Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Annual assessments are in the mail for property owners across British Columbia - with most homeowners seeing another moderate hike in their assessed values.Within the City of Kamloops, owne...

KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops is taking a positive approach to the new year after a tumultuous 2020. In a year-end interview with James Peters of CFJC Today, Ken Christian says the City will come t...

VERNON - The glowing white heart on the roof of Vernon's hospital has become a symbol of hope and inspiration for many North Okanagan residents since the early days of the pandemic. And now with 2021 ...

KAMLOOPS - Mother Nature is providing Kamloops with a warm hug to start the New Year. The temperature has been above the freezing mark since the arrival of 2021 Friday morning. Temperatures Saturday t...

SICAMOUS - Police say they are investigating the suspicious circumstances around the New Year's morning death of a 65 year old woman at a RV resort in Malakwa, approximately 20 kilometres east of Sica...

MERRITT - Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Hope to Merritt stretch of the Coquihalla Highway ahead of the weekend. The forecaster says 15 to 25 cm of snowfall is expected to fa...

KAMLOOPS - People will be ringing in the new year a bit more quietly this year. B.C. residents have been urged not to gather in large groups this evening, but to celebrate the new year within househol...

KAMLOOPS - British Columbia ended 2020 with 683 new cases of COVID-19, according to provincial health officials. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix provided an u...

WILLIAMS LAKE - A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Williams Lake Seniors Village after one resident tested positive. Interior Health issued an outbreak notice today (Dec. 31) and says all indivi...

KAMLOOPS - After managing to escape official infections for months, the first recorded cases of the COVID-19 virus have shown up in the North Thompson region. The case data was revealed as the BC Cent...