Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Federal Minister visits Merritt, meets with residents still displaced after November floods
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...
Mar 14, 2022
Minister Blair visits Merritt, pledges collaborative work towards recovery
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...
Mar 14, 2022
Regulator fines engineers 8 years after Mount Polley disaster in B.C.
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...
Mar 13, 2022
Fleetwood Avenue closed until August for road reconstruction
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is warning Brocklehurst residents that Fleetwood Avenue will be closed between Holt and Desmond Street starting Monday (March 14). The project is expected to be finishe...
Mar 13, 2022
Highway 5 left northbound lane closed at Meadow Creek Road in Lac le Jeune
UPDATE (8 a.m. Monday): The northbound right lane at Meadow Creak Road re-opened shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday following vehicle recovery work, according to DriveBC. BC Emergency Health Servics told CF...
Mar 13, 2022
Pedestrian hit by vehicle on Columbia Street
KAMLOOPS - A pedestrian was taken to hospital in stable condition early this morning after being hit by a vehicle.A call to B.C. Emergency Health Services (EHS) came in at 3:07 a.m Saturday (March 12)...
Mar 12, 2022
B.C. Review Board grants Merritt child killer greater freedoms
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A B.C Review Board panel has granted Merritt child killer Allan Schoenborn's request for greater freedoms.In a decision posted Friday (Mar. 11), the panel says Schoenborn will b...
Mar 11, 2022
With temporary permits set to expire, Kamloops businesses await City's plan for patio season
KAMLOOPS - The temperature may not be there yet, but businesses in Kamloops are trying to figure out what this summer's patio season will look like. More than 2,000 restaurants and businesses in B.C. ...
Mar 11, 2022
Sun Rivers helping major population growth on Tk'emlups reserve
KAMLOOPS - The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc reserve was home to a little more than 3,000 people in 2016. Five years later, the population is now nearly 4,000 after the latest census numbers came out in Febr...
Mar 11, 2022
Council approves closure of 400-block of Nicola Street following sale to Kelson Group
KAMLOOPS - The 400-block of Nicola Street will soon be closed off.Kamloops Council passed a bylaw during Tuesday's (March 8) meeting where they authorized the closure of the stretch of downtown roadwa...
Mar 11, 2022
