Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

BCGEU workers in Kamloops join province-wide picket lines
KAMLOOPS - Nearly nine months after negotiations began between the BCGEU (British Columbia General Employees Union) and the BC Public Service Agency back in January, the union is escalating strike act...
Aaron Schulze Sep 09, 2025

Ex-SD73 superintendent Nixon hired to lead Red Deer Catholic district
RED DEER, AB. - Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has a new superintendent. At a special meeting Sept. 8, the board of trustees appointed Dr. Rhonda Nixon to the position, effective immediately. In a...
Aaron Schulze Sep 09, 2025

TRU receives $5 million award to advance post-secondary education for Indigenous youth
KAMLOOPS - A $5 million award to Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will go toward advancing post-secondary education for Indigenous youth. TRU announced it was a recipient of the Mastercard Foundation'...
James Peters Sep 09, 2025

Tourism Kamloops study reveals $18M in economic impacts from mountain biking
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops says the results of a newly released study show that the city's mountain bike trail networks are "worth protecting, improving and expanding."It says the new study by Larose...
Victor Kaisar Sep 09, 2025

Applications open Tuesday as 2025 Kamloops Santa Claus Parade scheduled for November 23
KAMLOOPS - The annual Santa Claus Parade will take over the streets of downtown Kamloops in late November, but organizers will begin taking applications from prospective entrants later today (Sept. 9)...
Victor Kaisar Sep 09, 2025

Teck Resources plans to merge with British mining company; Highland Valley Copper Mine expansion to proceed
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - The owner of the Highland Valley Copper Mine near Logan Lake has merged with a British-based global mining company. In a news release issued overnight (Sept. 8), Vancouver-based Tec...
Aaron Schulze Sep 09, 2025

More than 600 impaired drivers removed from B.C. highways this summer, police say
KAMLOOPS - It was a busy summer for the BC Highway Patrol as officers say they took 626 impaired drivers off the road during the 2025 Summer Impaired Driving Campaign, which ran from June 15 to Aug. 3...
Sep 08, 2025

BC Wildfire Service hopeful cool temperatures will slow down fire activity
KAMLOOPS - This weekend saw success for the BC Wildfire Service, including holding the Noble Canyon fire and continued strong showings by initial attack crews. The weather this week does call for a ch...
Curtis Goodrum Sep 08, 2025

Storm get to work at Honour Ranch during team-building event
KAMLOOPS - Honour Ranch assistant manager and maintenance co-ordinator Dan Wadge paused during an interview to look around and appreciate progress made by the Kamloops Storm. "We're very appreciative ...
Marty Hastings Sep 08, 2025

Kamloops MP Caputo eyeing increasing deficit; prepares private members bill tackling intimate partner violence
KAMLOOPS - The summer parliamentary break is almost over, with Canada's 343 members of parliament set to return to the House of Commons next Monday (Sept. 15) for the start of an 11-week session that ...
Michael Reeve Sep 08, 2025

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1000 WAYS TO HEAL: What are we doing with the land in Kamloops?
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