Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Logan Edmonstone has company in the Kamloops Blazers' crease. The Blazers added two players in the CHL Import Draft on Wednesday, selecting 2007-born goaltender Ivans Kufterins of Riga, Latvia, in Rou...

KAMLOOPS - There will be a change in senior leadership at the Thompson Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) for the first time in nine years. Chief Librarian Judy Moore, who has been in the role for the pas...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue was called out on Tuesday (July 1) evening to extinguish a small landscape fire that was caused by an unauthorized fireworks display. "We arrived on scene to some homeo...

MERRITT, B.C. - Residents are being asked not to swim in parts of Nicola Lake following the sightings of blue-green algae. In a water quality alert issued Tuesday (July 1), the Upper Nicola Band says ...

KAMLOOPS - A hiker in the Tranquille Slot Canyons in the Lac Du Bois Grasslands was rescued on Canada Day after overheating. Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) said it was called by the RCMP to find an...

LYTTON, B.C. - (UPDATE 1:00 p.m.): One of two wildfires posing a threat to life and property in the Lytton area is being held. As of Wednesday (July 2) morning, the BC Wildfire Service says the Nikaia...

KAMLOOPS - The BC Interior Community Foundation (BCICF) will be operating a month-long Pop-Up Community Centre in downtown Kamloops this month.It will be located in the grand foyer of the TNRD Library...

CHASE, B.C. - (UPDATE 9:00 p.m.): The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says the Scatchard Mountain fire is being held at 35 hectares in size, meaning its not expected to grow further based on current fuel a...

LYTTON - (UPDATE 8:45 p.m.): The Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has issued new evacuation orders and alerts in the Lytton-area as a second wildfire continues to burn along Highway 12.It has ...

LYTTON - (UPDATE 11:20 p.m.): The Lytton First Nation has issued an evacuation alert for a number of properties as a wildfire burns on the west side of the Fraser River, Monday (June 30) night. It is ...