Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

RCMP looking for information after break-in at Kamloops Mayor's West Victoria businesses
KAMLOOPS - Police are asking people who may have information about a recent break-in at the West Victoria Street auto dealership owned by Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to step forward.In a news re...
Victor Kaisar Aug 01, 2025

Hitting the brakes on animal-vehicle collisions near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - According to the BC Conservation Foundation, highways can be detrimental to local wildlife populations and ecology. On average, ICBC tallies more than 12,000 animal-vehicle incidents every ...
James Peters Jul 31, 2025

Sun Peaks hits reset button on community health care
KAMLOOPS - The Supporting Team Excellence with Patients Society (STEPS) will no longer be operating the Sun Peaks Community Health Centre as of this October as the society and resort municipality have...
Michael Reeve Jul 31, 2025

Interior Health says RIH maternity patients have all been treated in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's been one week since Interior Health announced possible staffing challenges in the maternity ward of Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops.Last Thursday (July 24), Interior Health sta...
Michael Reeve Jul 31, 2025

Lytton-area fire eclipses 1,000ha
LYTTON, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says the Cantilever Bar wildfire south of Lytton is now more than 1,000 hectares in size.In an update to its website, the service says the fire - which sparked M...
James Peters Jul 31, 2025

City lays blame for former CAO Trawin's departure at feet of Mayor Hamer-Jackson
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says former Chief Administrative Officer David Trawin is no longer employed by the city - and blames his departure directly on the actions of Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson.T...
James Peters Jul 31, 2025

Five charged after months-long Kamloops RCMP drug investigation
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say five Kamloops residents are facing dozens of charges as the result of a lengthy drug and weapons investigation.In a news release issued Thursday (July 31), Superintendent Jeff Pell...
James Peters Jul 31, 2025

DASHCAM VIDEO: No serious injuries after SUV careens into oncoming semi on Coquihalla near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There were no major injuries after a two-vehicle crash Wednesday (July 30) afternoon between a semi-truck and an SUV on the Coquihalla Highway, just south of the Lac Le Jeune turnoff.WATCH:...
Victor Kaisar Jul 31, 2025

Free TNRD chipping day events coming to Lafarge, Agate Bay in August
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) will be holding free chipping day events in two communities next month as it works to mitigate the risks of wildfire by reducing wildfire fuels....
Victor Kaisar Jul 31, 2025

Pace of drug deaths in Kamloops picked up over the past two months: BC Coroners Service
VICTORIA - The pace of drug overdose deaths has picked up in Kamloops, but the province says at the halfway point in 2025, the city is still trending well behind last year's pace. New numbers from the...
Victor Kaisar Jul 31, 2025

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