Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
More than 600 impaired drivers removed from B.C. highways this summer, police say
KAMLOOPS - It was a busy summer for the BC Highway Patrol as officers say they took 626 impaired drivers off the road during the 2025 Summer Impaired Driving Campaign, which ran from June 15 to Aug. 3...
Sep 8, 2025
BC Wildfire Service hopeful cool temperatures will slow down fire activity
KAMLOOPS - This weekend saw success for the BC Wildfire Service, including holding the Noble Canyon fire and continued strong showings by initial attack crews. The weather this week does call for a ch...
Sep 8, 2025
Storm get to work at Honour Ranch during team-building event
KAMLOOPS - Honour Ranch assistant manager and maintenance co-ordinator Dan Wadge paused during an interview to look around and appreciate progress made by the Kamloops Storm. "We're very appreciative ...
Sep 8, 2025
Kamloops MP Caputo eyeing increasing deficit; prepares private members bill tackling intimate partner violence
KAMLOOPS - The summer parliamentary break is almost over, with Canada's 343 members of parliament set to return to the House of Commons next Monday (Sept. 15) for the start of an 11-week session that ...
Sep 8, 2025
Third annual Every Child Matters game brings superstars to Kamloops to talk hockey, reconciliation
KAMLOOPS - Saturday evening (Sept. 6), Sandman Centre was host to the third annual Every Child Matters hockey game. The event was not just about hockey but about continuing the conversation around tru...
Sep 8, 2025
Fourth annual Music for the People draws 1,500+ to Tk'emlups Powwow Arbour
TK'EMLUPS - Organizers of 'Music for the People - A Cultural Experience' are celebrating a successful fourth iteration of the free event Sunday (Sept. 7).More than 1,500 attendees gathered at the Tk'e...
Sep 8, 2025
Kamloops murder plot uncovered during Lower Mainland in-custody escape investigation
PORT COQUITLAM - Police say their investigation into an in-custody escape three years ago in Port Coquitlam led to the discovery of a murder plot in Kamloops. At a news conference Monday (Sept. 8), th...
Sep 8, 2025
B.C. orders some farmers to stop using water to protect endangered chinook salmon
VICTORIA - The provincial government has ordered some farmers and other users in southern B.C. to turn off their water taps, because "severe low flows" are threatening endangered chinook salmon. Rande...
Sep 8, 2025
Impaired driving suspected in wrong-way crash on Coquihalla near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Police say the driver who caused a head-on crash on the Coquihalla Highway south of Kamloops around 9:00 p.m. Friday (Sept. 5) night was likely impaired at the time, but they're still appea...
Sep 8, 2025
Crews fighting Mine Creek wildfire focus on direct attack as weather shifts in their favour
HOPE, B.C. - Weather conditions at the Mine Creek wildfire site have turned in favour of the BC Wildfire Service. Crews responding to the wildfire burning on both sides of the Coquihalla Highway north...
Sep 8, 2025
