Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Third annual Stop, Drop and Donate hospice fundraiser set for Saturday at Cascades Casino
KAMLOOPS - Each year, families from throughout the region experience the comfort of the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home, when they have a loved one in need of palliative care. The pandemic ha...
Jun 23, 2022
City of Kamloops working with WildsafeBC to remind residents to be bear smart
KAMLOOPS - If you're the type to take your garbage bins out to the curb the night before collection, you may get a reminder about the city's bylaw when it comes to garbage collection.This week, the Ci...
Jun 23, 2022
Cirque du Soleil's OVO brings a bug's life to Kamloops' Sandman Centre
KAMLOOPS - For the first time in four years, Cirque du Soleil has returned to the Sandman Centre. Its show OVO takes the audience into the life of "human insects."Created in 2009 and launched in Montr...
Jun 23, 2022
TNRD pulls fire protection service from Lower Nicola-area properties
LOWER NICOLA, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) says it is suspending fire protection service for properties around the Lower Nicola area. Calling it a "difficult decision", the TNRD...
Jun 23, 2022
Rainfall runoff has peaked; further rises may come from expected summer heat: province
VICTORIA - The province says the impact of heavy rains in the mid-week has made its way through Interior waterways - and all eyes are now trained on the thermometer.In a Thursday afternoon (June 23) b...
Jun 23, 2022
Hunter joins crowded race for Kamloops mayor's chair
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops mayoral race is getting crowded as a fifth candidate - and third current city councillor - has announced they're running for the city's top seat.Current first-term councillor S...
Jun 23, 2022
Quebec man arrested in Kamloops charged with human trafficking
KAMLOOPS - The man under investigation by Manitoba RCMP, who was arrested in Kamloops Monday (June 20) evening, has been charged with human trafficking.In a news release issued Thursday (June 23) morn...
Jun 23, 2022
BC Wildfire Service bans larger burns throughout entire Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - Effective noon next Thursday (June 30), Category Three open fires will be prohibited throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre.In a news release from BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) Thursday (June 23)...
Jun 23, 2022
Flood watch issued for Illecillewaet River near Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - The Illecillewaet River near Revelstoke was the latest Interior waterway put on flood watch by the B.C. River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) Wednesday (June 22) night.In an update by the B...
Jun 23, 2022
Merritt Mayor Linda Brown to run for re-election
MERRITT, B.C. - Mayor Linda Brown announced her intentions to run for re-election in Merritt's upcoming 2022 municipal election.When asked what she wants to focus on during her campaign for the electi...
Jun 23, 2022
