Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - While the interior of B.C. was just hit by a heat wave and the first heat warning of the year, the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) has not been forced to enact a campfire ban in the Kamloops Fir...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson has launched a second defamation lawsuit against a council colleague.A filing in BC Supreme Court dated July 31 alleges Councillor Katie Neustaeter defamed...

KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for a large portion of the Southern Interior.The watch, put in place Friday afternoon (Aug. 1), covers the North and South Thompson...

KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service says a wildfire in the Heffley Creek area of Kamloops is being held at 5.8 hectares in size.It means the Lyons Creek fire, located between Lyons Lake and Heffley-Lou...

LYTTON, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says an Incident Management Team has been assigned to the Cantilever Bar wildfire near Lytton, which is now estimated to be 1,262 hectares in size.Its up from th...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say the 46-year-old woman has been located.

KAMLOOPS - The first heat warning of 2025 has ended, but temperatures in the Kamloops-area are expected to be above seasonal heading into the August long weekend. The heat warning issued on Monday (Ju...

KAMLOOPS - Police are asking people who may have information about a recent break-in at the West Victoria Street auto dealership owned by Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to step forward.In a news re...

KAMLOOPS - According to the BC Conservation Foundation, highways can be detrimental to local wildlife populations and ecology. On average, ICBC tallies more than 12,000 animal-vehicle incidents every ...

KAMLOOPS - The Supporting Team Excellence with Patients Society (STEPS) will no longer be operating the Sun Peaks Community Health Centre as of this October as the society and resort municipality have...