Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops Storm are within striking distance of first place in their division, despite hovering around the .500 mark for much of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League campaign...

KAMLOOPS - A slew of calls out to Sun Peaks throughout December wrapped up a record-breaking year for the team at Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR)."We've had a lot of technical rescues, so we had abo...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is set to help residents recycle their Christmas trees.The city has set up 12 locations around the community for residents to drop of their real Christmas trees free of...

KAMLOOPS - The newly minted MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson says he wants to put his nose to the grindstone in Victoria, but the legislative calendar won't let him. Ward Stamer issued a statement Frid...

LIVERPOOL N.S. - A Vernon-based father-daughter rink with ties to Kamloops has been knocked out of the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials. Kamloops native Jim Cotter, 50, and his daughter Jael...

KAMLOOPS - Two former West Coast League players will be back in the Kamloops NorthPaws dugout as assistant coaches for the 2025 West Coast League (WCL) season. Trey Newman and Jack Slominski will serv...

KAMLOOPS - If you thought December in Kamloops was warmer than usual, you would be correct. Environment Canada meteorologist Chris Doyle says the maximum average temperature in the final month of 2024...

KAMLOOPS - With 2025 underway Operation Red Nose has wrapped up yet another successful campaign providing people safe rides home during the holidays.Around 115 independent volunteers filled 280 differ...

KAMLOOPS -- Emerson Hill received several special gifts on his birthday, including one wrapped in historical intrigue. Emerson was born at 12:02 a.m. on Wednesday (Jan. 1), a seven-pound, 10-ounce boy...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP are appealing to the public for video and information following an alleged threat that involved a firearm. "On Saturday Dec. 28, 2024, around 7 p.m., Kamloops RCMP frontli...