Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed many of the summer staples Kamloops would normally enjoy, but the local ice cream scene has stood its ground - and even flourished. With two new ice cream ...

KAMLOOPS - The third wave of the pandemic has caused another dip in employment in Canada with a decline of 207,000 jobs in April. B.C. also experienced employment losses of 1.6 per cent, the first sub...

MERRITT, B.C. - Interior Health has issued an overdose alert for Merritt, warning of the presence of benzodiazepines in street drugs in that community.The alert, posted to the IH website, notes a rece...

VICTORIA - A very dry month of April has dropped snowpack around the Kamloops area to well below normal levels.According to the May 1 snow survey from the B.C. River Forecast Centre, overall snowpack ...

LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - A Logan Lake RCMP member partnered with the community's volunteer fire chief for a risky rescue mission last week.The call came in to Logan Lake RCMP at about 11:10 a.m. last Wednes...

MERRITT, B.C. - The Florentine in Merritt has announced that the facility will be giving up its complex care licence."After spending two years in planning and 2 years of construction to build the best...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire crews had to deal with a trio of landscape fires last night (Thursday) . One of the fires, reported just before 8:45 Thursday night, was in Riverside Park in the area of UJI W...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers forward Logan Stankoven helped Canada to a gold medal in the championship of the World Under-18 hockey playdowns last night. Stankoven scored the third goal of the game as ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP officers were recently recognized by the local Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapter for their service. Last month (April 27), MADD Kamloops Community Leader Roxanne Engli pai...

KAMLOOPS - A traffic stop led Kamloops Mounties to find some stolen goods early Thursday morning (May 6).In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says an officer patrolling in the area of V...