Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops-area drought ratings on the rise again as temperatures remain above seasonal
KAMLOOPS - The drought rating in the Kamloops area continues to tick up as the region remains under a prolonged period of hot and dry - and sometimes record-breaking - weather. According to new data f...
Sep 18, 2025
'Preferred options' for Red Bridge replacement expected to come forward next spring: province
KAMLOOPS - While planning work on a replacement for the Red Bridge in Kamloops is underway, a conceptual design of the "preferred options" won't be available until the spring of next year.That is acco...
Sep 18, 2025
Kamloops MP Caputo tables private member's bill aiming to crack down on intimate partner violence
KAMLOOPS - The member of parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola has tabled a private member's bill that he calls the most substantive change to intimate partner violence laws in Canadian history. Fra...
Sep 18, 2025
Kamloops RCMP looking to identify driver who reportedly approached young person near McArthur Island
KAMLOOPS - Police are looking into the report of a suspicious man in a pickup truck approaching a young person on the Kamloops North Shore last week. Just after 2:00 p.m. on Sept. 9, Kamloops RCMP say...
Sep 18, 2025
Kamloops smashes nearly 90-year-old daytime temperature record
KAMLOOPS - The daily high temperature in Kamloops Wednesday (Sept. 17) broke a record that stood for nearly a century. According to preliminary numbers from Environment Canada, a temperature of 34.1 C...
Sep 18, 2025
TRUSU celebrates landmark 15th year for Kamloops' longest-running pride parade
KAMLOOPS - More than 100 students gathered outside the Campus Activity Centre Wednesday (Sept. 17) morning for the 15th annual Thompson Rivers University Student Union (TRUSU) pride parade. The event ...
Sep 17, 2025
Genesis Place 2.0 to bring 48 new units of supportive housing to Kamloops North Shore
KAMLOOPS - Construction is set to begin this week on Genesis Place 2.0. Soon, a new four-storey building will rise at 654 Fortune Drive, as CMHA Kamloops expands Genesis Place with 48 new studio units...
Sep 17, 2025
Conservative leadership review facing critism as Rustad pledges to keep working for British Columbians
KAMLOOPS - John Rustad's tenure as leader of the BC Conservative Party could be winding down, as the man who was exiled from BC United before reviving the long-dormant Tories is facing a leadership re...
Sep 17, 2025
Kamloops proposing to roll out curbside organics program to multi-family buildings by 2028
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is working on a phased approach to expand its curbside organics collection program to multi-family buildings by the spring of 2028.The first phase of its proposed plan ...
Sep 17, 2025
Wildfire north of Kamloops held at 3.7ha: BC Wildfire Service
KAMLOOPS - Less than 24 hours after it was discovered, the Stuart Lake wildfire north of Kamloops is being held.In an update to its website, the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says the fire is measured at...
Sep 17, 2025
