Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Construction of Kamloops cancer centre set to begin
KAMLOOPS - Ground will be broken on the long-awaited Kamloops cancer centre Thursday (July 24) morning.The B.C. government has scheduled a news conference to mark the start of construction at the West...
Jul 23, 2025
Semi-truck fire snarls overnight traffic on Highway 97 north of Clinton
CLINTON, B.C. - Traffic is flowing on Highway 97 north of Clinton after a semi-truck caught fire Tuesday (July 22) night. DriveBC says the southbound lane remains closed on Highway 97 at Big Bar Road ...
Jul 23, 2025
'We have to improve or we'll die': B.C. ranchers seek water solutions in long drought
Rancher John Parkes wants more water storage in B.C.'s Interior, which is suffering the impacts of a multi-year drought. But Parkes, manager of Nicola Ranch near Merritt, says it's not just for irriga...
Jul 23, 2025
Kamloops' Small earns Canada's Walk of Fame recognition two years after Prism's induction
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops musician Henry Small has received retroactive recognition from Canada's Walk of Fame (CWF). When Vancouver rock band Prism took its place in CWF in 2023, former member Small was no...
Jul 22, 2025
City of Kamloops unveils team tasked with building downtown performing arts centre
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has unveiled the team that will be tasked with building the proposed Centre for the Arts project downtown. In a statement, the city says the facility - which is set to ...
Jul 22, 2025 Image Credit: Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society
Community-led crisis teams help reduce pressure on police and hospital services: health minister
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne was in Kamloops Monday (July 21) to announce the formal launch of the CRCL Kamloops. Formerly called 'peer assisted care teams,' CRCL is a mobile, communi...
Jul 22, 2025
Overlanders Bridge project on schedule as crews ramp up construction
KAMLOOPS - Construction on the Overlanders Bridge has entered week two, with crews working on replacing the bridge joints on the northbound lanes, along with the multi-use path. As is common with any ...
Jul 22, 2025
Small fire sparks southwest of Ashcroft
ASHCROFT, B.C. - BC Wildfire Service personnel are responding to a small wildfire southwest of Ashcroft.The fire was discovered Tuesday (July 22) near Klootchville Creek, east of Oregon Jack Park and ...
Jul 22, 2025
Speeding driver in the Cariboo checks texts, misses officer and fined hundreds
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A 27-year-old man from Kelowna was fined for speeding through the Cariboo region and failing to notice a police officer who tried to stop him. BC Highway Patrol says the man was...
Jul 22, 2025
Fourteen TNRD community wildfire groups funded via new provincial pilot
KAMLOOPS - A grant program that allowed community groups to get training so they can help the BC Wildfire Service fight fires was oversubscribed, but the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) says ...
Jul 22, 2025
