Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Transportation, class plans in place for displaced Westmount Elementary students
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 representatives held a news conference on Tuesday (Oct. 28) afternoon to address the closure of Westmount Elementary School, which was damaged in a fire early Sunday morn...
Oct 28, 2025
SD73 board administration provides update on enrolment numbers, addresses potential for job cuts
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 Board Chair Heather Grieve, Superintendent Mike McKay and Secretary-Treasurer Harold Cull provided an update on student enrolment at a news conference on Tuesday (Oct. 28...
Oct 28, 2025
City committee told Tranquille, Notre Dame are most crime-riddled corridors in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There are two areas in the city that generate the majority of community service and police responses.At a meeting of the Kamloops council's Safety and Security Select Committee Tuesday (Oct...
Oct 28, 2025
Blazers look to improve on defensive woes after high-scoring weekend
KAMLOOPS - It was an action-packed weekend for the Kamloops Blazers - three games in three nights, with Friday a high point for the team - a 5-4 comeback win in overtime versus the Medicine Hat Tigers...
Oct 28, 2025
Illegal guns, drugs seized from rental vehicle on Tk'emlúps reserve
TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlps Rural RCMP seized illegal guns and drugs in a bust involving a rental vehicle last week.In a news release, RCMP say frontline officers were working in the 400-block of Paul Lake R...
Oct 28, 2025
Tourism Kamloops unveils trio of potential iconic structures to boost visitor numbers
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops has identified what it says are three investment-ready concepts for its iconic structure campaign, and its now looking for developers, operators, and capital partners to co...
Oct 28, 2025 AI renderings of three potential iconic structures in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Tourism Kamloops)
Blazers' Hurlbert named to CHL squad for mini-tournament against top U.S. prospects
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers will have some representation when the top Canadian Hockey League (CHL) prospects go up against a team from the U.S. National Development Program next month. Forward JP...
Oct 28, 2025
Proposed assessment changes to pipelines will shift hefty tax burden onto homeowners: TNRD
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is sounding the alarm over proposed changes to the way gathering and transmission pipelines like Trans Mountain are assessed. The regional distr...
Oct 28, 2025
Suspicious fire sends North Shore family to hospital
KAMLOOPS - For the second time this month, a house fire on the North Shore has sent a family to hospital. In this case, RCMP believe the fire's origin is suspicious.Kamloops RCMP say officers supporte...
Oct 28, 2025
Kamloops council to urge B.C. government to offer financial relief during extreme heat waves
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council will be calling on the province and BC Hydro to offer financial relief to low-income British Columbians during times of extreme heat waves. Councillor Dale Bass' notice of ...
Oct 28, 2025
