Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

MERRITT - Environment Canada has issued a winter storm watch for several BC highways today, including the Coquihalla. The forecast says the Hope to Merritt stretch will see heavy rain and wet snow com...

KAMLOOPS - February is Black History Month, a time to honour the stories of struggle and perseverance among Black communities. The celebration of Black History Month originated in the United States, b...

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) says two more people have died in connection with a COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH).IH updated outbreak totals in an email to media Friday afternoon (F...

KAMLOOPS - A Fraser Valley man who killed his girlfriend at an Aberdeen motel four-and-a-half years ago has received his sentence.In B.C. Supreme Court Friday (Feb. 19), David Miller received a life s...

KAMLOOPS - More people are venturing out into the backcountry, but with it comes risk. Many times, people don't know exactly what they're getting themselves into. "The biggest obstacle facing most new...

CANIM LAKE, B.C. - Interior Health has declared the COVID-19 outbreak in the South Cariboo community of Canim Lake First Nation over.Since the outbreak was declared on Jan. 11, two deaths and 66 cases...

KAMLOOPS - A business in the Dufferin area has its merchandise back after a shopping cart full was stolen early Friday morning (Feb. 19).According to Cst. Crystal Evelyn, RCMP received alarms for the ...

KAMLOOPS - The Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) said the construction of housing units declined by 13.3 per cent from 2019 to 2020 in the Thompson-Okanagan.According to t...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP took some drugs and a weapon off the streets when they arrested a man in Sahali this week.In a release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says the man was located at about 10:45 p.m. Wednesday (Feb....

BARRIERE, B.C. - Ambulance crews are on scene at a crash along the Yellowhead Highway in the Barriere area.According to B.C. Emergency Health Services, paramedics were called to a scene about three ki...