Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
New pick-up locations for 2024 Winter Activity Guide
KAMLOOPS - The 2024 edition of the Winter Activity Guide is now available and features several recreational, artistic, fitness and cultural programs for residents between the months of January through...
Nov 26, 2023
Nicola Valley Hospital Emergency Department to close Sunday morning
MERRITT - Residents of Merritt in need of the services of a hospital Emergency Department, will need to drive to Kamloops or Kelowna Sunday (Nov. 26). Interior Health says the Nicola Valley Hospital E...
Dave Barry Nov 25, 2023
Choral Rhapsody returns to Sagebrush Theatre
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will be hosting the annual Choral Rhapsody of Christmas performance at the Sagebrush Theatre on Monday (Dec. 18) and tickets are already available. Eleven choirs will b...
Silvia Senna Nov 25, 2023
Kamloops food centre offers help as millions of families report food insecurity due to high inflation
KAMLOOPS - According to Statistics Canada, about seven million Canadians have reported food insecurity in the past year due to the high cost of living - and Kamloops residents are not immune to that.T...
Silvia Senna Nov 25, 2023
Talk of incorporating the North Shuswap into its own municipality getting louder
NORTH SHUSWAP, B.C. - Discussions are ramping up in the North Shuswap about the pros and cons of incorporating into a new municipality, rather than continuing as part of the Columbia Shuswap Regional ...
Aaron Schulze Nov 24, 2023
Kamloops business owners say Black Friday shoppers will be further ahead by spending money locally
KAMLOOPS - Today is Black Friday and many stores offer highly promoted sales and discounted prices. As many costumers might see it as an exciting day, some local businesses might see it differently."A...
Nov 24, 2023
North Shuswap residents pack community hall, talk next steps after wildfire disaster
CELISTA, B.C. - The North Shuswap Community Hall was packed with residents Thursday (Nov. 23) night for a community meeting billed Shuswap Firestorm, 'The Last Straw.'Hundreds of North Shuswap residen...
Silvia Senna Nov 24, 2023
Officers removing non-compliant buoys from Shuswap Lake find sunken boat
TAPPEN, B.C. - Transport Canada officers conducting patrols for non-compliant buoys on Shuswap Lake recently came across an unreported sunken boat.Officers tagged more than 300 buoys in the spring, as...
Nov 24, 2023
CFSEU helps Kamloops RCMP crack down on local drug dealers
KAMLOOPS - A police project targeting known drug dealers in Kamloops earlier this month resulted in drug and weapons seizures.In a news release issued Friday (Nov. 24), Kamloops RCMP say the initiativ...
Nov 24, 2023
Expansion of Speculation Tax not expected to drastically impact Kamloops housing market
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops has recently been named as one of the cities that will now be included in the provincial Speculation and Vacancy Tax. The tax applies to empty secondary homes, but economists say t...
Nov 24, 2023
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