Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Merritt road contractor offering reward after 'multiple tires' stolen in overnight break-in
MERRITT - The Merritt branch of a highway and bridge maintenance company is offering a cash reward for information that leads to the arrest of a pair of suspects who allegedly broke in and stole "mult...
Aug 15, 2025
'It's a health risk': TNRD applying for $7-million in grants for new Savona water treatment plant
SAVONA, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) will be applying for $7-million in grant funding, which if successful, would cover the majority of costs associated with building a new wate...
Aug 15, 2025
Accidental SOS alert near Red Lake leads KSAR to issue reminder about SOS etiquette on cellphones
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) is reminding people about the proper protocol when it comes to accidentally triggering SOS alerts on a cellphone. KSAR says two of its teams comprising of ...
Aug 15, 2025
DQ Miracle Treat Day children's hospital fundraising hits close to home for local family
KAMLOOPS - The first Miracle Treat Day was back in 2006 and every August since then, British Columbians have hit up Dairy Queen drive-thrus to fundraise for the Children's Miracle Network. Net proceed...
Aug 14, 2025
Kamloops mayor avoids day in court after formally acknowledging unpaid debts to lawyer; looks to council for reimbursement
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson was set to appear in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday (Aug 14) over unpaid legal fees to his lawyer Daniel Coles and his Vancouver-based Owen Bird Law Firm. ...
Aug 14, 2025
Chase residents asked to 'be careful' about water usage after Wednesday power outage at treatment plant
CHASE, B.C. - The Village of Chase is once again asking residents to be careful about their water usage, one day after a bird strike led to a malfunction at the community's water treatment plant. In a...
Aug 14, 2025
'We can do better': Indigenous people overrepresented in B.C. police watchdog cases
VANCOUVER - The head of British Columbia's police watchdog says Indigenous people remain overrepresented in its investigations of incidents involving officers in which someone is seriously injured or ...
Aug 14, 2025 Jessica Berglund, the chief civilian director of B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office. (Image Credit: B.C. Ministry of the Attorney General)
Kamloops gets $550K for adaptation plan and study related to declining Thompson River water levels
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is the recipient of $550,000 in grant funding to support climate change adaptation work in the Thompson River watershed. The city is the recipient of a $400,000 grant f...
Aug 14, 2025
One year after fire, Kamloops United Church aiming to fully reopen by Christmas Eve
KAMLOOPS - Hundreds gathered outside of Kamloops United Church on Aug. 13, 2024, while it burned and firefighters worked to quell the blaze that resulted from an electrical fire inside the edifice. Th...
Aug 13, 2025
Kamloops journalist did not assault mayor, no charges coming: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a local journalist did not assault Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson at a bar earlier this summer. Hamer-Jackson filed a complaint with the police force after an encounter with Cas...
Aug 13, 2025
