Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - The group behind a crowdfunding campaign to protect an area within City of Kamloops limits say they've raised their first quarter-million dollars.The BC Parks Foundation says it has raised ...

KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has lifted weather warnings on both the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt and the Trans-Canada Highway between Eagle and Rogers Pass.Both sections of highways s...

LILLOOET, B.C. - Residents in the Lillooet area will be without emergency room coverage for 49 hours this week.Interior Health said the ER at the Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre will be closed as ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue says two hikers were safely rescued from the Cinnamon Ridge Trail near Mount Mara after they got stuck Saturday (March 8) afternoon. Search Manager Alan Hobler to...

KAMLOOPS - While the City of Kamloops and area has been experiencing a warmer than usual spell of springlike weather, its still very much winter on mountain highways.Environment Canada has issued a sn...

MERRITT - Make it nine emergency room closures at the Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt this year, and the second of this weekend. Interior Health says the emergency department in Merritt will once ag...

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is on the lookout for a new Provost and a new President. This as Dr. Gillian Balfour, TRU's Provost and Vice-President Academic is moving to a similar job a...

CHASE, B.C. - The Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge Society is mourning the loss of co-founder and President, Shirley Mainprize "after a courageous battle with cancer." "It is with deep sadness that we shar...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say there were no injuries after a BC Transit bus was hit by a "projectile" Friday (March 7) night.Mounties say the bus was about to head over the Overlanders Bridge when it w...

KAMLOOPS - The Big Little Science Centre (BLSC) is promoting a Women in Science event this weekend to encourage all ages to participate in science. The event takes place on Saturday (March 8) in conju...