Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops employer that relies on the struggling oil and gas sector has announced another round of layoffs. Horizon North, which manufactures trailers and modular units, laid off 34 employ...

KAMLOOPS - It’s been a pool used by North Shore residents since 1958, the oldest facility on the north side of the river. But in a short time, it will be closed and replaced by a wading pool and...

KAMLOOPS - Fentanyl has claimed countless lives across the country, the drug seeping into social circles of all kinds. With the number of overdoses steadily increasing, the highly powerful painkiller ...

KAMLOOPS - The Power Rangers will be taking over several areas next week, including downtown Kamloops, causing some traffic disruptions. Streets will be closing intermittently, depending on where film...

KAMLOOPS - Two lunchtime diners were taken to hospital this afternoon after an SUV crashed through the front of the restaurant where they were enjoying their lunch. Just after 12:15, a Dodge Journey c...

KAMLOOPS - Residents in Westsyde and Brocklehurst are celebrating after learning their opposition to the closure of the neighborhood pools did not go unheard. City Council has voted to keep both pools...

KAMLOOPS - It’s official. Sun Peaks resort has had a record breaking season. President of Tourism Sun Peaks, Christopher Nicolson says the resort saw a 13.4 per cent increase in room occupancy c...

KAMLOOPS - The face of the Kamloops RCMP detachment is changing. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie will take over as the detachment’s media relations officer, starting next Monday. She succeeds Cpl. Cheryl Bush...

KAMLOOPS - All involved with the Women’s World Hockey Championship are calling the tournament a major success – with the possible exception of the Canadian team that came up short in the f...

KAMLOOPS - Many students go back to school to receive their high school diploma, but very few do it in their 80’s. Yet that’s the path charted by Theresa Walker, an 85 year old woman livin...