Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Fire Rescue fighting landscape fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue is on-scene at a landscape fire Sunday (Sept 28) afternoon. UPDATE 2:15 p.m. KFR expect to be tied up on scene for quite some time. Crews reporting the fire is approxim...
Sep 28, 2025
Barriere's campfire ban to remain in effect
BARRIERE, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service is set to remove the campfire ban across the Kamloops Fire Centre on Monday, Sept. 29, but the District of Barriere will not follow suit just yet. "The Distric...
Sep 28, 2025
Kamloops Mounties investigating Saturday morning assault
KAMLOOPS - Witnesses are being sought by the Kamloops RCMP following an assault in the morning hours of Saturday, September 27. "At approximately 5:08 a.m. on September 27, 2025, frontline officers fr...
Sep 28, 2025
Salmon Arm RCMP searching for rightful owner of canoe, other lost items
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP are looking for the rightful owner of a lost canoe among other items. Police say they recovered a canoe on Monday (Sept. 22). Anyone who has lost a canoe is asked to...
Sep 27, 2025
Tributary river levels around Kamloops expected to rise throughout the weekend
UPDATE (Monday, Sept. 29): The high streamflow for the North and South Thompson regions has ended.EARLIER: KAMLOOPS - A high streamflow advisory is in place for the North and South Thompson regions. I...
Sep 27, 2025
Stseptékwles re Sk’elép (Coyote Stories) Indigenous Film Festival opens with 'Sweet Summer Powwow'
KAMLOOPS - Organizers of the 4th Annual Stseptkwles re Sk'elp (Coyote Stories) Indigenous Film Festival are rolling out the red carpet Friday night (Sept. 26) for the start of this year's event. This ...
Sep 26, 2025
Kamloops-area postal workers among striking Canada Post employees
KAMLOOPS - Postal workers in Kamloops are among the thousands of Canada Post employees who walked off the job Thursday (Sept. 25). The 55,000 workers went back on picket lines after the federal govern...
Sep 26, 2025
Kamloops athlete named finalist in Canadian Olympic Committee’s official cross-country talent search
KAMLOOPS - Harris Hunter of the Kamloops Canoe and Kayak Club was named a finalist this week in the RBC Training Ground. The competition is a nation-wide talent identification and athlete-funding prog...
Sep 26, 2025
Behm, Lafreniere amped for return to Blazers' lineup; Kufterins to make WHL debut in net
KAMLOOPS - With Tommy Lafreniere and Nathan Behm set to return to the lineup on Friday (Sept. 26), the Kamloops Blazers are nearly at full strength. Both forwards took part in training camps with thei...
Sep 26, 2025
Hearing ends, judgment reserved in Kamloops councillor's bid to dismiss mayor's defamation suit
KAMLOOPS - Friday (Sept. 26) was the final day of the five-day chamber application under the Protection of Public Participation Act (PPPA) by Kamloops councillor Katie Neustaeter to dismiss the defama...
Sep 26, 2025
