Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Remains of missing cliff diver recovered in Seton Lake
LILLOOET, B.C. - The remains of a cliff diver who has been missing since the end of June have been found in Seton Lake. On June 29, Lillooet RCMP responded to the report of a man who had jumped off a ...
Michael Reeve Jul 15, 2025

August Lake wildfire near Princeton being held at 14 hectares
PRINCETON, B.C. - The August Lake Wildfire burning near Princeton is being held. In an update Monday (July 14) evening, the BC Wildfire Service says that based on fuel and weather conditions and resou...
Aaron Schulze Jul 15, 2025

Nash reflects on professional hockey career, talks moments and highlights
KAMLOOPS -- Riley Nash is satisfied he made the most of his professional hockey career, a 15-year saga that came to an end last week with the announcement of his retirement. "I feel like I was able to...
Marty Hastings Jul 14, 2025

Foundry Kamloops approaching fundraising goal as they hope to open the youth focused space in 2026
KAMLOOPS - Foundry Kamloops was first announced in July of 2022 by then Mental Health and Addictions Minister Shelia Malcolmson. Two years later in 2024, Foundry was gifted the future home of the yout...
Aaron Schulze Jul 14, 2025

SD73 provides insight into departure of Superintendent Rhonda Nixon
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District has introduced their new interim superintendent and secretary treasurer as Mike McKay and Harold Cull. Both men will work in their roles until the end ...
Michael Reeve Jul 14, 2025

Library space allocated for future Dufferin arena multiplex
KAMLOOPS - The future arena multiplex in Dufferin will feature four sheets of ice and an even greater number of sheets of paper. The City of Kamloops and the Thompson-Nicola Regional Library announced...
Aaron Schulze Jul 14, 2025

Kamloops Fire Rescue battles overnight house fire in Westsyde
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) crews spent hours battling a house fire at a Westsyde cul-de-sac overnight. The call for the house fire at Serle Court came in at around 11:15 p.m. Sunday (July 1...
Aaron Schulze Jul 14, 2025

Activity picks up in Kamloops real estate market in June
KAMLOOPS - Sales and inventory are up as the Kamloops real estate market heated up in June 2025. New numbers provided by the Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) show 266 residential units changed h...
Aaron Schulze Jul 14, 2025

CSRD unveils longtime Okanagan local government worker as new chief financial officer
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District has gone to the District of Coldstream to find its new chief financial officer (CFO). The CSRD unveiled Jeremy Sundin as its new CFO. The char...
Aaron Schulze Jul 14, 2025

Music for the People concert returning for fourth edition this September
KAMLOOPS - The Tkemlps te Secwpemc Powwow Arbour will once again be the site of Music for the People, which will return for its fourth edition in a little under two months' time. The award-winning sho...
Victor Kaisar Jul 14, 2025

Our Community
TWO & OUT
PETERS: City needs to rethink its communication strategy around incidents like this week's water main break
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Perfect Patio Plants
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: May 14, 2026
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SOUND OFF
SOUND OFF: Preserving local theatres
May 13, 2026

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Bearing Strawberries
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Approach to teaching - examining the meaning of being human
May 13, 2026
The Creative Edge
PEARCE: The quiet power of handwriting
May 12, 2026