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No consumer permits issued as Kamloops to determine fate of Canada Day fireworks show
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says while this year's Canada Day festivities will very likely feature fireworks at dusk, it wants that pyrotechnics display to be the only one that lights up the sky t...
Jun 29, 2025
Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw band members elect new Kukpi7
CHASE, B.C. - Residents of Skwlax te Secwepemculecw - formerly the Little Shuswap Lake Band - have elected a new chief to represent them.Dianne Francois was elected as Kukpi7 after she unseated incumb...
Jun 29, 2025
Liberals taking 'fresh' look at online harms bill, justice minister says
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government plans to take a "fresh" look at its online harms legislation over the summer but it's not clear yet exactly what the bill will look li...
Jun 29, 2025
Blazers draft streak reaches 14 years as Behm, Lafreniere picked by NHL teams
LOS ANGELES - A pair of Kamloops Blazers forwards have been drafted into the National Hockey League Saturday (June 28), making it 14 years in a row where the WHL franchise has had at least one player ...
Jun 28, 2025
Forty-plus emergency room closures in his community wasn't enough to affect major change: Merritt Mayor reacts to Brown resignation
KAMLOOPS - The resignation of Susan Brown was not an official agenda item at Friday's Thompson Regional Hospital District (TRHD) meeting, but it certainly featured in conversations between directors. ...
Jun 27, 2025
UPDATE: Landscape fire in Strathcona Park under control
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 4:00 p.m.): Kamloops Fire Rescue was able to knockdown the majority of the flames within 20 minutes of arriving on scene and did not request assistance from the BC Wildfire Service....
Jun 27, 2025
Major sewer main project to take over Fourth Avenue in downtown Kamloops this summer
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says work to upgrade the sewer main along Fourth Avenue downtown is set to get underway early next month. Project Delivery Manager Adam Gordon says this work, which wil...
Jun 27, 2025
UPDATE: Grassfire near Peterson Creek Park in Kamloops being held
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 7:45 p.m.): A relatively large grassfire that broke out in the area of Peterson Creek Park Thursday (June 26 ) evening is being held at 3.07 hectares in size. That means that the fi...
Jun 26, 2025
Abbinett pleads guilty to one charge; second charge to be stayed following sentencing
KAMLOOPS - The man accused of causing a crash that killed a TRU athlete in November 2023 has pleaded guilty to one count of driving without due care and attention. Colval Abbinett was back in court Th...
Jun 26, 2025
Senate could vote on controversial major projects bill today
OTTAWA - The Senate could vote today on Prime Minister Mark Carney's controversial major projects bill - legislation that would give the federal government the power to fast-track projects it hopes wi...
Jun 26, 2025
