Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Community-led crisis teams help reduce pressure on police and hospital services: health minister
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne was in Kamloops Monday (July 21) to announce the formal launch of the CRCL Kamloops. Formerly called 'peer assisted care teams,' CRCL is a mobile, communi...
Aaron Schulze Jul 22, 2025

Overlanders Bridge project on schedule as crews ramp up construction
KAMLOOPS - Construction on the Overlanders Bridge has entered week two, with crews working on replacing the bridge joints on the northbound lanes, along with the multi-use path. As is common with any ...
Aaron Schulze Jul 22, 2025

Small fire sparks southwest of Ashcroft
ASHCROFT, B.C. - BC Wildfire Service personnel are responding to a small wildfire southwest of Ashcroft.The fire was discovered Tuesday (July 22) near Klootchville Creek, east of Oregon Jack Park and ...
Aaron Schulze Jul 22, 2025

Speeding driver in the Cariboo checks texts, misses officer and fined hundreds
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A 27-year-old man from Kelowna was fined for speeding through the Cariboo region and failing to notice a police officer who tried to stop him. BC Highway Patrol says the man was...
Aaron Schulze Jul 22, 2025

Fourteen TNRD community wildfire groups funded via new provincial pilot
KAMLOOPS - A grant program that allowed community groups to get training so they can help the BC Wildfire Service fight fires was oversubscribed, but the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) says ...
Victor Kaisar Jul 22, 2025

Kamloops drops notorious title of highest crime rate in Canada, sees 21 per cent decline in violent crimes
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops no longer has the highest crime rate of any city in Canada, albeit not by much. According to new numbers released by Statistics Canada Tuesday (July 22), police reported 10,546 cri...
James Peters Jul 22, 2025

UPDATE: Missing woman found
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (Aug. 6): RCMP say the missing woman has been located.
Victor Kaisar Jul 21, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

'It's just not possible'; Health minister rules out 11th-hour redesign of Kamloops cancer centre to include PET-CT
KAMLOOPS - Despite calls from opposition MLAs and community leaders for a redesign, construction is slated to begin this summer on the Kamloops cancer centre.Local mayors, councillors, regional direct...
Michael Reeve Jul 21, 2025

Japanese beetles apparently discovered in Westsyde, more than 10 kilometres from regulated area
KAMLOOPS - Japanese beetles appear to have spread from the regulated zone in the downtown and Sagebrush neighbourhoods of Kamloops.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will still need to confirm...
Michael Reeve Jul 21, 2025

New mobile, community-led crisis support program launches in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne is in Kamloops Monday (July 21) to announce the formal launch of the CRCL (pronounced "circle") program in the city. Formerly called 'Peer Assisted Care T...
Victor Kaisar Jul 21, 2025

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