Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University's new student housing complex is coming along, but the build is still well behind schedule. The four-storey modular building was slated to provide 148 new beds in...

SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - More than 10,000 residents had a chance to return to the North Shuswap on Wednesday (Sept 7), after the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) rescinded evacuation orders put i...

ANGLEMONT, B.C. - A community in the North Shuswap has been given 'all clear' status.In a news release issued Thursday (Sept. 7), the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSR) rescinded its evacuation ...

KAMLOOPS - Two men were arrested after a carjacking in Lower Sahali Wednesday (Sept. 6) afternoon.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP say officers were called to a gas station parking lot on the 800-bloc...

KAMLOOPS - A one-year-old baby died after being hit by a vehicle on the North Shore Wednesday (Sept. 6) afternoon.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP say officers were called to the 1500-block of Ord Roa...

CHASE, B.C. - Residents of Parkside Community in Chase are returning home after evacuation alerts due to the Bush Creek East wildfire were lifted.In a news release issued Wednesday (Sept. 6) Interior ...

UPDATE (8:30 a.m.): DriveBC says Highway 1 between Salmon Arm and Tappen fully reopened.EARLIER: SALMON ARM, B.C. - A stretch of the Trans Canada Highway in the Shuswap is closed in both directions.In...

SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - "The drive in here was stunningly beautiful - this beautiful tunnel of trees you went through that was green and lush," recalled Columbia Shuswap Regional District Information Off...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has decided on the decommissioning of a part of the Noble Creek Irrigation System and the city will now look at a temporary pump option for next year. Residents, on the oth...

VICTORIA - As North Shuswap evacuees return home, the province has opened its Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) program to communities affected by wildfires all over B.C. The province announced Wedn...