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Special weather statement expanded to include Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt
MERRITT - Environment Canada has expanded a special weather statement for B.C. mountain highways to include the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla.It says the mountain pass could get between tw...
Oct 11, 2025
Snow expected on mountain highways as cold front moves through B.C. interior
Editors note: This story has been updated here to include a special weather statement for the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla. MERRITT - The highway maintenance contractor in the Merritt are...
Oct 11, 2025
Mail, parcel delivery to resume as postal union begins rotating strikes
Kathryn Gallagher Morton is "absolutely thrilled" that Canada Post is at least moving. "It may be moving slowly now, but at least it's moving," said Morton, who is the owner of Maplelea, a small busin...
Oct 11, 2025
Licensing delays part of multi-union strike action impacts in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The expansion of the BC General Employees Union strike is making itself known with disruptions across a variety of sectors. That includes liquor and cannabis distribution, ICBC driver's lic...
Oct 10, 2025
Notre Dame Drive assault victim succumbs to injuries; murder charge laid
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a second-degree murder charge has been laid as the person who was the victim of a violent assault in the 700-block of Notre Dame Drive last month has succumbed to his inju...
Oct 10, 2025
Water flowing freely as debris cleared at 'unauthorized' Fadear Lake dam site
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) says water is flowing freely at the site of an unauthorized man-made dam north of Kamloops.In an update Thursday (Oct. 9) evening, the TNRD said...
Oct 10, 2025
Closing arguments wrap up in lawyer-client murder trial; judge's decision to be given in Kamloops
VANCOUVER - Butch Bagabuyo was avoiding his financial and legal problems, but murdering the client he was using as a 'golden goose' wasn't the expected outcome, according to closing arguments made by ...
Oct 09, 2025
State of Local Emergency in effect as TNRD, Province assess 'unauthorized' Fadear Lake dam site
KAMLOOPS - Officials in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) have declared a state of local emergency in Electoral Area "O" (Lower North Thompson) in connection with an unauthorized man-made d...
Oct 09, 2025
BCGEU picket lines spread further through Kamloops as union increases pressure on government
KAMLOOPS - On Wednesday (Oct. 8), the remaining BC Liquor and Cannabis stores joined picket lines across the province, including those in Kamloops. This is the sixth week of job action from the BC Gen...
Oct 09, 2025
Nearly three years into council's term, is discord plaguing Kamloops' reputation?
KAMLOOPS - Strife and infighting have featured prominently in political headlines in the city since Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and eight city councillors were sworn in nearly three years ago. R...
Oct 08, 2025
