Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Catching up with the Y Dream Home Lottery winners
KAMLOOPS - The much-anticipated Y Dream Home Lottery draw took place Tuesday (June 28) morning. Two Kamloops residents took home the two biggest prizes: nearly half a million dollars, and the Dream Ho...
Jun 28, 2022
Indigenous Foundation returns $500,000 donation to Sisters of Saint Ann
KAMLOOPS - Using the former Kamloops Indian Residential School as a backdrop, the Verna J. Kirkness Education Foundation has announced it has severed ties with the Sisters of Saint Ann. The foundation...
Jun 28, 2022
A year after the heat dome, fire danger within the Kamloops Fire Centre is much lower
KAMLOOPS - In June of 2021, Kamloops and much of British Columbia were under a heat dome. This year, however, it's a completely different story.The Kamloops Fire Centre says the current fire risk for ...
Jun 28, 2022
Rainstorm causes wildfire debris near Monte Lake to descend onto Highway 97
MONTE LAKE, B.C. - A storm that passed by the Monte Lake area Tuesday afternoon (June 28) resulted in mud and logs sliding down onto Highway 97.WATCH: (Video Credit: Contributed / Joanne Caldwell)Rick...
Jun 28, 2022
2022 Music in the Park lineup unveiled
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has announced the lineup for Music in the Park 2022. The City and BCLC announced the free, nightly summer concert season at Riverside Park in July and August will featu...
Jun 28, 2022
Arrow chip truck plunges into Monte Lake
MONTE LAKE, B.C. - Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP are looking into a Monday afternoon (June 27) crash of an Arrow Transportation truck into Monte Lake.Cpl. Mike Halskov of B.C. Highway Patrol says there w...
Jun 28, 2022
And the winner is: Kamloops Y Dream Home winner announced
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Y Dream Home Lottery draw is complete for another year, and the big winners are Marilyn and Brad Gerow of Kamloops.The draw for the $1.2-million home in Tobiano was held Tuesda...
Jun 28, 2022
Shuswap Lake steady but remains on flood watch
SALMON ARM, B.C. - While the levels of local lakes and rivers have begun to stabilize, a flood watch for Shuswap Lake is being maintained by the B.C. River Forecast Centre.In a news release by the Col...
Jun 28, 2022
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Cariboo, North Thompson, and Shuswap
KAMLOOPS - A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for the Cariboo, 100 Mile, North Thompson, and Shuswap regions. In an alert at around 5 a.m. Tuesday (June 28), Environment Canada says conditions a...
Jun 28, 2022
Two men arrested after alleged gas station robbery in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Two men were arrested after allegedly robbing a gas station in Merritt.In a news release, Merritt RCMP say they were called to the 2300-block of Nicola Avenue on June 16 where it was a...
Jun 28, 2022
