Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Merritt gets another $3.4 million in provincial funding towards flood-protection work
MERRITT - The City of Merritt says it has received around $3.4 million from the Provincial Government to improve its flood-protection infrastructure.It says the money will go towards Phase 1 of the Mi...
May 10, 2025
'Bigger and better' Kamloops bike valet returns for second summer
KAMLOOPS - A "bigger and better" Kamloops bike valet is back for its second year, though it will be set up in a new downtown location this summer. Climate and Sustainability Manager Glen Cheetham says...
May 10, 2025
Voting underway in District of Lillooet by-election
LILLOOET, B.C. - It's by-election day in the District of Lillooet as voters head to the polls to elect a new councillor. People will be able to vote at the District of Lillooet Municipal Office on Mai...
May 10, 2025
Shuswap man acquitted in deadly 2021 shooting at Scotch Creek car wash
KAMLOOPS - A North Shuswap man charged in a fatal shooting was acquitted by a B.C. Supreme Court jury Friday (May 9) in Kamloops Law Courts. Fifty-four-year-old Paul Binder was facing a second-degree ...
May 09, 2025
Bagabuyo trial shifts to Vancouver; bail conditions adjusted
KAMLOOPS - Now proceeding out of Vancouver, the first-degree murder trial for former Kamloops lawyer Rogelio 'Butch' Bagabuyo resumed Friday (May 9). The details are protected by a court-ordered publi...
May 09, 2025
Parishioners at Kamloops' Sacred Heart Cathedral talk first North American pope in history
KAMLOOPS - White smoke filled the air in the Vatican City on Thursday (May 8) evening, signaling the election of a new pope, Cardinal Robert Provost, taking the name of Leo XIV and ascending to the hi...
May 09, 2025
Valleyview A&W workers in Kamloops ratify inaugural contract in Canadian first
KAMLOOPS - Workers at the A&W restaurant in Valleyview have ratified their inaugural contract, making them the first in Canada to unionize, according to the International Brotherhood of Electrical...
May 09, 2025
Lower Thompson snowpack at zero per cent of normal; other basins near Kamloops down in May report
VICTORIA - New data from the BC River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) shows that while the overall snowpack lowered across the Kamloops area over the last month, conditions have careened to the bottom in the ...
May 09, 2025
Extra energy for local McHappy Day fundraising with upcoming family room addition to Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - McDonald's locations around Kamloops and Merritt have been 'all hands on deck' for Thursday's (May 8) McHappy Day fundraiser, with an extra focus on where the money raised will be helping t...
May 08, 2025
Jury deliberations to begin for 2021 Scotch Creek second-degree murder trial
KAMLOOPS - Thursday (May 8) saw the beginning of jury deliberations around whether or not a Shuswap area resident accused of shooting another man killed him in an act of self-defense or murder. The tr...
May 08, 2025
