Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Nearly 170 BCWS personnel leave Kamloops Friday to fight fires in three Canadian provinces
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 4:00 p.m.): The BC Wildfire Service is once again sending in a crew of firefighters and support staff to battle wildfires burning in other Canadian provinces. Information Officer Sa...
Victor Kaisar May 30, 2025

Identity of Valleyview motel shooting victim revealed one year after his murder
KAMLOOPS - The identity of a man who was shot dead in Valleyview last year has been revealed. In a news release issued Friday (May 30), Kamloops RCMP say the body of Keenan James Robertson was found i...
Victor Kaisar May 30, 2025

WCT releases 50th anniversary schedule; new artistic director introduced
KAMLOOPS - A busy Friday (May 30) for Western Canada Theatre (WCT) as it released its schedule for its 50th anniversary season, and announced the hiring of a new Artistic Director. Executive Director ...
Victor Kaisar May 30, 2025

Kamloops Fire Rescue asks residents to be cautious in green spaces amid dangerous fire conditions
KAMLOOPS - With further dry conditions and warmer temperatures expected, Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) is asking residents to be cautious in the city's nature parks and grasslands and interface areas. As...
Victor Kaisar May 30, 2025

Nearly 10,000 hours of transit service coming to Kamloops; not all requests were approved
KAMLOOPS - There will be another increase to transit service in Kamloops that will begin to take effect later this year, though its not everything that the City was hoping for. Transportation Engineer...
Victor Kaisar May 29, 2025

New partnership between Bell, Groq and TRU set to ensure Kamloops is on the cutting edge of AI expansion in Canada
KAMLOOPS - Bell Canada is rolling out 'Bell AI Fabric', what the company is calling a major investment to create Canada's largest artificial intelligence project. The first fabric facility will open n...
Victor Kaisar May 29, 2025

As Uber launches across B.C., Uride confident of its standing in Kamloops following 2022 debut
KAMLOOPS - With Uber now available in Kamloops and across B.C as of Wednesday (May 28), the founder and CEO of Uride says his company is confident it will be able to remain competitive in the Tourname...
Victor Kaisar May 29, 2025

UPDATE: Missing woman located
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (June 2): RCMP say the woman reported missing on May 29 has been found.
James Peters May 29, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Revelstoke RCMP arrest escaped prisoner, alleged accomplice
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Alberta are crediting their colleagues in Revelstoke for collaring a pair of fugitives this week.In a news release, Cpl. Troy Savinkoff says Mackenzie Dawn Hardy, 24, and David Jose...
Victor Kaisar May 29, 2025

Kamloops councillors allege housing fund rejections were politically motivated
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Kamloops councillors allege the decision to deny communities like Kamloops a share of funding from the federal government's Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) was politically motivate...
Victor Kaisar May 29, 2025

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