Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - A new wildfire start near Heffley Creek Monday (Aug. 25) is already being held, according to the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS).The fire was reported at the Heffley Creek Eco Depot and measured...

SALMON ARM, B.C. - Officials in Salmon Arm say a fire that broke out in the city's landfill Monday (Aug. 25) has been brought under control.In a news release, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (C...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP collared a suspected firebug in downtown Kamloops Monday morning (Aug. 25).City of Kamloops Community Service Officers (CSOs) call RCMP and Kamloops Fire Rescue at about 4:15 a.m. Mond...

LEE CREEK, B.C. - Police say a 32-year-old man from Chase was "safely apprehended" on a floating dock on Shuswap Lake after he tried to harm members of his own family Sunday (Aug. 24) afternoon. In a ...

TOBIANO, B.C. - Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) says the body of a person who drowned in Tobiano on Saturday (Aug. 23) has been recovered.In a statement, KSAR says it was tasked out by BC Emergency ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) is well on its way to meeting new provincial requirements that all schools be equipped with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and naloxon...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (1:45 p.m.): Kamloops RCMP say the missing woman has been located.

KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for the Kamloops area as temperatures have finally crossed the warning threshold during this ongoing spell of warmer weather.This is the third h...

KAMLOOPS - The RCMP's Southeast District Major Crime Unit is investigating a suspicious death after human remains were discovered in a burned out vehicle Saturday (Aug. 23).The Tk'emlups Rural RCMP wa...

YALE, B.C. - (UPDATE 4:15 p.m.): The CN Rail line in the Fraser Canyon has been closed due to the wildfire burning about seven kilometres north of Yale, which has triggered some evacuation alerts and ...