Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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
Highland Valley Copper expansion project green-lit by Teck board
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Teck Resources has cleared the way for a major expansion at the Highland Valley Copper mine near Logan Lake to begin next month. In a news release, Teck said the construction work w...
Jul 24, 2025
RIH maternity ward scheduling gaps may send some expectant parents elsewhere for delivery: IH
KAMLOOPS - Maternity services will be hampered at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) over the summer. Starting Saturday (July 26), Interior Health said expectant parents without a regular family or maternal ...
Jul 24, 2025
Safety and prevention tips offered during National Drowning Prevention Week
KAMLOOPS -- Lifeguarding work helped B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit investigator Ian Pike pay his way through undergraduate school and it sounds like genuine zeal in his voice when he encour...
Jul 23, 2025
BIABC calling for action on US tariff file as province announces new deals across Canada
KAMLOOPS - This week, the Business Improvement Areas of British Columbia (BIABC) issued a news release calling for five action items to address challenges with uncertainty around American tariffs. The...
Jul 23, 2025
