Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will have a new provost and vice-president academic on July 1, 2022.In a news release Monday (March 14), TRU announced that Dr. Gillian Balfour accepted the...

MERRITT, B.C. - The first lineup announcement ahead of Rockin' River 2022 has been released with Tim McGraw and Darius Rucker headlining a talented list of artists set to come to the Nicola Valley thi...

KAMLOOPS - Craig Einfeld woke up Sunday morning (Mar. 13) to social media posts and phone calls about an article that was reporting his bakery had been fined more than $8,000 by WorkSafe BC. That was ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are hoping witnesses to a stabbing incident that took place last summer will now come forward. In a release today (Mar. 14), Cst. Crystal Evelyn says investigators are reachin...

KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops say three people were taken to hospital this weekend after a parking lot brawl escalated into an assault with a weapon investigation. In a release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn sa...

VICTORIA - Even as COVID-19 restrictions have eased in B.C., the virus is still taking lives in the province.The latest surveillance report from the province's Ministry of Health shows 14 more COVID-1...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Immigrant Services (KIS) is preparing to welcome two to three Ukrainian refugee families this year, and potentially two-to-three more in 2023.As the Ukrainian refugee count climbs ...

MERRITT, BC - It's been four months since the devastating floods tore through the Fraser and Nicola Valleys. Recovery work is taking place, however many residents are still unable to return home. On S...

MERRITT, B.C. - The federal minister responsible for emergency preparedness visited Merritt on Sunday (March 13) to speak with city staff and council members before touring some of the still damaged s...

VANCOUVER - Three engineers have been disciplined nearly eight years after British Columbia's worst mining disaster. The tailings dam at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine failed in August 2014, re...