Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
B.C. sending wildfire-fighting support to California; Minister expects Team Canada approach
KAMLOOPS -- B.C. Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar said the province is providing help to the state of California and the hundreds of thousands impacted by wildfires raging in the Los Angeles County are...
Jan 10, 2025
Province requests update from Kamloops council on implementation of Braun report
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s Ministry of Municipal Affairs wants Kamloops City Council to provide a report on the work it has done to implement the recommendations made by municipal adviser Henry Braun. In a let...
Jan 10, 2025
New $150-million RCMP headquarters proposed for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city councillors are being asked for approval to borrow $150.7 million to fund the validation, detailed design and construction of a new RCMP detachment on Battle Street downtown.I...
Jan 10, 2025
UPDATE: Power restored, Trans-Canada Highway reopens after crash east of Salmon Arm
UPDATE (4:45 p.m.): The Trans-Canada Highway east of Salmon Arm has reopened in both directions after a crash earlier this morning. DriveBC says while the road has reopened, there will be minor delays...
Jan 10, 2025
Vehicle incident halts traffic on Highway 97 east of Monte Creek
UPDATE (10:45 a.m.): DriveBC says the incident is clear and Highway 97 reopened.EARLIER: KAMLOOPS - A vehicle incident east of Monte Creek has closed traffic on Highway 97 in both directions. DriveBC ...
Jan 10, 2025
Three suspects arrested after break-in at Hillside Drive business
KAMLOOPS - Three suspects were arrested after a break-in at a Hillside Drive business. Kamloops RCMP say officers were called to the 1000-block of Hillside Drive at around 1:30 a.m. Thursday (Jan. 9) ...
Jan 10, 2025
Flowerday chasing 1,000 kills; Olferts to feature in WolfPack-Wesmen tilts
KAMLOOPS -- The TRU WolfPack volleyball teams took different approaches to the Canada West holiday break. While head coach Chad Grimm and his women's team went separate ways to spend time with friends...
Jan 09, 2025
NSBIA eyes future lighting upgrades along Tranquille Road
KAMLOOPS - The first phase of a new project to add lighting and banners on the city's north shore wrapped up last month, with plans to expand on the work and eventually install lighting improvements f...
Jan 09, 2025
TRU wildfire researcher identifies similar factors between Los Angeles fires and past B.C. wildfires of note
KAMLOOPS - People around the world have been tuned in to the multiple fires burning in the Los Angeles, Malibu and Hollywood Hills areas this week and a wildfire research specialist at Thompson Rivers...
Jan 09, 2025
Memorial service for former Sun Peaks mayor Al Raine to be streamed live, simulcast in Whistler
SUN PEAKS B.C. - More details have been released about next week's memorial service for Al Raine, the only person to ever serve as the mayor of Sun Peaks. Raine died last month at the age of 83 surrou...
Jan 09, 2025
