Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Supervised consumption services approved in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Health Canada has issued a historic approval of the first supervised drug consumption sites outside of major metropolitan areas, in Kamloops and Kelowna. The only consumption sites previous...
Jul 19, 2017
Better weather for air travellers, but air quality still a problem
KAMLOOPS - Should be a better day for air travellers today. After several cancellations yesterday, the skies are much clearer this morning, and all flights are reported on time so far. Yesterday morni...
Jul 19, 2017
Wildfire situation remains fluid as more help arrives
KAMLOOPS - 11 days into the wildfire related state of emergency in B.C. and fire crews are getting a clearer picture of what they are up against. An unstable airmass is moving into the Interior Thursd...
Jul 18, 2017
Cache Creek residents return home after being forced out by fires
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Residents of a village in British Columbia's Interior are thrilled to be heading home after being rushed out by a fast-moving wildfire, but they fear an uphill battle in repairing ...
Jul 18, 2017
Christy Clark spends final hours as premier talking to evacuees
KAMLOOPS - Christy Clark spent her last few hours as premier at the Emergency Reception Centre in Kamloops. Clark met with evacuees and volunteers outside the Sandman Centre in Kamloops this morning. ...
Jul 18, 2017
Smoky skies forces Kamloops Marathon cancellation
KAMLOOPS - Organizers of the Kamloops Marathon have decided to cancel the event. The marathon was scheduled for this weekend, but organizer Christopher Seguin says Kamloops is not a good place to do s...
Jul 18, 2017
Kamloops lotto winner pledges to help wildfire victims
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man who won a big lottery jackpot is pledging to donate some of his winnings to victims of BC’s wildfire crisis. Jason Labby won $500,000 in the July 7 Lotto Max draw, afte...
Jul 18, 2017
Kamloops man owns up to stabbing cabbie
KAMLOOPS - A young Kamloops man has pleaded guilty to the August, 2016 stabbing of a local taxi cab driver. Austin Eyres pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in BC Supreme Court in Kamloops yesterday....
Jul 18, 2017
Smoke causes flight cancellations at Fulton Field
KAMLOOPS - Smoke caused problems for planes flying in and out of Kamloops this morning. Several flights were cancelled at Kamloops Airport this morning, both by Westjet and Air Canada Express. The cei...
Jul 18, 2017
Kamloops man missing after boating incident in Okanagan Lake
KELOWNA - A 23 year old Kamloops man is missing after a boating incident on Okanagan Lake near Kelowna, and RCMP fear the worst. The man was among a group of eight people boating between Gyro Park and...
Jul 17, 2017
