Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Ministry of Forests crews are conducting a controlled burn near Savona today. Crews are working with the Skeetchestn First Nation to burn off a perimeter, thus limiting any forest fires tha...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP report the woman has been located and is safe. EARLIER: Family members are searching frantically for an elderly woman who has gone missing from her Brocklehurst home. ...

KAMLOOPS - For some restaurants taking part in The Road to Gold festivities during this weeks Women’s World Hockey Championships, the turnout has been surprising, and not in a good way. It’...

KAMLOOPS - Another detailed report is drawing attention to deficiencies in the KGHM-Ajax environmental application. This one was commissioned by a coalition of community groups, including the Kamloops...

KAMLOOPS - Everyone is talking about the beautiful weather. Wednesay’s high hit 21.4C, and with the record of 22.2C in 1994, we were on track for breaking that. In fact, several communities arou...

KAMLOOPS - It’s not even April, but a fire prohibition is already planned for the Cariboo Fire Centre. As of noon next Monday, any fire larger than a campfire will be prohibited. Fire Informatio...

KAMLOOPS - You’ve probably been seeing a lot of jerseys around town this week, and maybe even more blue shirts. Those shirts are being worn by more than 500 volunteers that are working behind th...

KAMLOOPS - The BC government is considering an increase to the province’s minimum wage, but its treading lightly in its research. At $10.45 BC will have the lowest minimum wage in the country by...

KAMLOOPS - A local family is devastated today, after cancer claimed their youngest child. Two-year-old Sawyer Jules died last night after a battle with a brain tumour. On a Go-Fund-Me page dedicated t...

KAMLOOPS - It is a growing health epidemic, childhood obesity has consequences that can last a lifetime. The number of obese or overweight kids is on the rise at an alarming rate. But now, families wi...