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STEPS to cease operations at Sun Peaks Health Centre in October
SUN PEAKS - The Supporting Team Excellence with Patients Society (STEPS) will no longer be operating the Sun Peaks Community Health Centre as of this October, Sun Peaks Mayor Rob O'Toole says they've ...
Victor Kaisar Jul 26, 2025

B.C.'s independent wood manufacturers decry retroactive U.S. softwood duties
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's independent wood product makers say hundreds of small- and medium-sized manufacturers may be forced to shut down in light of the latest decision from the United States t...
Victor Kaisar Jul 26, 2025

'We need to start healing': Tk'emlúps breaks ground for new Healing House
TK'EMLPS TE SECWPEMC - Tk'emlps te Secwpemc (TteS) hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking Friday (July 25) for its new Healing House, which will provide mental wellness care, counselling and cultural supp...
Dylana Kneeshaw Jul 25, 2025

Kamloops RCMP detail series of arrests, weapon seizures
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP detachment is detailing a series of arrests and weapons seizures undertaken in the past month.In a news release issued Friday (July 25), spokesperson Cpl. Dana Napier says...
James Peters Jul 25, 2025

Kamloops fire chief says majority of recent interface fires caused by 'campfires or cooking fires'
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops fire chief says the majority of a series of interface fires within city limits appear to have been caused by either campfires or cooking fires. That includes the 3-hectare gras...
Victor Kaisar Jul 25, 2025

Kamloops Fire Rescue knocks down late-night fire in Kenna Cartwright Park
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue made quick work of a small-but-notable interface fire in Kenna Cartwright Park Thursday (July 24) night.KFR Assistant Chief Colin Tomm says crews responded to the fire ...
Victor Kaisar Jul 25, 2025

Long-awaited Kamloops cancer centre groundbreaking doesn't bury questions, criticism
KAMLOOPS - It's a day that has been a long time coming, as B.C. ministers Bowinn Ma and Josie Osborne were in Kamloops to place the first shovel into the dirt at the home of the new Kamloops cancer ce...
Michael Reeve Jul 24, 2025

RIH maternity ward scheduling gaps may send some expectant parents elsewhere for delivery: IH
KAMLOOPS - Maternity services will be hampered at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) over the summer. Starting Saturday (July 26), Interior Health said expectant parents without a regular family or maternal ...
Victor Kaisar Jul 24, 2025

Break-and-enters the main driver of Crime Severity Index in Kamloops: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Last year, Statistics Canada listed Kamloops as the Crime Capital of Canada, a title that made waves across the community and on social media. The dubious distinction came as Kamloops cross...
Michael Reeve Jul 23, 2025

Construction of Kamloops cancer centre set to begin
KAMLOOPS - Ground will be broken on the long-awaited Kamloops cancer centre Thursday (July 24) morning.The B.C. government has scheduled a news conference to mark the start of construction at the West...
Aaron Schulze Jul 23, 2025

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