Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Quiet start enjoyed, furious finish anticipated for Kamloops region wildfire season
KAMLOOPS - Up until the most recent heat wave, the summer wildfire season in the Kamloops region had been relatively quiet. Aside from the latest surge in first activity near Hope and Princeton, only ...
Sep 5, 2025
Into Thin Air — SRD K9s of BC | Volunteer search dog teams maintain missing person ground search efforts
KAMLOOPS - When missing persons cases become longer-term searches, the number of people who regularly get out and look in areas of interest throughout the backcountry decreases dramatically. That's wh...
Sep 5, 2025
Parkinson Superwalk set for Riverside Park Saturday
KAMLOOPS - This Saturday (Sept. 6), dozens of Kamloops residents will make their way to Riverside Park for the 35th annual Parkinson Superwalk. The annual event is the largest fundraiser for the Parki...
Sep 5, 2025
Coquihalla reopens between Hope and Merritt after nearly two day closure due to Mine Creek wildfire
MERRITT, B.C. - The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt has reopened as of noon Friday (Sept. 5).The highway had been closed to all traffic since Wednesday (Sept. 3) afternoon as the Mine Cree...
Sep 5, 2025
Lytton, Lillooet set daily temperature record for third consecutive day as air quality alerts persist
LYTTON - Preliminary data from Environment Canada shows the Fraser Canyon communities of Lytton and Lillooet experienced record high temperatures for the third day in a row on Sept. 4. According to En...
Sep 5, 2025 Image Credit: Global BC
Southeast District ERT back at Brocklehurst house in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops are once again asking people to avoid the 2300-block of Fleetwood Avenue because of an ongoing police operation this morning (Sept. 5).In a brief statement, RCMP Staff Sgt....
Sep 5, 2025
Increase in non-fatal overdoses leads to Interior Health-wide drug alert
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued an overdose alert for its entire region as it warns of an increase in the number of non-fatal overdose events.In a statement issued Friday (Sept. 5), the health a...
Sep 5, 2025
National unemployment rate climbs to 7.1 per cent in August; Kamloops rate dips slightly
The Canadian economy lost jobs for the second month in a row and the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level since May 2016, excluding the pandemic period, Statistics Canada reported on Friday....
Sep 5, 2025
Busy summer has Kamloops building sector poised to surpass 2024 in revenue, housing starts
KAMLOOPS - A busy summer has the Kamloops building sector on pace to surpass its production in 2024. New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division show nearly $69.8 million...
Sep 5, 2025
UPDATE: Highway 1 reopens north of Hope with single lane alternating traffic
YALE, B.C. - (UPDATE 1:00 p.m.): The Trans-Canada Highway has reopened with a single lane of alternating traffic between Hope and Yale. The highway had been closed in both directions after a fiery hea...
Sep 5, 2025
