Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
KFR expects dry conditions to persists for several more weeks; campfires remain banned within city limits
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) has had a busy 24 hours, fighting a pair of landscape fires in the city.On Sunday (Sept. 28) afternoon, multiple crews, including tenders and bush trucks, respond...
Sep 29, 2025
Kamloops councillors return hoping UBCM convention will bear future fruit
KAMLOOPS - Last week, a delegation made up of City of Kamloops councillors and several members of the senior management team travelled to Victoria for the annual convention of the Union of B.C. Munici...
Sep 29, 2025
Driver in 2023 crash that killed TRU volleyball player to be sentenced in November
KAMLOOPS - A date has been set for a sentencing hearing in the case of the 2023 crash that killed a TRU volleyball player and seriously injured two others.On November 29, 2023, Colval Abbinett was beh...
Sep 29, 2025
50-unit temporary housing project to rise in Kamloops' McGill industrial corridor
KAMLOOPS - The province is partnering with the City of Kamloops to build modular, temporary housing near the Thompson Rivers University campus. In a news release issued Monday afternoon (Sept. 29), Mi...
Sep 29, 2025
Blazers' Hurlbert, Edmonstone garner weekly WHL awards after winning weekend against Seattle
KAMLOOPS - After a hot start to the season, a pair of Kamloops Blazers are being honoured by the Western Hockey League.Rookie forward J.P. Hurlbert has been named the league's Player of the Week. Hurl...
Sep 29, 2025
Month-long construction on Highway 5 north of Blue River set to begin
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - Drivers are told to expect some delays on a stretch of Highway 5 through the North Thompson over the next month. DriveBC says planned construction work on Highway 5 between Thunder ...
Sep 29, 2025
Kamloops Fire Rescue puts out overnight landscape fire near Guerin Creek
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue put out a landscape fire near Guerin Creek early Monday (Sept. 29) morning. Witnesses on social media reported the fire upslope from the Victoria Street West and Missio...
Sep 29, 2025
Kamloops Fire Rescue fighting landscape fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue is on-scene at a landscape fire Sunday (Sept 28) afternoon. UPDATE 2:15 p.m. KFR expect to be tied up on scene for quite some time. Crews reporting the fire is approxim...
Sep 28, 2025
Barriere's campfire ban to remain in effect
BARRIERE, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service is set to remove the campfire ban across the Kamloops Fire Centre on Monday, Sept. 29, but the District of Barriere will not follow suit just yet. "The Distric...
Sep 28, 2025
Kamloops Mounties investigating Saturday morning assault
KAMLOOPS - Witnesses are being sought by the Kamloops RCMP following an assault in the morning hours of Saturday, September 27. "At approximately 5:08 a.m. on September 27, 2025, frontline officers fr...
Sep 28, 2025
