Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Cooler temperatures en route, but Kamloops expected to avoid extreme cold warning: Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - The weekend is not raising flags for an extreme cold warning, but Kamloops is expected to enter a cooler snap compared to the warmer start of winter. Environment Canada is forecasting Kamlo...
Jan 13, 2025
Kamloops Live! Box Office moving to new online ticketing system
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Live! Box Office (KL!BO) will be closed for the next few days in preparation for the move to a new online system Wednesday, Jan. 15.KL!BO Director Michelle Chabassol says they'...
Jan 12, 2025
Kamloops councillors to decide fate of public inquires during council meetings
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Councillors are set to decide whether to allow public inquiries to continue during regular meetings, or whether it should go on hiatus for a six-month trial period. The Govern...
Jan 12, 2025
New skating track being built at Lac Le Jeune outdoor rink
KAMLOOPS - Volunteers with the Kamloops Outdoor Skating Association (KOSA) will be spending their Sunday (Jan. 12) building at skating track at Lac Le Jeune, south of city limits.Nancy Bepple with the...
Jan 12, 2025
BC Government 'encouraged' by Kamloops' progress on housing targets
KAMLOOPS - BC Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says while the City of Kamloops has missed its first-year housing targets, he "appreciates" the effort that was made. Kamloops was tasked with building 4,236...
Jan 11, 2025
UPDATE: Highway 5 east of Vavenby cleared after Saturday morning crash
VAVENBY B.C. - (UPDATE 4:00 p.m.): DriveBC says crews have completed the vehicle recovery work east of Vavenby. (UPDATE 1:15 p.m.): Highway 5 has reopened to a single-lane of alternating traffic to al...
Jan 11, 2025
TNRD pens agreement with High Bar First Nation
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has made its partnership official with High Bar First Nation, located north of Clinton. On Friday (Jan. 10) at TNRD headquarters, the two govern...
Jan 10, 2025
TRU researcher co-authors wildfire severity study published in Science
KAMLOOPS - A researcher out of Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops recently co-authored a study on wildfire severity and climate change that was published in Science, one of the world's top academi...
Jan 10, 2025
BIA BC bringing concerns around community safety, employment development to provincial ministers
KAMLOOPS - Now into 2025, provincial ministers are settling into their files and the Business Improvement Areas of BC has been quick to schedule meetings with the government to discuss ongoing problem...
Jan 10, 2025
City of Merritt budget cut proposal may mean an end to 24-hour policing: RCMP commander
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt is in the second year of a two-year plan to restock its reserves as it builds back from the 2021 floods. Last year, residents faced a 12.5 per cent tax increase, wi...
Jan 10, 2025
