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Knife-wielding Kamloops woman busted in the bushes after alleged theft
A woman who allegedly pulled a knife on an employee who tried to prevent her…

Kamloops man avoids deportation after pleading guilty to sexual assault
A Kamloops man has avoided deportation after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a friend while…

Kamloops RCMP use Taser to resolve standoff with man armed with knife
There was a standoff in Kamloops between RCMP officers and a man with a knife…

Illicit toxic drug deaths hit Thompson-Okanagan region hard in 2021
People from the Thompson-Cariboo region were nearly 50% more likely to die from illicit drugs last…

B.C. Interior welcomes 2022 New Year’s Babies
The birth of 2022 has been personified by New Year's babies in Kamloops, Kelowna and…
Water main break causes street closure in downtown Kamloops
The City of Kamloops is warning residents that a water main break downtown has caused…

Penticton has highest living wage in Thompson-Okanagan
A national lobby group has calculated the hourly wage required to afford basic expenses in…

Rain, cooler temperatures greatly improve Interior air quality as wildfires continue to burn
Interior residents may have woken up to smoke-free skies this morning after a cool and…

Fight involving machete near Adams Lake lands man in hospital
CHASE – Alcohol was a factor in a fight between two men at a home…

Penticton sets snowfall record for March 9; Kelowna and Kamloops come close
PENTICTON – Penticton has broken some unenviable weather records as the city bore the brunt…

Crash on Okanagan Connector leaves one person dead
MERRITT – A car crash on the Okanagan Connector today has left one person dead and closed the route in both directions. Merritt Fire Rescue Capt. Sky McKeown says a tractor trailor collided with a passenger vehicle, Nov. 16., closing Highway 97C, about 10 kilometres east of Merritt. There is no estimate from Drive B.C. on...
Human rights activist to speak at TRU
KAMLOOPS – Human rights activist Dr. Monia Mazigh will be speaking about Muslim womanat Thompson River University later this month. Mazigh was thrust into the spotlight when she was forced to fight for the release of her husband Maher Arar from a Syrian prison. Arar was detained by the United States when returning back to...

Ministry building vandalized with anti-mine message
KAMLOOPS - Employees at the Ministry of Environment offices in Kamloops arrived at work to discover their building targeted by someone with a message for Imperial Metals. On Wednesday, April 29, the message 'shut down Imperial Metals' was found scrawled across four different parts of the building. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops...