Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Forty-plus emergency room closures in his community wasn't enough to affect major change: Merritt Mayor reacts to Brown resignation
KAMLOOPS - The resignation of Susan Brown was not an official agenda item at Friday's Thompson Regional Hospital District (TRHD) meeting, but it certainly featured in conversations between directors. ...
Jun 27, 2025
UPDATE: Landscape fire in Strathcona Park under control
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 4:00 p.m.): Kamloops Fire Rescue was able to knockdown the majority of the flames within 20 minutes of arriving on scene and did not request assistance from the BC Wildfire Service....
Jun 27, 2025
Blackpool Fire Rescue snuff out 'deliberate' interface fire along Highway 5
BLACKPOOL, B.C. - Blackpool Fire Rescue says its crews were called to an interface fire in a ditch along Highway 5 in the North Thompson that they say appears to have been deliberately lit. In a state...
Jun 27, 2025
Grassfire near Peterson Creek Park under control
KAMLOOPS - The grassfire that broke out in the area of Peterson Creek Park Thursday (June 26) evening is now under control. That's according to an update from the City of Kamloops Friday (June 27) mor...
Jun 27, 2025
Susan Brown out as Interior Health President and CEO
KAMLOOPS - Susan Brown is out as the President and CEO of Interior Health, a little over a week after the Board of Directors said it was standing by her following calls for her resignation. Sources to...
Jun 27, 2025
Major sewer main project to take over Fourth Avenue in downtown Kamloops this summer
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says work to upgrade the sewer main along Fourth Avenue downtown is set to get underway early next month. Project Delivery Manager Adam Gordon says this work, which wil...
Jun 27, 2025
TNRD director pleased to see new Monte Creek fire station nearing completion
MONTE CREEK, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional Director (TNRD) Director for the Monte Creek area says he's pleased to see the new fire station nearing completion. According to the TNRD, the building...
Jun 27, 2025
NorthPaws win series against Kelowna; to rebrand as Kamloops Sandpipers on retro night in July
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws avoided an upset as they squared off against the Kelowna Falcons in West Coast League action Thursday (June 26) evening.The NorthPaws scored two runs in the sixth inn...
Jun 27, 2025
Lillooet ER closed for 40th time in 2025
LILLOOET, B.C. - Residents in the Lillooet area are without emergency coverage for the sixth time this month, and the 40th time this year.Interior Health says the emergency room at the Lillooet Hospit...
Jun 26, 2025
UPDATE: Grassfire near Peterson Creek Park in Kamloops being held
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 7:45 p.m.): A relatively large grassfire that broke out in the area of Peterson Creek Park Thursday (June 26 ) evening is being held at 3.07 hectares in size. That means that the fi...
Jun 26, 2025
