Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 8:00 p.m.): A structure fire along Shuswap Road sent a thick, black plume of smoke into the sky Thursday (March 6) evening. The blaze is outside of Kamloops Fire and Rescue's covera...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Film Festival is kicking off its 29th edition tonight at the Paramount Theatre downtown. Over the next 10 days, 25 films from all genres will feature on the big screen, includi...

KAMLOOPS - Royal Inland Hospital serves nearly a quarter-million residents in Kamloops and throughout the Thompson, Cariboo and Shuswap regions. Operating at that high level requires a lot of healthca...

KAMLOOPS - On Wednesday afternoon (March 5), following question period, Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar stood for his response to the budget and, as finance critic, was allotted 90 minutes to speak....

KAMLOOPS - Workers at the Kruger pulp mill in Kamloops have ratified a new four-year collective agreement that will set the pattern for negotiations across the Western Pulp and Paper Caucus. In a news...

KAMLOOPS - The Tk'emlps Rural RCMP say a Scotch Creek man who was wanted out of Penticton was arrested as part of a suspicious vehicle investigation in Tk'emlps this past Monday (March 3).In a news re...

KAMLOOPS - One man was sent to hospital after a reported stabbing in Valleyview. Kamloops RCMP say officers responded to the 1700-block of Trans Canada Highway East at around 10:35 p.m. Tuesday (March...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says construction of the long-planned outdoor skating rink at Riverside Park will get underway in earnest on Monday, and wrap up by early 2026. Project Delivery Manager...

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) more than doubled its goal for its Day of Giving. TRU says $105,997 was raised by 193 donors over 24 hours on Feb. 27, well above the stated $50,000 goal. F...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (March 12): RCMP say Dekelver has been located and arrested. EARLIER: Kamloops RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a 40-year-old man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. In ...