Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival to celebrate 30th anniversary this weekend
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival will be returning to the South Thompson River for its 30th anniversary this Saturday (Aug. 9).While much of the attention will be on Ribfest and Hot Nite i...
Aug 08, 2025
Kamloops woman restarts attempt to break Guinness World Record for longest cooking marathon
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman has restarted her attempt to break the world record for longest cooking marathon after an unexpected medical emergency. Zainab Oladipo, who owns Afrofusion on Victoria Stre...
Aug 08, 2025
First Steps Clinic reassuring expectant families of care options after notice of changes at RIH
KAMLOOPS - While potential maternity care changes related to short-staffing were announced at Royal Inland Hospital two weeks ago, the prenatal care at the First Steps Early Pregnancy Triage Clinic is...
Aug 08, 2025
Some Columbia Street paving work scheduled this month to 'minimize future traffic disruptions'
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has released information about a pair of upcoming projects on Columbia Street, one of which will get underway in a little over a week's time. In a news release issued F...
Aug 08, 2025
Kamloops-area unemployment rate rises to 10.7% in July
KAMLOOPS - New data from Statistics Canada shows the unemployment rate in the Kamloops census metropolitan area was into the double digits in the month of July. The data released Friday (Aug. 8) showe...
Aug 08, 2025
CMHA BC working on supports to address impacts of recurring climate emergencies
KAMLOOPS - Numerous branches of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) are coming together to discuss the impacts of extreme weather events and climate emergencies on people's mental health and...
Aug 08, 2025
B.C. to require all schools to be equipped with AEDs, naloxone
Every school in British Columbia will soon be required to be equipped with two types of lifesaving tools.The B.C. Ministry of Education has issued a new mandate requiring schools to have automated ext...
Aug 08, 2025
Search for missing 23-year-old man who jumped off Overlanders Bridge expected to resume Friday
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops say the search for a missing 23-year-old man who is presumed to have drowned after he jumped off the Overlanders Bridge more than a week ago will be resuming this Friday (A...
Aug 07, 2025
Another AAP likely as City of Kamloops buys nearly 10 acres of land for expanded civic operations yard
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents will be asked for approval to use long-term debt to finance the purchase of a nearly 10-acre plot of land that will eventually be home to an expanded civic operations yar...
Aug 07, 2025
Trial of former Kamloops lawyer accused in client's killing resumes after month-long break
VANCOUVER - After a little more than a month off, the first-degree murder trial for a former Kamloops lawyer resumed Thursday (Aug. 7) out of Vancouver Law Courts. What has been heard so farRogelio 'B...
Aug 07, 2025
