Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Virtual care pilot programs planned for emergency departments in Clearwater and Lillooet
CLEARWATER, B.C. - Virtual emergency care pilot programs are being planned for a pair of hospitals in the Southern Interior that have become notorious for emergency department closures in recent years...
Oct 22, 2025
Hockey players recognized for CPR efforts on ice that helped save Kamloops man's life
KAMLOOPS - When Glenn Stockford collapsed onto the ice during a recreational hockey game about two years ago at Valleyview Arena, six players jumped into action and performed bystander CPR to help sav...
Oct 21, 2025
River search teams plan to return to area of interest after weekend search for missing Kamloops man
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue recently sent a team back out on the Thompson River to renew a search for a young man who leapt from the Overlanders Bridge in late July. Volunteers went back out...
Oct 21, 2025
Former health minister says money isn't solution to ongoing strain at RIH
KAMLOOPS - The former health minister of B.C. is weighing in on recent news of medical staff resigning at Royal Inland Hospital, saying it's a system-wide problem. Early this week, the seven OB-GYNs w...
Oct 21, 2025
Mounties alerted to cattle poaching in Nicola Valley, Cariboo
MERRITT, B.C. - The BC RCMP Livestock Investigations Section (LIS) is looking into a series of cattle poaching complaints in the province, including a notable instance near Merritt.Police say sometime...
Oct 21, 2025
Mounties looking into report of man leering in residence windows on TRU campus
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are working to identify a man reported looking in the windows of a residence on the TRU campus in the middle of the night.In a news release distributed Tuesday (Oct. 21), spok...
Oct 21, 2025
Salmon Arm Treble Clef named greatest Canadian landmark for 2025
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A landmark in Salmon Arm was given international recognition. The Treble Clef at 111 Lakeshore Dr. NE was named the winner of Municipal World's 2025 Great Canadian Landmark Contest....
Oct 21, 2025
'Forced to ration care'; Outgoing Kamloops OB-GYNs lay out reasons for departure and rejected solutions
KAMLOOPS - Fallout is growing from last week's news of seven OB-GYN's resigning from in-hospital privileges under Interior Health at Royal Inland in Kamloops. The physicians issued a statement Monday ...
Oct 20, 2025
MP Caputo's private members bill faces calls of partisan politics during second reading
OTTAWA - Monday (Oct. 20) morning in Ottawa, Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola MP Frank Caputo's private members bill was debated at second reading. Caputo's bill seeks to make changes around intimate partner ...
Oct 20, 2025
North Shore family hospitalized after fire rips through home early Saturday
KAMLOOPS - Three members of a North Shore family are in hospital after a fire at their home early Saturday (Oct. 18).Kamloops RCMP say they were called at 4:20 a.m. on Saturday to help Kamloops Fire R...
Oct 20, 2025
