Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Combination of buy-local push, unsaturated market key for Kamloops breweries
KAMLOOPS - The financial struggles of BC's craft brewing industry have come to a head in recent months, with a dozen operations shutting down last year. December saw at least three breweries close thr...
Feb 07, 2025
B.C. government looks to diversify export markets through fast-tracked energy projects
KAMLOOPS - With a trade war still on the horizon between Canada and the United States, British Columbia is taking action on increasing energy projects.The NDP government announced 18 energy projects t...
Feb 07, 2025
Kamloops man charged with killing his mother to be tried by judge and jury
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man accused of killing his mother almost two years ago has decided to be tried by a judge and jury. Brandon Donovan was arrested and charged with second-degree murder last Septem...
Feb 07, 2025
Kamloops council calling for new RCMP funding model
KAMLOOPS - Two Kamloops city councillors are advocating for a new funding model for the RCMP, as they say municipalities are being forced to respond to "rapidly increasing police costs" that are out o...
Feb 07, 2025
Large police presence descends on Brocklehurst area Friday morning
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: RCMP say a large police response in Brocklehurst Friday morning (Feb. 7) was the latest development in an ongoing investigation.Spokesperson Cpl. Dana Napier says Mounties moved in ...
Feb 07, 2025
Full-time Dallas fire hall, new city security model highlight 2025 City of Kamloops supplemental budget requests
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has released its list of supplemental budget items, which, if approved, could raise the provisional 7.49 per cent tax increase further.There are 10 items on this year's...
Feb 07, 2025
About face: Kamloops mayor now plans to fight B.C. attorney general over leaked Integrity Group report
KAMLOOPS - Both sides of an unusual lawsuit were in Kamloops on Thursday (Feb. 6), as British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma was in town, along with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson. The AG has petitio...
Feb 06, 2025
BC child welfare system in crisis, report warns
VICTORIA, B.C.- A new report from the Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) warns that British Columbia's child welfare system is at a breaking point, with social workers overwhelmed by high cas...
Feb 06, 2025
Attorney General Sharma opens new Indigenous Justice Centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is among several communities that are now home to an Indigenous Justice Centre (IJC). "We are opening six new Indigenous Justice Centres and fulfilling our commitment to establish ...
Feb 06, 2025
O'Toole resigns from Sun Peaks council, intends to run for mayor in April by-election
SUN PEAKS B.C. - Rob O'Toole has resigned from Sun Peaks council, saying he intends to run for mayor to replace the late Al Raine.Under provincial legislation, O'Toole was required to resign his seat ...
Feb 06, 2025
