Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops fire chief says majority of recent interface fires caused by 'campfires or cooking fires'
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops fire chief says the majority of a series of interface fires within city limits appear to have been caused by either campfires or cooking fires. That includes the 3-hectare gras...
Jul 25, 2025
UPDATE: Highway 1 south of Lytton reopens with single lane of alternating traffic
LYTTON, B.C. - (UPDATE 12:30 p.m.): DriveBC says Highway 1 has reopened with a single lane of alternating traffic. Another update is expected to come at 1:00 p.m. You can find the latest updates from ...
Jul 25, 2025
Kamloops Fire Rescue knocks down late-night fire in Kenna Cartwright Park
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue made quick work of a small-but-notable interface fire in Kenna Cartwright Park Thursday (July 24) night.KFR Assistant Chief Colin Tomm says crews responded to the fire ...
Jul 25, 2025
Merritt fire crew put out interface fire overnight, police investigating
MERRITT, B.C. - Police in Merritt are investigating after firefighters put out a small but visible fire on the west end of the city overnight. Merritt Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson told CFJC Today that 19...
Jul 25, 2025
Coroners inquest to probe 2020 death of Shuswap man in RCMP standoff
TAPPEN, B.C. - A BC Coroners Service inquest into the 2020 death of a man in the Shuswap will get underway in Burnaby in September. In a news release, the BC Coroners Service says the two-week-long in...
Jul 24, 2025
Long-awaited Kamloops cancer centre groundbreaking doesn't bury questions, criticism
KAMLOOPS - It's a day that has been a long time coming, as B.C. ministers Bowinn Ma and Josie Osborne were in Kamloops to place the first shovel into the dirt at the home of the new Kamloops cancer ce...
Jul 24, 2025
Latest City of Kamloops data shows spike in protective service calls around business sectors
KAMLOOPS - At a meeting on Thursday (July 24), the City of Kamloops Safety and Security Select Committee received an update into what areas of Kamloops are seeing increases and decreases in calls for ...
Jul 24, 2025
Kamloops RCMP looking for chainsaw thief
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are looking for help in identifying a man who walked out the Home Depot without paying for a chainsaw.In a news release, police say they were called to the 1000 block of ...
Jul 24, 2025
IH issues drug alert for Kamloops after counterfeit pills found to contain fentanyl analog
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued a drug alert for Kamloops after pills sold on the street as a common painkiller were found to contain a mysterious fentanyl analog.In an alert distributed Thursda...
Jul 24, 2025
Groundbreaking held as EllisDon chosen to build new Kamloops cancer care centre
KAMLOOPS - Construction on the long-promised Kamloops cancer centre is set to get underway soon as the Province touts the "largest capital investment into the expansion of cancer care" in the Kamloops...
Jul 24, 2025
