News Items tag as: KMAPR2025

Spike strip and police dog help catch suspected car thieves in Kamloops
April 03, 2025 - 3:35 PM

Kamloops RCMP caught two suspects in a stolen car after deploying a spike strip and police dog unit.
Hobbyists not happy with spring closure of Kamloops gold panning hot spot
April 03, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Tranquille River near Kamloops is famous for its gold panning activity, but for the second year in a row it has been closed for the spring, right at the prime time for gold panning.
iN VIDEO: Healthy bees already bringing pollen to hives in Kamloops
April 03, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Murray Willis is an experienced beekeeper in Kamloops who manages more than 50 hives of his own and his bees are already busy collecting pollen this spring.
Pedestrian points pistol at Kamloops driver
April 02, 2025 - 4:46 PM

A person was arrested in Kamloops today after they pointed a handgun at a driver.
New Zealander returns to Kamloops to lead Thompson Rivers University
April 02, 2025 - 2:41 PM

Thompson Rivers University has hired its next president, signing on its former head of education and social work.
Lytton woman wins $191,000 lottery jackpot
April 02, 2025 - 11:49 AM

A woman woke up from a nap in Lytton and found out she had won $191,000.
Kamloops man breaks into home and barricades himself inside
April 02, 2025 - 11:22 AM

A Kamloops man was arrested after he broke into a home and barricaded himself inside.
Kamloops RCMP find cash, guns and drugs in series of weekend seizures
April 02, 2025 - 9:29 AM

Kamloops RCMP found guns, cash and drugs while on patrol over the weekend.
How a Kamloops Blazer netminder made it to the big leagues
April 02, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Former NHL goaltender and Kamloops resident Steve Passmore is charismatic and lights up when he talks about hockey.
iN PHOTOS: Spring flowers in dry grasslands of Kamloops, Okanagan
April 02, 2025 - 4:00 AM

The grasslands in Kamloops and the Okanagan are home to a wide variety animals and insects, and drought-adapted flowers are blooming this time of year.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

News Items tag as: KMAPR2025

Spike strip and police dog help catch suspected car thieves in Kamloops

Hobbyists not happy with spring closure of Kamloops gold panning hot spot

iN VIDEO: Healthy bees already bringing pollen to hives in Kamloops

Pedestrian points pistol at Kamloops driver

New Zealander returns to Kamloops to lead Thompson Rivers University

Lytton woman wins $191,000 lottery jackpot

Kamloops man breaks into home and barricades himself inside

Kamloops RCMP find cash, guns and drugs in series of weekend seizures

How a Kamloops Blazer netminder made it to the big leagues

iN PHOTOS: Spring flowers in dry grasslands of Kamloops, Okanagan

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