Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Into Thin Air - Bette-Jean Masters | Red Lake toddler missing for 65 years
RED LAKE, B.C. - Theresa Stafford and Phyllis Makarewicz both grew up with stories of their older sister, Bette-Jean, but not memories. Edna Bette-Jean Masters hasn't been seen since July 3, 1960. "I'...
Dylana Kneeshaw Jul 11, 2025

Step toward scrapping inter-provincial barriers for direct-buy alcohol sales met with relief
KAMLOOPS - Visiting from out of province, and want to ship a case of B.C. wine back home? The cross-province tax mark up will cost you. But that barrier is supposed to be removed next spring. "It is r...
Jul 11, 2025

Nine patients transferred to RIH in Kamloops during height of Kelowna pediatric unit closure
KAMLOOPS - The disruption in pediatric care at Kelowna's hospital is expected to improve as of this week, according to Interior Health. But some patients may still need to be moved to other area hospi...
Jul 11, 2025

WorkSafeBC fines Interior Health $783K for asbestos disturbance at Kamloops long-term care facility
KAMLOOPS - The Interior Health Authority has been slapped with a nearly $800,000 penalty, after WorkSafe BC found asbestos had been disturbed at a long term care facility in Kamloops. The specific fac...
Aaron Schulze Jul 11, 2025

Construction along Seymour Street linked to Kamloops Centre for the Arts project
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says construction work along a block of Seymour Street downtown is expected to wrap by early next week.Crews are working to install a new duct for Telus and Rogers that...
Victor Kaisar Jul 11, 2025

Supports available for TRU community as search continues for missing international student in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - As efforts to find a missing Thompson Rivers University student - who is presumed to have drowned - continue, the president of the Kamloops-based institution has reached out to members of t...
Victor Kaisar Jul 11, 2025

Surging Kamloops NorthPaws hope Sandpipers, Stankoven bring fans to the ballpark
KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops NorthPaws are hosting three games against the Bellingham Bells this weekend at Norbrock Stadium and the local West Coast League (WCL) baseball club is aiming to pack the ballp...
Marty Hastings Jul 10, 2025

Build Kamloops recommends $200,000 for upgrades at Kamloops Seniors Community Centre
KAMLOOPS - It was the first Build Kamloops project to open, and now the seniors centre at the Cottonwood Manor is hoping an $200,000 investment from the Build Kamloops Select Committee will help impro...
Victor Kaisar Jul 10, 2025

North Thompson plans for population swell, as Yellowhead Copper Mine Project enters environmental assessment process
VAVENBY, B.C. - Taseko Mines, a Canadian-based mining company, has just entered the federal and provincial environmental assessment process for its plan to build an open-pit copper mine near Vavenby. ...
Victor Kaisar Jul 10, 2025

Country stars Aaron Pritchett, Julian Austin to play at 2025 Midsummer Music Jam in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The BC Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has revealed the lineup for this year's Midsummer Music Jam, which is part of the Music in the Park concert series. The event at the Riverside Park bandshe...
Victor Kaisar Jul 10, 2025

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"Were you more invested in this year's Stanley Cup Final because it included Kamloops' own Logan Stankoven?"
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