Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - It was a frightening hostage taking that resulted in a 7 hour police standoff, and ended in a major explosion and fire. Now, the girl who rescued two children from this Dufferin home nearly...

KAMLOOPS - The Hospital Employees Union says Interior Health could have done a better job explaining why it felt it needed to privatize laundry services at five sites across the region. WATCH: Full st...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Naturalist Club says a popular hiking spot west of Kamloops is turning into a garbage dumping ground. The club says the area known as the Dewdrop is home to sensitive grassland...

KAMLOOPS - This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Kamloops Film Festival, which kicks off this Thursday. To celebrate the milestone, organizers are showcasing 20 of the best movies of the past ye...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District has taken a first small step toward alleviating pressures being felt in the district’s French Immersion program. The board of education anticipat...

KAMLOOPS - The BC Coroners Service has ordered an inquest into the June, 2014 death of a Williams Lake man at Royal Inland Hospital. 18-year-old Jacob George Setah died after a fall from the Royal Inl...

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has made a final decision to privatize its laundry services. The health authority announced this afternoon it has reached a 20-year agreement with Ecotex Healthcare Linen Se...

KAMLOOPS - If you read his resume on the surface, Angus Reid is a 13-year CFL veteran, a three-time league All-Star, and and two-time Grey Cup champion with the B.C. Lions. But dig a little deeper and...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP are raising the alarm about a suspicious man who made contact with children on the Kamloops North Shore Sunday evening. Corporal Cheryl Bush says the man approached two boys playing an...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops mother wants to sound a warning after her 18 month old son returned from a family vacation to the Mayan Riviera with hand, foot and mouth disease. WATCH: Full story by Reporter T...