Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - People in Kamloops will be able to legally crack a cold alcoholic beverage in a portion of Riverside Park this summer, if City Council approves a proposed pilot program. A report going befo...

MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE: 7:40 p.m.): The Coquihalla Highway has reopened in both directions between Hope and Merritt after a nearly 24 hour closure that began Friday (June 6) night. Highway maintenanc...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents can have their say into proposed changes to the city's Official Community Plan (OCP) at a series of open houses scheduled for later this month. The Official Community Pla...

KAMLOOPS - After a promising start to the League One B.C. soccer season, the Kamloops United men have suffered three consecutive losses. Meanwhile, the United women are in the league basement and reel...

KAMLOOPS - With temperatures rising across the province, the BC SPCA is urging people to never leave their pets in hot vehicles, even if its just to run a quick errand."They can develop heatstroke qui...

VANCOUVER - Former Thompson Rivers University lecturer Mohd Abdullah was stabbed to death, according to forensic pathologist Dr. Farshaad Bilimoria. Bilimoria testified in B.C. Supreme Court on Friday...

KAMLOOPS - Eighty-one years ago today, Allied Forces conducted the largest amphibious attack in military history, simultaneously storming five beaches in Normandy, France. Canada was tasked with takin...

KAMLOOPS - The highway maintenance contractor in the North Thompson says work to repair a section of Highway 5 that was damaged by flooding last weekend has officially begun."Crews and equipment have ...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops council Code of Conduct investigation into Councillor Bill Sarai has found that he did breach the code of conduct and his oath of office, stemming from a recorded argument with M...

MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 4:00 p.m.): The Coquihalla Highway will be closed in both directions between Hope and Merritt overnight Friday (June 6) to allow crews to work on "urgent sinkhole repairs." The...