Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Emergency crews attended to the scene of a single vehicle crash west of Kamloops Wednesday afternoon (June 15). The driver of a SUV lost control of their vehicle near Tobiano on the Trans-C...

KAMLOOPS - The smell of backyard chicken coops might be offensive to some, but it’s an attractant to many wild animals living around Kamloops. Bears have an especially strong sense of smell, abl...

KAMLOOPS - Canada’s telecommunications regulator has announced a new framework to support local television news. In a news release this morning, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunicati...

KAMLOOPS - This is elder abuse awareness day and the local RCMP detachment says elder abuse is typically an under-reported crime. Corporal Jodi Shelkie says sometimes the behavior isn’t even rec...

KAMLOOPS - A small flock of urban hen supporters had reason to crow aloud outside City Hall on Tuesday night, knowing they’ve won a nearly 10-year battle to bring chickens to city backyards. WAT...

KAMLOOPS - If the South Kamloops Secondary campus were a person, and paid taxes, it would be eligible for an Old Age Security Pension next year. Despite its' advancing age, the building was passed ove...

KAMLOOPS - Emissions from the Ribfest ribbers won’t be the only smoke in Riverside Park this summer. Kamloops council has voted to relax its complete ban on smoking in city parks in order to all...

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has unveilled a new surveillance tool to improve how overdoses are tracked at emergency departments across the regions. Now when a patient who has overdosed, or is suspected...

KAMLOOPS - The debate over whether wine will be sold at the Sahali Save-On Foods store is far from over. Last month, the grocery store was denied a variance allowing it to move the former Discover Win...

KAMLOOPS - On the front lines, first responders are put in difficult situations, in some cases putting their lives on the line. “Whether you’re fire, police, EMS, on a day-to-day basis you...