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Updated City of Kamloops Active Transportation Plan showcases five major projects over the next 10 years
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is close to completing an update of the Active Transportation Plan that was originally adopted by council in 2018. The plan was discussed at council's Committee of the ...
Feb 12, 2025
Drug alert issued in Kamloops as tablet being sold as Percocet contains unknown amount of fentanyl
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is warning the public of a counterfeit tablet being sold as Percocet in Kamloops. In a bulletin distributed Tuesday (Feb. 11), Interior Health says the tablet that has "TEC"...
Feb 12, 2025
Council okays $150M plan for new Kamloops RCMP detachment; borrowing will require public assent
KAMLOOPS - The Battle Street RCMP detachment was built in 1990. At that time, it was expected to provide a home to the Kamloops Mounties for the next 10 years. Now 35 years later, the building intende...
Feb 11, 2025
Body of teenager found two days after falling through Shuswap Lake ice
SALMON ARM, B.C. - An 18-year-old man was found dead two days after falling through the ice on Shuswap Lake. Salmon Arm RCMP say the teen's body was found in the late afternoon on Monday (Feb. 10) aft...
Feb 11, 2025
Trump signs order imposing 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is slapping 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States, including Canadian products.Trump signed the executive orders imposin...
Feb 10, 2025
No injuries reported, cause still undetermined after downtown Kamloops fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops firefighters say they're still working to determine the cause of a Sunday (Feb. 9) evening fire at a downtown carriage house."At this point, we can't really speak to the cause," Ka...
Feb 10, 2025
Williams Lake delegation heading to Victoria to advocate for power plant
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A delegation from the City of Williams Lake will be in Victoria on the first day of the BC legislature's new session Feb. 19 to "help facilitate a deal" to keep the Atlantic Powe...
Feb 10, 2025
Hamer-Jackson-versus-Neustaeter suit now expected to be in court in July
KAMLOOPS - A long-awaited legal dispute involving Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and Councillor Katie Neustaeter may finally go before a B.C. Supreme Court judge in early July. According to a Feb. ...
Feb 09, 2025
First ER closure of 2025 in Merritt to last 13 hours this Saturday
MERRITT - Residents in the Merritt area are without emergency room coverage for the first time in 2025 as Interior Health announced a 13-hour closure of the facility this Saturday (Feb. 8). Emergency ...
Feb 08, 2025
B.C. government looks to diversify export markets through fast-tracked energy projects
KAMLOOPS - With a trade war still on the horizon between Canada and the United States, British Columbia is taking action on increasing energy projects.The NDP government announced 18 energy projects t...
Feb 07, 2025
