Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Two new spot fires pop up near Shuswap Lake
SICAMOUS, B.C. - BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) personnel are keeping an eye on a pair of small fires that popped up near Shuswap Lake Monday (Aug. 25). The BCWS website shows a new fire start near Cinnem...
Aug 26, 2025
City of Kamloops mulling bylaw changes to ban consumer sale and use of fireworks
KAMLOOPS - An updated Fire Prevention Bylaw that will seek to eliminate the consumer sale and use of fireworks within municipal limits is expected to go before Kamloops city council for its input in t...
Aug 26, 2025
Temperature records shattered in Kamloops region this weekend
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for the South Thompson and Fraser Valley regions of the Interior. With extreme temperatures hitting this weekend and the weather continuing this ...
Aug 25, 2025
Columbia Street paving a precursor to expanded work in 2027
KAMLOOPS - Constructions crews were busy over the weekend as they worked to mill the pavement along Columbia Street between First and Third Avenues. Unlike some other projects underway in Kamloops, wo...
Aug 25, 2025
CMHA Kamloops' Envision Connect program back up to near 16 hours per day thanks to Reaching Home grant
KAMLOOPS - A little over $2.2 million in federal grant funding is being distributed to social agencies throughout Kamloops through the Reaching Home initiative. CMHA Kamloops is one of the recipients,...
Aug 25, 2025
New Heffley Creek wildfire start quickly held Monday
KAMLOOPS - A new wildfire start near Heffley Creek Monday (Aug. 25) is already being held, according to the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS).The fire was reported at the Heffley Creek Eco Depot and measured...
Aug 25, 2025
Explosion, fire at Salmon Arm landfill likely caused by lithium-ion battery: CSRD
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Officials in Salmon Arm say a fire that broke out in the city's landfill Monday (Aug. 25) has been brought under control.In a news release, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (C...
Aug 25, 2025
Alleged firebug nabbed in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP collared a suspected firebug in downtown Kamloops Monday morning (Aug. 25).City of Kamloops Community Service Officers (CSOs) call RCMP and Kamloops Fire Rescue at about 4:15 a.m. Mond...
Aug 25, 2025
Man taken into custody after apparent mental health call in North Shuswap
LEE CREEK, B.C. - Police say a 32-year-old man from Chase was "safely apprehended" on a floating dock on Shuswap Lake after he tried to harm members of his own family Sunday (Aug. 24) afternoon. In a ...
Aug 25, 2025
Body of drowning victim recovered from Kamloops Lake in Tobiano
TOBIANO, B.C. - Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) says the body of a person who drowned in Tobiano on Saturday (Aug. 23) has been recovered.In a statement, KSAR says it was tasked out by BC Emergency ...
Aug 25, 2025
