Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Early this spring, snowpack levels throughout the North and South Thompson valleys were at near-record levels - between 20 and 30 percent higher than average. Thanks to some chilly weather,...

KAMLOOPS - Business owners along West Victoria Street have become increasingly frustrated with activities happening around their properties. "At the back of our building, doing drug deals, shooting up...

KAMLOOPS - Two people have been arrested after Kamloops RCMP made a massive weapons seizure Wednesday (June 10)According to a news release, the local detachment's Targeted Enforcement Unit (TEU) raide...

KAMLOOPS - Nearly two years after it was announced, the John Howard Society's (JHS) large affordable housing project in downtown Kamloops is beginning to take shape.The City of Kamloops and B.C. Housi...

VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service has released some disturbing new numbers around drug overdose deaths.In May, the province recorded 170 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths - the highest monthly t...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say one of their officers was instrumental in ensuring no one was injured in a North Shore house fire yesterday.The fire, at a home on 13th Street and Lethbridge Avenue, broke...

KAMLOOPS - Cries of "defund the police" have been heard at Black Lives Matters rallies across the world as people protest racism and the use of extreme force by police officers. TRU constitutional law...

KAMLOOPS - Last Friday, WorkSafeBC unveiled a list of COVID-19 safety protocols designed to get one of BC's biggest industries rolling again. Film and TV production across BC is worth around $3 billio...

KAMLOOPS - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Phase One construction on the new Patient Care Tower at Royal Inland Hospital is on schedule for its 2022 completion. Current health protocols require a limit...

SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Sun Peaks Resort is planning a slow restart of recreational opportunities on the mountain - and breathing a sigh of relief that months-long pandemic restrictions didn't come down bef...