Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Interior Health CEO talks specialist recruitment struggle at RIH, Cardiac Care Unit status
KAMLOOPS - Recruitment and retention have become oft-repeated terms touted by health authorities when staffing shortages are discussed, and the most recent example has been the resignation of all seve...
Dylana Kneeshaw Nov 10, 2025

Kamloops MP Caputo, Conservatives to vote against budget bill
KAMLOOPS - Last week, the Mark Carney-led Liberal government presented its first official budget. The budget document stands as a confidence motion, meaning if it fails, it would bring down the govern...
Michael Reeve Nov 10, 2025

Kamloops to receive fly-over at Riverside Park Remembrance Day ceremony
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops' annual Remembrance Day ceremony will take place down at the Riverside Park cenotaph.Those wishing to attend the ceremony are advised to arrive in the park by 10:30 a.m...
Michael Reeve Nov 10, 2025

RCMP say prank call from within NorKam Secondary prompted lockdown
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops say the lockdown at NorKam Secondary last Thursday (Nov. 6) was the result of a prank call that came from inside the school and that no gun was ever in the building. In a...
Victor Kaisar Nov 10, 2025

Logan Lake installs new, permanent crosswalk honouring veterans
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Ahead of Remembrance Day this year, the District of Logan Lake has put the finishing touches on a new crosswalk honouring veterans. Mayor Robin Smith says the idea came from Karen H...
Dylana Kneeshaw Nov 10, 2025

Three people taken to hospital after knife fight in Westsyde parking lot
KAMLOOPS - Police say three people were taken to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries after a knife fight in a Westsyde parking lot this weekend. Kamloops RCMP say it happened around 4...
Victor Kaisar Nov 10, 2025

Kamloops man killed in rollover crash on Coquihalla north of Merritt
MERRITT - RCMP say a Kamloops man was killed in a two-vehicle rollover crash on the Coquihalla Highway north of Merritt early Monday (Nov. 10) morning.Police say a Honda Accord was heading south on Hi...
Victor Kaisar Nov 10, 2025

Westmount Elementary students to remain in temporary locations until at least early 2026
KAMLOOPS - Students and staff at Westmount Elementary School will remain in their temporary locations until at least the new year, as last month's suspicious fire disturbed materials that contained as...
Victor Kaisar Nov 10, 2025

Residential construction carries Kamloops building sector in October as busy 2025 winds down
KAMLOOPS - Residential construction carried the Kamloops building sector in October. New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division show nearly $30.8 million in activity was...
Aaron Schulze Nov 10, 2025

Kamloops to offer extended free on-street parking this holiday season
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will once again offer free on-street weekend parking in the downtown core through the holiday season, though it'll be in effect longer than previous years. Parking will...
Victor Kaisar Nov 09, 2025

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