Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
BC Cancer Foundation launches $5M fundraising campaign for Kamloops cancer centre
KAMLOOPS - This week, the BC Cancer Foundation launched a $5-million fundraising campaign aimed at equipping the Kamloops cancer centre.The Kamloops cancer centre is scheduled to open to patients in 2...
Apr 15, 2025
Firefighters knock down blaze at Tk'emlúps landfill Monday
TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlps te Secwpemc officials say a highly visible fire in the area of Mount Paul Road Monday afternoon (April 14) came from the community's landfill. Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were call...
Apr 15, 2025
Telus Data Centre in Kamloops to operate as new AI Factory
KAMLOOPS - The Telus Data Centre in Kamloops will feature an artificial intelligence (AI) factory. In a news release issued Tuesday (April 15) morning, Telus announced its first Sovereign AI Factories...
Apr 15, 2025
Kamloops building sector seeing similar permit value, far fewer new housing units compared to 2024
KAMLOOPS - At the quarter point of 2025, construction value and permits issued in the Kamloops building sector are nearly identical to the same time frame in 2024. However, the number of new housing u...
Apr 15, 2025
Local man recovering from past addictions wants to build up peer support network
KAMLOOPS - Since a public health emergency was declared in response to rising rates of opioid-related overdoses, more than 16,000 people have died in B.C. Efforts to combat the crisis haven't slowed t...
Apr 14, 2025
Items seized by police revealed on first day of Kamloops lawyer's first-degree murder trial
KAMLOOPS - Former Kamloops lawyer Rogelio (Butch) Bagabuyo took notes and watched intently on the first day of his trial on Monday (April 14) at the Kamloops Law Courts. He pleaded not guilty to the f...
Apr 14, 2025
Bernier rallies PPC support in Kamloops, highlights differences in right-of-centre platforms
KAMLOOPS - Approximately 40 supporters gathered at Riverside Park on Friday evening (April 11) to meet with the leader of the People's Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier. It's the third straight election...
Apr 14, 2025
Simpcw, Barriere sign renewed Memorandum of Understanding
CHU CHUA, B.C. - Leadership from Simpcw and the District of Barriere are celebrating a renewed partnership.Simpcw Kukwpi7 George Lampreau and Barriere Mayor Rob Kerslake signed an updated Memorandum o...
Apr 14, 2025
Pretrial hearing held for man accused in 2020 North Shore stabbing rampage
KAMLOOPS - A man accused of stabbing four people at a North Shore party just days after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared is back in court this week. The incident unfolded at a Carson Crescent apartm...
Apr 14, 2025
More Kamloops-area voting opportunities now available with federal election day two weeks away
KAMLOOPS - Canadians are now able to vote at more locations as a number of different polling opportunities are getting underway with election day exactly two weeks away.There are polling stations set ...
Apr 14, 2025
