Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Coquihalla reopens south of Merritt after vehicle fire; closed south of Kamloops due to crash
MERRITT - (UPDATE 11:45 p.m.): The Coquihalla has reopened south of Merritt, but the highway is closed once again in both directions south of Kamloops. DriveBC first reported of a vehicle incident nea...
Sep 05, 2025
Campus abuzz for annual TRU Students' Union Back-To-School Barbecue
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University Students' Union held its annual back-to-school barbecue on Friday (Sept. 5) afternoon and the campus commons area was buzzing. Burgers and hot dogs were serve...
Sep 05, 2025
Gur Singh Memorial Golf Tournament honours neurosurgeon's legacy, helps fund local supports
KAMLOOPS - Big Horn Golf and Country Club played host on Friday (Sept. 5) to the 22nd Annual Gur Singh Memorial Golf Tournament in support of the Kamloops Brain Injury Association. The tournament was ...
Sep 05, 2025
Quiet start enjoyed, furious finish anticipated for Kamloops region wildfire season
KAMLOOPS - Up until the most recent heat wave, the summer wildfire season in the Kamloops region had been relatively quiet. Aside from the latest surge in first activity near Hope and Princeton, only ...
Sep 05, 2025
Into Thin Air — SRD K9s of BC | Volunteer search dog teams maintain missing person ground search efforts
KAMLOOPS - When missing persons cases become longer-term searches, the number of people who regularly get out and look in areas of interest throughout the backcountry decreases dramatically. That's wh...
Sep 05, 2025
Parkinson Superwalk set for Riverside Park Saturday
KAMLOOPS - This Saturday (Sept. 6), dozens of Kamloops residents will make their way to Riverside Park for the 35th annual Parkinson Superwalk. The annual event is the largest fundraiser for the Parki...
Sep 05, 2025
Coquihalla reopens between Hope and Merritt after nearly two day closure due to Mine Creek wildfire
MERRITT, B.C. - The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt has reopened as of noon Friday (Sept. 5).The highway had been closed to all traffic since Wednesday (Sept. 3) afternoon as the Mine Cree...
Sep 05, 2025
Lytton, Lillooet set daily temperature record for third consecutive day as air quality alerts persist
LYTTON - Preliminary data from Environment Canada shows the Fraser Canyon communities of Lytton and Lillooet experienced record high temperatures for the third day in a row on Sept. 4. According to En...
Sep 05, 2025 Image Credit: Global BC
Southeast District ERT back at Brocklehurst house in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops are once again asking people to avoid the 2300-block of Fleetwood Avenue because of an ongoing police operation this morning (Sept. 5).In a brief statement, RCMP Staff Sgt....
Sep 05, 2025
Increase in non-fatal overdoses leads to Interior Health-wide drug alert
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued an overdose alert for its entire region as it warns of an increase in the number of non-fatal overdose events.In a statement issued Friday (Sept. 5), the health a...
Sep 05, 2025
