after the 19-year-old was injured in a snowboarding accident at Table Mountain near North Battleford, ...
Jan 25, 2021
Three arrests made after weekend stabbing in Valleyview
One man was taken to hospital after a stabbing in Valleyview over the weekend. Kamloops RCMP were first called to a fight in the 2700-block of Thompson Drive, just before 1:15 a.m. on Sunday. Const. C...
Jan 25, 2021
TRU gets about $750,000 to train more care aides
Thompson Rivers University is getting about three quarters of a million dollars from the province to increase the number of health-care assistants it can train this year. It is part of an $8.4-million...
Jan 25, 2021 Georg Arthur Pflueger / Unsplash
Master plan for improving the Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon to be done this spring
A master plan on how to improve the Trans-Canada Highway through the Fraser Canyon is nearing completion. Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart says local stakeholders have been working for three years to p...
Jan 25, 2021
Former Blazers goalie Ingram enters NHL Players Assistance Program
Former three-year member of the Kamloops Blazers (2014-17) Connor Ingram has now been enrolled in the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program as he battles addiction issues. Ingram was with the NHL's Nash...
Jan 25, 2021
