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 government's proposed amendments to the Name Act come following reports last month that Allan Schoenborn - who killed his...
May 13, 2024
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 to 24-hours a day in March 2021. Council also approved the hiring of temporary security to support patrols downtown and ...
May 13, 2024
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 Association says when formalized, the new BIA will include all Class 5 (light industry) and Class 6 (commercial) proper...
May 13, 2024
Tk'emlúps and Kamloops to host 2025 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
The City of Kamloops and Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc 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 tournament will feature some elite male and female Indigenous hockey players from across Canada, who will be c...
May 13, 2024
City of Kamloops revises projections on housing targets
A new report coming to Kamloops council this week is painting a much rosier housing picture than City officials were expecting just a few months ago. At the start of the year, the City was projecting it was going to miss the provincially-mandated housing targets for the first year by about 20 percent, with initial anal...
May 13, 2024
Kamloops Fire Rescue notes growing interest in FireSmart
It seems many more home owners in Kamloops are starting to gear up for this year's fire season. Kamloops Fire Rescue Life Safety Educator Jeff Pont says they've already gotten around 100 requests so far this year for a FireSmart review, noting that's what they would normally get for an entire year. "Over the last ...
May 13, 2024
Stankoven scores 1st, 2nd of NHL playoff career
Having been "snake bitten" the last couple of weeks when it comes to "lighting the lamp," Kamloops product Logan Stankoven became a standout in the National Hockey League playoffs on Saturday night. Stankoven scored a pair of goals, including the first playoff marker of his NHL career, to give the v...
May 12, 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 spotted the vehicle - which was missing its front licence plate - around 1:25 a.m. Thursday, May 9. "As part...
May 10, 2024
Kamloops "Tin Cup" organizers to begin collecting signatures
A grass-roots movement to try to create federal changes to help low-income seniors is taking its next step here in Kamloops. The Seniors Tin Cup movement, organized by seniors and supporters in cities around BC, has been able to get their formal petition granted by Ottawa. Kamloops organizer Celeste Fummerton says they...
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. this afternoon. "The risk to the public remains unknown at this time, however it appears targeted towards carrying ou...
May 10, 2024