Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Evacuations not needed after mudslide in Westsyde as Kamloops crews respond to other flooding calls
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 4:30 p.m.): Things appear to be stabilizing after a spell of heavy rain Saturday (July 19) morning led to a mudslide in Westsyde, though the City of Kamloops says evacuations will n...
Jul 19, 2025
Kamloops to host fourth consecutive provincial 'B' Cup soccer tournament in 2026
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has once again been picked as hosts of the Provincial "B" Cup soccer tournament. The 2026 edition will be the fourth year in a row that Kamloops has hosted the tourname...
Jul 19, 2025
Plans for new joint KSAR-KFR facility in Rayleigh move ahead following TNRD support
KAMLOOPS - Plans for a new purpose-built headquarters for Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) took another step forward at Thursday's (July 17) Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) meeting. The TNRD...
Jul 18, 2025
'BC is Burning' documentary looks to spur conversations around forest management
KAMLOOPS - A new documentary is debuting across British Columbia this month looking into devastating wildfires in the province, while advocating for change.Called BC is Burning, the 45-minute long fil...
Jul 18, 2025
Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music prepares to 'break a leg' July 23 and 24
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music (KISSM) is just over halfway through its summer camp. The program has been running since 1978, making this the 47th year of the music camp. Last...
Jul 18, 2025
Into Thin Air - Sherri McLaughlin | No arrests, no answers in Kamloops woman's disappearance
KAMLOOPS - It's been more than 30 years since 20-year-old Sherri McLaughlin went missing from a Brocklehurst neighbourhood. To this day, she hasn't been found, and nobody has been arrested. "For mysel...
Jul 18, 2025
Reduced flights, 'geopolitical factors' lead to decline in spring passenger numbers at YKA
KAMLOOPS - New data released by Kamloops Airport (YKA) shows there was a drop in the number of passengers during the spring of this year. There were 65,971 passengers processed during the months of Ap...
Jul 18, 2025
Senior Kamloops Rattlers aiming to end lengthy Rowcliffe Cup drought, but in tough against favoured Kelowna Raiders
KAMLOOPS - The Rowcliffe Cup has been elusive for the Kamloops Rattlers, the senior lacrosse club last claiming the league championship and its coveted hardware in 2010. "It's been a long time," Rattl...
Jul 18, 2025
BCGEU poised to hold strike vote amid stalled contract talks
One of British Columbia's biggest pubic sector unions could be headed for job action amid an "impasse" in contract negotiations. The B.C. General Employees Union (BCGEU) says more than 34,000 of its m...
Jul 18, 2025
CSRD moving ahead with road rescue service in North and South Shuswap but not Falkland
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) is moving ahead with plans to implement a new road rescue service in the North and South Shuswap, but not in the Falkland area. At its ...
Jul 18, 2025
