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Borrowing bylaws for Build Kamloops projects officially adopted by council
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Performing Arts Centre and arena multi-plex projects took another legislative step forward on Tuesday (July 15). City Council voted 8-1 in favour of approving the borrowing byl...
Jul 15, 2025
One person killed, four sent to hospital following crash on Highway 97 north of Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - One person was killed in a crash on the Cariboo Highway north of Williams Lake over the weekend. Williams Lake RCMP say they were told of a two-vehicle collision between a Chevro...
Jul 15, 2025
August Lake wildfire near Princeton being held at 14 hectares
PRINCETON, B.C. - The August Lake Wildfire burning near Princeton is being held. In an update Monday (July 14) evening, the BC Wildfire Service says that based on fuel and weather conditions and resou...
Jul 15, 2025
SD73 provides insight into departure of Superintendent Rhonda Nixon
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District has introduced their new interim superintendent and secretary treasurer as Mike McKay and Harold Cull. Both men will work in their roles until the end ...
Jul 14, 2025
Kamloops Fire Rescue battles overnight house fire in Westsyde
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) crews spent hours battling a house fire at a Westsyde cul-de-sac overnight. The call for the house fire at Serle Court came in at around 11:15 p.m. Sunday (July 1...
Jul 14, 2025
Activity picks up in Kamloops real estate market in June
KAMLOOPS - Sales and inventory are up as the Kamloops real estate market heated up in June 2025. New numbers provided by the Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) show 266 residential units changed h...
Jul 14, 2025
Kamloops council to consider new policy surrounding alternative approval processes
KAMLOOPS - On the same day that the borrowing bylaws for the Performing Arts Centre and Arena Multiplex are set to be adopted, council will also consider formalizing a policy around future alternative...
Jul 13, 2025
'Like muscle memory, you know what you need to do'; KFR continuously training response to interface and landscape fires
KAMLOOPS - With high temperatures and tinder dry conditions around the city, Kamloops Fire Rescue has had its hands full with several landscape and interface fires. "This time of year we know it's dry...
Jul 12, 2025
Into Thin Air - Bette-Jean Masters | Red Lake toddler missing for 65 years
RED LAKE, B.C. - Theresa Stafford and Phyllis Makarewicz both grew up with stories of their older sister, Bette-Jean, but not memories. Edna Bette-Jean Masters hasn't been seen since July 3, 1960. "I'...
Jul 11, 2025
WorkSafeBC fines Interior Health $783K for asbestos disturbance at Kamloops long-term care facility
KAMLOOPS - The Interior Health Authority has been slapped with a nearly $800,000 penalty, after WorkSafe BC found asbestos had been disturbed at a long term care facility in Kamloops. The specific fac...
Jul 11, 2025
