Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Good news on the construction front as home starts are way up in Kamloops through July. “Home starts were up fairly significantly in Kamloops in July 2018 with about 209 starts compar...

KAMLOOPS - A shocking discovery near Sandman Centre this morning. Mounties say the dead body of a woman was discovered at 9:30 a.m. on the ground just off the walking path between Riverside Park and P...

KAMLOOPS - Update: According to BC Hydro, power has been restored and police say access in and out of Rayleigh will be restored by 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. The downed power lines have halted traffic ...

KAMLOOPS - Update: Environment Canada confirms a weather record has been broken in Kamloops. Meteorologist Doug Lundquist says the temperature reached 40.8 degrees at 4 p.m. Thursday besting the previ...

KAMLOOPS - While the smoke has returned to the city, it’s nothing like last summer when tourism in Kamloops took a major hit. This year has seen one event after another - from the World Junior S...

KAMLOOPS - Twenty-five years ago Kamloops hosted an event that would help shape this city’s identity. The 1993 Canada Summer games brought thousands of athletes to the Kamloops between August 6 ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP hasn’t given up its search for a missing jet skier. The man, whose name has not been released, went missing after his jet ski collided with another jet skier on July...

KAMLOOPS - No relief yet when it comes to air quality in Kamloops. Air Quality Meteorologist Ralph Adams with the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change says smoke concentrations remain way above ...

KAMLOOPS - The man accused of barricading himself inside the Denny’s in downtown Kamloops last week is facing a raft of charges. The standoff started at around 4 a.m. on Aug. 2 and lasted over 1...

KAMLOOPS - A day after news the Saudi Arabia government announced it plans to withdraw funding for its students studying in Canada, the impact is being felt for about 30 Saudi students at Thompson Riv...