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Police search for motive, evidence after 17 horses shot dead west of Kamloops

Police search for motive, evidence after 17 horses shot dead west of Kamloops

Mar 14, 2023 / 4:03 pm

Police are investigating after 17 wild horses were shot dead on Crown land west of Kamloops. According to Mounties, the animals were killed north of Walhachin...

Mounties looking for witnesses after six vehicles damaged downtown

Mounties looking for witnesses after six vehicles damaged downtown

Mar 14, 2023 / 3:29 pm

Police are looking for witnesses after six vehicles parked in the Sagebrush neighbourhood were found damaged on Tuesday morning. In a news release, Kamloops...

Truck trailer burns on Coquihalla overnight

Truck trailer burns on Coquihalla overnight

Coquihalla Mar 14, 2023 / 11:13 am

A transport truck trailer burned overnight on the Coquihalla Highway. A motorist passed the burned wreck at about 1 a.m. Tuesday on the hill coming into...

KFR says controlled burns planned Tuesday in Barnhartvale area

KFR says controlled burns planned Tuesday in Barnhartvale area

Mar 14, 2023 / 9:36 am

If you see smoke in the Barnhartvale area on Tuesday, there’s a good chance it’s firefighters conducting controlled burns ahead of wildfire season....

City says street sweepers about to hit Kamloops roadways

City says street sweepers about to hit Kamloops roadways

Mar 14, 2023 / 9:27 am

Spring is in the air and street sweepers will soon be on Kamloops streets. The City of Kamloops on Tuesday said street sweepers are about to take to local...

Police watchdog was watching closely as Kamloops Mountie stood trial

Police watchdog was watching closely as Kamloops Mountie stood trial

Mar 14, 2023 / 8:19 am

B.C.’s police watchdog agency kept a close eye on the trial of a Kamloops Mountie accused of dangerous driving. RCMP Const. Christopher Squire’s...

Crown wants more than a decade in prison for woman who shot husband to death

Crown wants more than a decade in prison for woman who shot husband to death

Mar 14, 2023 / 4:00 am

WARNING: This story contains graphic details some readers may find disturbing. The children of a North Thompson woman who shot her husband to death while...

RuPaul's Drag Race All Star Thorgy Thor to perform with Kamloops Symphony

RuPaul's Drag Race All Star Thorgy Thor to perform with Kamloops Symphony

Mar 14, 2023 / 4:00 am

The Kamloops Symphony has partnered with Kamloops Pride to present Thorgy & the Thorchestra. The show will feature the KSO performing with RuPaul's Drag...

Basketball 4 All Academy celebrates one year of growth

Basketball 4 All Academy celebrates one year of growth

Mar 13, 2023 / 6:00 pm

A Kamloops basketball academy is celebrating on its its one-year anniversary. Head coach and founder Goran Nogic said the Basketball 4 All Academy started with...

Jury quickly acquits RCMP constable on charge of dangerous driving

Jury quickly acquits RCMP constable on charge of dangerous driving

Mar 13, 2023 / 3:28 pm

UPDATE: 3:28 p.m. It took a jury less than three hours of deliberations Monday to find a Kamloops Mountie not guilty of dangerous driving. Kamloops RCMP Supt....

Person arrested, released following shooting at Valleyview motel

Person arrested, released following shooting at Valleyview motel

Mar 13, 2023 / 2:38 pm

UPDATE: 2:38 p.m. One person has been arrested in connection to a shooting Sunday outside a Valleyview motel, police say. According to Mounties, the person was...

Warm temperatures and clear skies predicted for Kamloops, chance of showers

Warm temperatures and clear skies predicted for Kamloops, chance of showers

Mar 13, 2023 / 4:00 am

Temperatures in Kamloops are expected climb over the week, according to Environment Canada. Flurries and winds are forecast early in the week, with sunny skies...

Trans woman feels 'targeted' after vehicle windows again smashed

Trans woman feels 'targeted' after vehicle windows again smashed

Mar 13, 2023 / 4:00 am

A trans Kamloops woman says she feels like she is being targeted and attacked after finding the windows on her vehicle, which is decorated with Pride stickers,...

Man jailed six months for 'troubling' child pornography collection

Man jailed six months for 'troubling' child pornography collection

Mar 13, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Kamloops man who was busted with a graphic stash of child pornography, including photos and videos showing toddlers being sexually assaulted, will spend six...

Temporary service interruption at Nicola Valley Hospital emergency department

Temporary service interruption at Nicola Valley Hospital emergency department

Mar 12, 2023 / 6:16 pm

The Nicola Valley Hospital's emergency department will be shutdown due to a physician vacancy from 7 a.m. Monday, March 13 to 8 a.m. on Tuesday, March 14....

Woman arrested for pulling weapon at downtown bus exchange

Woman arrested for pulling weapon at downtown bus exchange

Mar 12, 2023 / 6:00 pm

A woman was arrested last weekend after wielding a weapon at a downtown Kamloops bus stop, police say. Mounties said they responded to the bus loop at Sixth...

One person in hospital following shooting in Valleyview

One person in hospital following shooting in Valleyview

Mar 12, 2023 / 2:20 pm

A large police presence is in the 1800-block of the East Trans Canada Highway where a man was located with what appears to be gunshot wounds, said Kamloops...

City partners with agencies for 2023 Point-in-Time homeless tally

City partners with agencies for 2023 Point-in-Time homeless tally

Mar 12, 2023 / 4:00 am

The City of Kamloops is once again participating in the Point-in-Time Count, an information-gathering process which provides an estimate of the number of...

TNRD to consider establishing youth board of directors after councillor's suggestion

TNRD to consider establishing youth board of directors after councillor's suggestion

Mar 12, 2023 / 4:00 am

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is looking into the feasibility of establishing a youth board of directors — a program that would give the...

Thief's escape foiled after getaway truck gets stuck, bursts into flames

Thief's escape foiled after getaway truck gets stuck, bursts into flames

Mar 12, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Kamloops thief whose getaway vehicle caught fire after becoming stuck in a snowbank has been sentenced to six months in prison. Sean Patrick Nicholson, 35,...

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