Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Substance being sold in Kamloops carries 'extreme' risk of overdose, death: Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has issued an alert for increasingly toxic drugs being sold on the streets of Kamloops.In its alert enacted Wednesday (Aug 20), IH says a brown, granular substance bein...
Aug 20, 2025
Kamloops batter hits historic home run at Canada Summer Games
Layla Spencer of Kamloops made national baseball history at the Canada Summer Games earlier this week in St. John's, Nfld.Female baseball is making its games debut this year and host Newfoundland play...
Aug 20, 2025
Ministry building on the North Shore to reopen after caller utters threat
KAMLOOPS - A provincial government office on the Kamloops North Shore is set to open Wednesday (Aug. 20) after it was closed for part of the day Tuesday. The Ministry of Social Development and Poverty...
Aug 20, 2025
Wildfire service plane missions 'well below average' due to slow wildfire season
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service's (BCWS) water bombers, skimmers and bird dogs have flown on more than 40 missions each so far this year, mostly across the province, fighting fires in Peachland, Va...
Aug 20, 2025
Kamloops family pays hefty price to get home from Italy, takes issue with Air Canada communication
KAMLOOPS - Customers are airing grievances in the aftermath of a labour dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants. Carmela Corkle of Kamloops and her vacationing family were stranded in Rom...
Aug 19, 2025
John Tod Centre break-in a blow to Kamloops Y, Boys and Girls Club
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday morning (Aug. 19), the BC YMCA Kamloops put out posts on social media stating that programming at its John Tod Centre on the North Shore would be cancelled for the day due to a brea...
Aug 19, 2025
'Porridge and eggs' the keys to longevity for WWII vet John Kuharski celebrating his 105th birthday
KAMLOOPS - It would simply be too easy to list events like the moon landing, or the inventions of the television, personal computer and cellphone as world changing transitions that John Kuharski has b...
Aug 19, 2025
Electoral reform committee could provide chance for changes ahead of 2026 municipal election: MLA Stamer
KAMLOOPS - This summer, Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer has been helping lead a special committee on democratic and electoral reform for the B.C. legislature.The committee is comprised of memb...
Aug 19, 2025
Council highlights concerns with downtown Kamloops parking plan at Committee of the Whole
KAMLOOPS - A new parking management plan for downtown Kamloops has taken a step forward after receiving approval from council's Committee of the Whole on Tuesday (Aug. 19) morning. However, it didn't ...
Aug 19, 2025
Kamloops man's $5M jackpot the largest ever for a Scratch & Win in BC
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has walked away with the largest-ever Scratch & Win prize in B.C. history.BC Lottery Corporation (BCLC) says Toni Matic bought a $50 Extreme Scratch & Win ticket from...
Aug 19, 2025
