Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

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...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue personnel quickly doused a fire on the North Shore Wednesday afternoon (June 10), but not before it charred a home's back deck.Firefighters were called to a home at 13t...

CHASE, B.C. - RCMP say the driver of a semi that rolled Wednesday (June 10) east of Chase may have fallen asleep.According to a news release from B.C. RCMP Traffic Services spokesman Cpl. Mike Halskov...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops YM-YWCA says it will partially reopen next Monday (June 15).In an email to members, the Y says the downtown facility's dryland fitness amenities, including cardio equipment and...

KAMLOOPS - The wheels of justice turn slowly, and with court proceedings delayed by COVID-19, they will be grinding even slower. Concerns over COVID-19 halted most in-person appearances in provincial ...

KAMLOOPS - The pandemic-related restriction on large public gatherings has given event planners in Kamloops a new challenge. In-person events, and fundraisers held in the city during spring and summer...

VICTORIA - New snowpack values from the province show there is still plenty of snow that needs to come down from the alpine this spring and summer.According to the B.C. River Forecast Centre's (RFC) J...

KAMLOOPS - Students taking university-level courses online via open learning resources will have a simpler way to get credit for their studies, thanks in part to Thompson Rivers University (TRU).In a ...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is enlisting the help of local artists to help fight vandalism.In a news release, the City has put out a call for proposals to paint six waste bins on McArthur Island. ...