Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Drought ratings on North and South River basin drop to Level 0
KAMLOOPS - The drought rating in the North and South Thompson River basin has dropped to the lowest possible level, according to new data from the B.C. River Forecast Centre.It notes the North Thompso...
Aug 21, 2025
BCGEU calling for investigation into province's response to North Kamloops bomb threat
KAMLOOPS - Employees at a provincial government office on the North Shore are refuting the province's statement that emergency protocols were properly followed in response to a bomb threat. The Minist...
Aug 21, 2025
Cantilever Bar fire near Lytton classified as under control
LYTTON, B.C. - The largest of three fires that threatened the Lytton area this summer is under control, though its still burning nearly a month after it was first discovered. The BC Wildfire Service s...
Aug 21, 2025
Counselling centre urges time and space for victims as Kamloops RCMP launch sexual assault investigation
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 20th), Kamloops RCMP announced the launch of an investigation into third-party reports around the sexual assault of vulnerable women by one perpetrator. The Kamloops...
Aug 20, 2025
Sizzling past the 300-hour mark, Kamloops' record-breaking Zainab Oladipo keeps on cooking
KAMLOOPS - Zainab Oladipo, owner of Afrofusion, has broken her own goal of reaching 300 cooking hours but is continuing to shore up her 300 hours due to her taking breaks for sleep and prayer. She say...
Aug 20, 2025
'It doesn't get to the root issues'; Critic Stamer unsure if new forest policy official will be able to affect change
KAMLOOPS - Earlier this week, the government announced Rick Doman was appointed as the new chair of the Forest Innovation Investment (FII) board.The board is tasked with expanding opportunities for B....
Aug 20, 2025
Kamloops council looks to set guidelines for density around transit hubs
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council is currently working its way through an Official Community Plan (OCP) update. On Tuesday (Aug. 19), council's Committee of the Whole provided feedback on a number of t...
Aug 20, 2025
Scholarship established to ensure Rod 'Little Sky' Bandura's love of music lives on through Indigenous communities
KAMLOOPS - This September, Music for the People is set to return to the Kamloopa Arbour for the fourth edition of the event.In addition to the event on September 7, Margit Bandura has launched a schol...
Aug 20, 2025
Kamloops mayor and council offer differing opinions of recently released letter
KAMLOOPS -The City of Kamloops has published a letter sent by the eight councillors to Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson back in December of 2022. The letter is dated just over a month after the new council to...
Aug 20, 2025
UPDATE: Missing teen found safe
UPDATE (Aug. 21): KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say the 16-year-old teenage girl who was reported missing on Aug. 20, 2025, has been found and is safe. (Please note: for privacy considerations any previous...
Aug 20, 2025
