Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

BCGEU picket lines extend to liquor and cannabis warehouses including one in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The BC General Employees Union (BCGEU) remains defiant as it enters the fourth week of job action. The labour dispute has spread to liquor and cannabis distribution, with picket lines now e...
Sep 23, 2025

Blazers officially sign F Lanti, D Markel
KAMLOOPS - The Blazers have signed a pair of players who have impressed in brief Western Hockey League auditions.Tuesday (Sept. 23), the team announced the signing of 2008-born forward Logan Lanti and...
Sep 23, 2025

Firefighters rescue man from Sorrento inferno
SORRENTO, B.C. - Firefighters rescued a man from a burning home in Sorrento over the weekend.According to the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, fire crews from several communities rushed to the home...
James Peters Sep 23, 2025

Two Kamloops men charged in 2021 Mission Flats killing
KAMLOOPS - Two people have been charged in a four-year-old Kamloops homicide investigation. In a news release issued Tuesday (Sept. 23), RCMP say Tristan Bris Fernandez and Robert Lloyd Sedore are eac...
James Peters Sep 23, 2025

Hurlbert off to blistering start; Blazers enjoy night of firsts
KAMLOOPS -- J.P. Hurlbert blustered into the River City on a hype train, the Lone Star State product billed as a 2026 first-round NHL Draft prospect. On Saturday [Sept. 20] night, after Hurlbert regis...
James Peters Sep 22, 2025

Kamloops councillor's lawyer argues for dismissal of mayor's defamation suit
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and Councillor Katie Neustaeter were back in a Kamloops courtroom Monday (Sept. 22), returning after an adjournment in their defamation case. BC Supreme Co...
James Peters Sep 22, 2025

Kamloops Food Bank prepares for distribution after food-drive success
KAMLOOPS - The shelves at the Kamloops Food Bank are well-stocked after this past weekend's food drive.A record-breaking 75,000 pounds of food was collected for the non-profit organization on Saturday...
Sep 22, 2025

YMCA-operated child care facility opens at Parkcrest elementary
KAMLOOPS - The newest child care centre in the city had its grand opening Monday (Sept. 22), operating out of re-built Parkcrest elementary. Including the latest centre at Parkcrest, about half of the...
Marty Hastings Sep 22, 2025

Small interface fire near Overlanders Bridge doused by Kamloops Fire Rescue
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews made short work of an interface fire that sparked along the Rivers Trail on Monday afternoon (Sept. 22). Just before 1 p.m., motorists along the Overlanders Bridg...
James Peters Sep 22, 2025

Hurlbert hat trick earns Blazers forward WHL Rookie of the Week honours
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers forward J.P. Hurlbert's hot start has caught the attention of the Western Hockey League. The WHL announced Hurlbert won the league's first Rookie of the Week award for the ...
James Peters Sep 22, 2025

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