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Residents in flooded Westsyde mobile home park remain upbeat
KAMLOOPS - A construction team sweeps debris from Westsyde Road as residents of the nearby Oak Dale trailer park return home to survey the damage, throw away perishables and connect with neighbours after a flash flood tore through the neighbourhood earlier this week. On Tuesday, June 30, Emergency crews evacuated about 60 homes after a...
UPDATE: False alarm triggered heavy police response in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A 9-1-1 call which triggered a heavy police response of officers armed with rifles, the emergency response team, the K-9 unit and more this afternoon turned out to be a false alarm in Brocklehurst. Const. Jason Epp, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, said the call came in around 1:30 p.m., July 2....
‘Sheer brutality’ earns killer who stabbed friend 12 years
RECEIVES SAME SENTENCE AS LAST TRIAL KAMLOOPS - A convicted killer could be back out in the community in roughly five years’ time after he was handed his sentence today, June 30, for his 'sheer brutality' in the 2008 murder of a Lytton man. Kamloops Supreme Court Justice Dev Dley handed Cory Bird, 27, the...
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm warnings back in effect for B.C. Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you haven't experienced major rain or thunder and lightning, your turn is likely coming. Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch on and off for most of the region today, June 30. At 5:35 p.m., Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the North Okanagan, including Vernon. The storm has...
UPDATE WITH VIDEO: Homes evacuated as ‘river of mud’ flows through Westsyde
KAMLOOPS - A storm moving over the city dropped a lot of rain in a short amount of time over Westsyde and now a 'river of mud' is reportedly forcing evacuations of Oak Hills Boulevard area. Emergency crews encountered heavy traffic as they tried to get to the area and reports on social media showed...
Highway to Logan Lake to be upgraded
LOGAN LAKE - Highway 97D is slated for upgrades this summer, the province announced today, June 30. Transportation Minister Todd Stone says the work is part of the 10-year transportation plan and will include more than 20 kilometres of repaving and the addition of wider paved shoulders from the Coquihalla Highway interchange to Logan Lake....
Kamloops mounties keeping an eye out on Canada Day
KAMLOOPS - As you plan to enjoy your Canada Day celebrations, remember to decide how to get home safe ahead of time; RCMP is on the watch for impaired drivers among other criminal violations. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says a full complement of officers will be at Riverside Park tomorrow,...
New affordable housing units in the works for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There are 98 new affordable housing units coming to Kamloops as work continues on the city's homelessness action plan. "Let's get building houses," Health Minister Terry Lake, who was on hand with Transportation Minister Todd Stone and Mayor Peter Milobar for the announcement, says. Milobar calls this announcement the perfect way to celebrate...
Campfire bans in effect this weekend for B.C. Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Due to an elevated risk of fire across the Interior of B.C., the Kamloops Fire Centre has banned all open fires, including campfires, as of noon on Friday, July 3. Kelsey Winter of B.C. Wildfire says the step is being taken to prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety around Penticton, Kelowna, Vernon...
Celebrate Canada Day in Kamloops with cake, arts and culture
KAMLOOPS - Every year tens of thousands of people decked out in red and white head down to Riverside Park to celebrate Canada Day, and this year will be no different, except maybe the slightly cooler temperatures in the forecast. The celebrations will begin at 7 a.m. with a pancake breakfast by the tennis courts...
Judge clears charges against care home patient after assault on support worker
KAMLOOPS – A judge cleared the criminal record of a care home patient who lives…
Vehicle crash causes power outage in Sahali
KAMLOOPS - A vehicle crash in Upper Sahali has caused a power outage to more than 1,000 customers this evening. B.C. Hydro is reporting a ‘motor vehicle accident’ just after 7 p.m. caused an outage to 1,066 customers in the area east of Glencoe Place, south of Chino Place and north of Tuxford Drive. The...
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm warning ends for Kamloops, Okanagan regions
WATCH STILL IN PLACE KAMLOOPS - A severe thunderstorm watch was upgraded to a warning this afternoon for the South Thompson, Nicola and Okanagan areas but was later downgraded back to a watch. Environment Canada issued a watch for much of the Southern Interior earlier this morning, June 29, but then upgraded it to a...
Man with warrants flees from police, spends night on Pritchard Bridge
PRITCHARD - It was a long shift for Chase RCMP members who spent their night watching a runaway man with warrants for his arrest stand on a bridge over rushing water in Pritchard. Const. Jonathan Spooner says the man fled from police at a beach yesterday afternoon, June 28. “A Chase officer noted the man...
Fire along Schubert Drive causes intense blaze
KAMLOOPS – A fire along the Rivers Trail last night, June 28, engulfed the bush along the river and took 12 firefighters about two hours to extinguish the blaze. Deputy Fire Chief Mike Adams says dispatch received a call around 10 p.m. of a fire near Schubert Drive and Windsor Avenue and crews from the...
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – We could see severe thunderstorms develop in the Thompson-Okanagan region this afternoon and evening. Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch this morning covering the South and North Thompson, Nicola, Shuswap and Okanagan regions and upgraded it to a warning for parts of the South Thompson, Nicola and Okanagan regions for a short...
Bylaw officer assaulted in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are trying to identify a man who attacked a city bylaw officer last night in Kamloops. A female officer was investigating a male who was spray painting the back of the Memorial Arena on Victoria Street around 8:30 p.m., June 28. The male struck the officer with his skateboard, knocking her to...
Another record day in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - We didn’t quite hit 40 Celsius on Sunday but Kamloops was still one of about 30 communities to set a new high temperature record in the province. With a high temperature of 39.1 C Sunday, June 28, the mercury surpassed the former record by nearly a full degree. Saturday also saw a new...
Local university develops international partnership in Mexico
KAMLOOPS - Representatives from Thompson Rivers University’s international department made a formal agreement with a Mexican university this month to provide students at both institutions more opportunities for research and exchange. Baihua Chadwick, the associate vice present and CEO of TRU World Global Operations was in Acapulco June 16 to join Dr. Javier Saldaña from...
Scorching heat sizzles high temperature records
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The heat wave blasting the Southern Interior cranked the temperature up a notch Saturday breaking high temperature records in the Thompson-Okanagan. Canada’s hot spot June 27 was Osoyoos where the mercury climbed to 40.9 Celsius, snapping the old high temperature record of 37.7 C recorded on the same day in 2000. Kamloops hit...
Heat wave continues though not as hot has originally forecast
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – While it will still be hot this weekend, it won’t be has hot as first forecast by Environment Canada. The Special Weather Statement issued on Thursday, June 25, for the South and North Thompson, Nicola, Shuswap and Okanagan warning of temperatures as high at 40 Celsius has been ended. Meteorologists are still forecasting...
Lots of events to kick off summer break in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The kids are out of school and you may already be wondering what you are going to do with all this extra time. While you might not have the whole summer planned out, there are quite a few events happening this weekend to at least give you a jump on avoiding the "I’m...
Music in the Park kicks off on Canada Day
KAMLOOPS - Music in the Park, now in its 22nd year, will continue to provide live entertainment nightly at Riverside Park and weekly at McDonald Park starting on Canada Day. The season runs from July 1 to Aug. 31, and will feature 62 free evening performances that showcase a variety of talented artists. Riverside Park...
Chamber backs local business after councillor strikes out because of Ajax support
KAMLOOPS - A letter signed by local business people in support of the proposed Ajax Mine has come under fire recently, but not everyone feels the move to offer support to the mine is as premature as one councillor seems to think. The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce is challenging Coun. Denis Walsh's opinion that business...