Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
With previous attendees ready to join the ranks, Kamloops' RCMP Youth Academy welcomes its next cohort
KAMLOOPS - Ten Kamloops high school students who could one day be patrolling the streets of the Tournament Capital are being put through their paces this week at the RCMP Youth Academy. Friday (March ...
Mar 14, 2025
UPDATE: Stake Lake ski trails to be open Saturday; snow reported at Harper Mountain, Sun Peaks
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 3:30 p.m.): Don't put away your cross-country skis just yet as the Overlander Ski Club says it will be open between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Saturday (March 15). "Feel like you misse...
Mar 14, 2025
Kamloops loses four lives to suspected unregulated drugs to start 2025
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops lost four lives due to the toxic drug crisis to start 2025. New figures through January released Friday (March 14) by the BC Coroners Service show 152 suspected unregulated drug de...
Mar 14, 2025
Teen seriously injured in North Shore assault
KAMLOOPS - A teenager was sent to hospital with serious injuries after an assault on the North Shore Thursday (March 13) night. Kamloops RCMP say the victim had been in a grey Volkswagen on the 700-bl...
Mar 14, 2025
Lunar eclipse will deliver blood-red moon over Kamloops, North America Thursday night
KAMLOOPS - North America will see a lunar eclipse around 11:30 p.m. Thursday (March 13). The eclipse will create a dim, red moon that should appear fully eclipsed in Kamloops and the rest of the B.C. ...
Mar 13, 2025
Nearly 3,000 North Shuswap residents lose power Thursday
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - Power was knocked out to thousands of North Shuswap residents Thursday afternoon (March 13).On its website, BC Hydro says the outage, affecting 2,973 customers, began at about 4:2...
Mar 13, 2025
KCBIA in favour of security-related supplemental budget plan to use CCTV cameras in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The executive director of the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association (KCBIA) says downtown Kamloops shops were glad to hear of new security measures approved by city council this...
Mar 13, 2025
City of Kamloops begins process of changing short-term rental bylaws
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has begun the process of rewriting the community's bylaws governing the use of short-term rentals, looking to fall in line with recent provincial legislative changes.Co...
Mar 13, 2025
Cause of five-car CN train derailment in Barriere under investigation
KAMLOOPS - No injuries were reported after a five-car train derailment near Barriere Wednesday night (Mar. 12). CN crews were on scene overnight into Thursday morning (Mar. 13), conducting repairs to ...
Mar 13, 2025
RCMP looking for suspect after employees at Sahali grocery stores assaulted with bear spray Friday
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking for help in finding a suspect who is believed to have assaulted staff at two grocery stores in Sahali on Friday (March 8) night. Police say they were called a groce...
Mar 13, 2025
