Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

UPDATE (9:50 a.m.): BC Wildfire Service crews will help the Shackan Indian Band carry out a 75-hectare prescribed burn nearly 35 kilometres west of Merritt. The wildfire service says the timing of the...

KAMLOOPS - This story has been updated here. UPDATE (11:50 a.m.): The city says crews are repairing the water main break. However, in a post to social media, the city doesn't specify where the break i...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops first responders gathered at Riverside Park Tuesday morning (Feb. 25) to complete a chilly plunge. The event is organized to support B.C. Special Olympics and its goal of raising $...

MERRITT, B.C. - The emergency department in Merritt will be subject to its third closure of 2025, beginning Tuesday night (Feb. 25).Interior Health says the emergency department at Nicola Valley Hospi...

KAMLOOPS - A new $150 million-Kamloops RCMP headquarters moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 25), as council approved a motion to have staff draft a borrowing bylaw to fund the...

KAMLOOPS - Next Tuesday (March 4), Kamloops city council is expected to discuss the rezoning for three properties along Fortune Drive that, if approved, would make way for a new supportive housing bui...

SALMON ARM, B.C. - A Shuswap company that builds mushroom-picking robots has won a major agritech grant from the B.C. government.4AG Robotics in Salmon Arm will use its $1.47-million grant to develop ...

MERRITT, B.C. - Fire officials in Merritt are continuing their investigation into a blaze that destroyed a residence in the 600-block area of Granite Avenue on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 23). Merritt Fire...

KAMLOOPS -- GreenTee Country Club Tobiano is under new ownership. Michael Ternier sold the track formally known as Tobiano Golf Course to Coquitlam-based JK World Group (JKWG), a holding company with ...

CLEARWATER, B.C. - The North Thompson region has gone without permanent initial attack crews through the BC Wildfire Service for the past several wildfire seasons. However, the mayor of Clearwater say...