Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Tourism Kamloops study reveals $18M in economic impacts from mountain biking
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops says the results of a newly released study show that the city's mountain bike trail networks are "worth protecting, improving and expanding."It says the new study by Larose...
Sep 09, 2025
Applications open Tuesday as 2025 Kamloops Santa Claus Parade scheduled for November 23
KAMLOOPS - The annual Santa Claus Parade will take over the streets of downtown Kamloops in late November, but organizers will begin taking applications from prospective entrants later today (Sept. 9)...
Sep 09, 2025
Teck Resources plans to merge with British mining company; Highland Valley Copper Mine expansion to proceed
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - The owner of the Highland Valley Copper Mine near Logan Lake has merged with a British-based global mining company. In a news release issued overnight (Sept. 8), Vancouver-based Tec...
Sep 09, 2025
More than 600 impaired drivers removed from B.C. highways this summer, police say
KAMLOOPS - It was a busy summer for the BC Highway Patrol as officers say they took 626 impaired drivers off the road during the 2025 Summer Impaired Driving Campaign, which ran from June 15 to Aug. 3...
Sep 08, 2025
BC Wildfire Service hopeful cool temperatures will slow down fire activity
KAMLOOPS - This weekend saw success for the BC Wildfire Service, including holding the Noble Canyon fire and continued strong showings by initial attack crews. The weather this week does call for a ch...
Sep 08, 2025
Storm get to work at Honour Ranch during team-building event
KAMLOOPS - Honour Ranch assistant manager and maintenance co-ordinator Dan Wadge paused during an interview to look around and appreciate progress made by the Kamloops Storm. "We're very appreciative ...
Sep 08, 2025
Kamloops MP Caputo eyeing increasing deficit; prepares private members bill tackling intimate partner violence
KAMLOOPS - The summer parliamentary break is almost over, with Canada's 343 members of parliament set to return to the House of Commons next Monday (Sept. 15) for the start of an 11-week session that ...
Sep 08, 2025
Third annual Every Child Matters game brings superstars to Kamloops to talk hockey, reconciliation
KAMLOOPS - Saturday evening (Sept. 6), Sandman Centre was host to the third annual Every Child Matters hockey game. The event was not just about hockey but about continuing the conversation around tru...
Sep 08, 2025
Fourth annual Music for the People draws 1,500+ to Tk'emlups Powwow Arbour
TK'EMLUPS - Organizers of 'Music for the People - A Cultural Experience' are celebrating a successful fourth iteration of the free event Sunday (Sept. 7).More than 1,500 attendees gathered at the Tk'e...
Sep 08, 2025
Kamloops murder plot uncovered during Lower Mainland in-custody escape investigation
PORT COQUITLAM - Police say their investigation into an in-custody escape three years ago in Port Coquitlam led to the discovery of a murder plot in Kamloops. At a news conference Monday (Sept. 8), th...
Sep 08, 2025
