Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Heat warning gives City of Kamloops first test of new decentralized heat response plan
KAMLOOPS - The first heat warning of 2025 in Kamloops is set to last until Thursday (July 31) as a ridge of high pressure will bring sustained heat to the interior of B.C. That has the City of Kamloop...
Jul 28, 2025
Upper Nicola Band extends algae warning to Douglas Lake
MERRITT, B.C. - The Upper Nicola Band has expanded an advisory warning of blue-green algae to Douglas Lake.Earlier this month, the band asked residents not to swim in parts of Nicola Lake, saying prof...
Jul 28, 2025
Ottawa, B.C. provide $77M to bring high-speed internet to nearly 7,000 households
ARMSTRONG, B.C. - The federal and B.C. governments are providing more than $77 million in combined funding to bring high-speed internet to more than 6,900 homes in the province. A statement from Innov...
Jul 28, 2025
Environment Canada issues heat warning for Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued heat warning for the Kamloops area, with temperatures expected to be in the mid-30s this week. The warning issued Monday (July 28) covers the North and South T...
Jul 28, 2025
City postpones planned Columbia Street paving project due to ongoing Overlanders Bridge work
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops appears to have put the brakes on some planned paving work that was to be done on a stretch of Columbia Street this summer. While a start date and other details were no...
Jul 28, 2025
KUFC reserve team wins Pacific Coast Soccer League Challenge Cup
VICTORIA, B.C. - Kamloops United FC (KUFC) 2 are Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL) Challenge Cup champions for the first time. The reserve team of the League 1 BC Kamloops United team beat the previo...
Jul 28, 2025
NorthPaws drop two of three to Nanaimo NightOwls
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws remain in the playoff hunt in the West Coast League, but their hopes of making it to the postseason just got a little bit harder.The NorthPaws dropped two of three ga...
Jul 28, 2025
Restoration and improvements at St. Andrew's on the Square in Kamloops to cost a little over $1-million
KAMLOOPS - City of Kamloops staff are asking council to approve $302,000 in funding from reserves towards restoration and improvements at St. Andrew's on the Square downtown. In a report going before ...
Jul 27, 2025
Health authorities warn of potential maternity care reductions
When family doctors or midwives in northern B.C. encounter a high-risk pregnancy, they turn to the obstetrical specialists at Prince George's University Hospital of Northern B.C.The hospital is the on...
Jul 27, 2025
Broncos remain winless after defeat to PG Kodiaks
KAMLOOPS - It's back-to-back losses for the Kamloops Broncos in the 2025 BC Football Conference season. The Broncos were beaten 33-13 by the Prince George Kodiaks Saturday (July 26) at Hillside Stadiu...
Jul 27, 2025
