Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
New survey shows theft, vandalism, other crimes becoming more expensive for Kamloops businesses
KAMLOOPS - Businesses in Kamloops have repeatedly cited a noticeable rise in the amount of social disorder and street-level crimes they have to deal with. The annual impact survey put together by busi...
Nov 13, 2025
UPDATE: Woman in custody after 'intentional' fire at downtown Kamloops house near Lloyd George Elementary
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 2:08 p.m.): Kamloops RCMP say a woman is custody after she set fire to her own house before heading to nearby Lloyd George Elementary school, which was briefly put on 'hold and secu...
Nov 13, 2025
UPDATE: Missing 20-year-old woman found
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops say the 20-year-old woman who had been missing since Nov. 9 has been located. She was also reported missing on Oct. 24, and was located on Nov. 4, one day after the RCMP ...
Nov 13, 2025
Wednesday crash on Coquihalla south of Kamloops sends one to hospital
KAMLOOPS - One patient was sent to hospital in critical condition after a crash on the Coquihalla Highway between Kamloops and Merritt. BC Emergency Health Services confirmed it received a call about ...
Nov 13, 2025
WATCH: Residential school denialists, counter-protesters clash on TRU campus
KAMLOOPS - An unsanctioned rally was met with a large counter-protest Wednesday (Nov. 12) afternoon outside of Old Main on the Kamloops TRU campus. The protest was led by Frances Widdowson - who was g...
Nov 12, 2025
Anne of Green Gables: The Musical returns to WCT, 50 years later
KAMLOOPS - It's a classic story many Canadians grew up with, brought to the stage for the 50th anniversary of Western Canada Theatre. Anne of Green Gables: The Musical opens at the Sagebrush Theatre n...
Nov 12, 2025
Workplace investigation report mailed to Kamloops mayor, turned over to attorney general ordered destroyed
KAMLOOPS - BC's attorney general has won her bid to have a confidential workplace report received by Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson destroyed. The City of Kamloops commissioned an investigation in ...
Nov 12, 2025
Annual Kamloops business survey shows crime loss, prevention costs nearing $2M in 2025
KAMLOOPS - The latest crime impact report compiled by the Kamloops business community shows losses from crime have already exceeded $1 million this year. The data is contained in the 2025 Impacts from...
Nov 12, 2025
Kamloops MP Caputo 'not losing sleep' over loss of two MPs
KAMLOOPS - The month of November has been shaky for the federal Conservative Party caucus as it faces the reality of a shrinking MP base. It started with Nova Scotia MP Chris D'Entremont crossing the ...
Nov 12, 2025
Kamloops-based volunteer group welcomes newest refugee family
KAMLOOPS - Refugees and Friends Together (RAFT), a group that has been sponsoring and settling refugees in Kamloops for the past five decades, has welcomed another family to the area.It says family of...
Nov 12, 2025
