Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops community builder has died. Tom Wallace passed away last week at the age of 95. Prior to Kamloops amalgamation, Wallace served as a town councillor in Valleyview. After th...

KAMLOOPS - The evacuation order related to the July Mountain wildfire continues to be partially downgraded.The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) partially downgraded an evacuation order Tuesday...

VICTORIA - Overdose deaths were down in B.C. in June 2021 compared to the same time last year (185), but the numbers remain grim in the province. B.C. recorded 159 deaths due to drug toxicity, the nin...

KAMLOOPS - While many tourism businesses in the Interior had a successful summer, Tourism Kamloops says others had a very different environment to work through. With restrictions easing in July, touri...

KAMLOOPS - Next Tuesday, students across SD73 will be heading back to school. Kamloops RCMP is being proactive and reminding motorists and parents of a few safety tips before the big day.As of next Tu...

VICTORIA - The B.C. government is reporting 1,853 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, including four epi-linked cases, with 707 of them in Interior Health.Provincially, there are 5,918 active cases o...

MERRITT - A Merritt man who pleaded guilty to arson related to the Murray Church's burning, was arrested after allegedly breaching his Conditional Sentence Order (CSO) twice in a week.On August 20, Me...

UPDATE (11:00 a.m.): An evacuation alert was partially rescinded for 135 properties south of Merritt that were impacted by the Cascades Complex wildfire.The following properties in the Brookmere and C...

LILLOOET - RCMP in Lillooet is hoping the public can help them in their search for a missing 75-year old man. They're looking for Joseph Zabotel, who went missing from near his residence in the 177-bl...

KAMLOOPS - Only one new blaze in the Kamloops Fire Centre over the weekend, out of 233 burning in the province. That one new fire broke out yesterday about 2:00 PM in the Skaha Creek area above Pentic...