Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Five weeks later, Kamloops man found safe after going missing in the Northern Rockies
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man who went missing in the Northern Rockies more than five weeks ago has been found safe. Samuel Benastick, identified as a Kamloops local by Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR), ...
Aaron Schulze Nov 27, 2024
City of Kamloops looking at higher-elevated cul-de-sacs for snow clearing pilot project
KAMLOOPS - It'll mostly be business as usual for the City of Kamloops when it comes to snow clearing this winter. However, a pilot project involving higher-elevated cul-de-sacs is on the horizon once ...
Aaron Schulze Nov 27, 2024
One person dead after being struck by a vehicle at North Shore Canco gas station
KAMLOOPS - One person is dead after being struck by a vehicle in a gas station parking lot on the North Shore. In a news release, Kamloops RCMP says officers received a call from the 200-block of Tran...
Aaron Schulze Nov 27, 2024
Proposed Glenwood drive development takes step forward
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Council voted in favour of issuing a 'notice for zoning amendment' for the property located at 2001, 2013 and 2019 Glenwood Drive in Valleyview. The vote was the first step in...
Michael Reeve Nov 26, 2024
Emotions running high for TRU athletics community after charge announcement in deadly 2023 crash
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP confirmed this week that criminal charges will not be laid against the driver behind the wheel of the truck that caused a deadly collision near the university last year. The d...
Aaron Schulze Nov 26, 2024
Council approves North Shore access hub shelter, shortens permit to 20 months
KAMLOOPS - After a marathon session hearing from members of the public, Kamloops council has approved a temporary use permit for a North Shore shelter.The permit for the access hub shelter at 142 Tran...
Aaron Schulze Nov 26, 2024
Kamloops urgent care patient loads expected to ease with opening of new North Shore UPCC
KAMLOOPS - Some of the pressure on the Royal Inland Hospital emergency department and the Urgent Primary Care and Learning Centre downtown should be alleviated with the opening of a new urgent care an...
Aaron Schulze Nov 26, 2024
PIT Stop finds new home for winter as temperatures drop
KAMLOOPS - After nearly three months of operating out of the Kamloops YMCA parking lot, PIT Stop Kamloops has found a new home for the cold winter months ahead. PIT Stop was forced outside following t...
Aaron Schulze Nov 26, 2024
New Scotch Creek-Lee Creek fire hall to be built not far from former hall razed by 2023 wildfire
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - The Scotch Creek-Lee Creek fire hall has taken another step toward rising from the ashes.The fire hall, located at 3852 Squilax-Anglemont Road, was destroyed in the Bush Creek Eas...
James Peters Nov 26, 2024
New walk-in clinic-style Urgent and Primary Care Centre opens on Kamloops North Shore
KAMLOOPS - A new Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) in Kamloops is open on the North Shore. In a social media post, Interior Health (IH) announced the North Shore UPCC located at Northills Shopping...
Aaron Schulze Nov 26, 2024
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COLLINS: Will the last month of the year be better than the first 11?
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Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas - Flowering Seasonal Plants
Two and Out
PETERS: Approving the access hub shelter on the North Shore helped the helpers
Nov 29, 2024
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: November 28, 2024
Nov 28, 2024
Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Four Shrub Combos for the Fall Season
One Man's Opinion
COLLINS: Strikes like that at Canada Post need to be resolved from within
Nov 28, 2024
The Tattle of Hastings
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: Matonovich back on track
Nov 27, 2024