Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Rocks on the road closes stretch of Highway 5 North
UPDATE (8:00 a.m.): DriveBC says the stretch of Highway 5 is cleared in both directions.EARLIER: BARRIERE, B.C. - Drivers travelling on Highway 5 between Barriere and McLure may be on a literal rocky ...
Mar 4, 2025
Milobar expects U.S. tariffs to receive plenty of attention in Tuesday's provincial budget
VICTORIA - Tuesday (March 4) is budget day in British Columbia, as Finance Minister Brenda Bailey will introduce the province's financial plans and current deficit in the legislature. The first look i...
Mar 3, 2025
Fortune Drive rezoning back before council Tuesday; mayor suggests pushing back against BC Housing
KAMLOOPS - A proposal by BC Housing to rezone three properties along Fortune Drive in Kamloops will return to city hall on Tuesday (March 4). Councillors are being asked to approve the rezoning so a f...
Mar 3, 2025
Forest critic Stamer calls for tax on thermal coal in response to softwood lumber duties
KAMLOOPS - The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced plans to almost triple the anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber. The increase to just over 20 per cent, brings the total levies agai...
Mar 3, 2025
Kamloops chamber holding Friday town hall to discuss Trump tariffs
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce will hold a town hall meeting this Friday (March 7) to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico.While th...
Mar 3, 2025
Ottawa announces $2.5M grant to Shuswap builder of mushroom-picking robots
SURREY - One week after receiving a sizeable provincial grant, a Shuswap company that builds mushroom-picking robots has won an even larger federal grant. 4AG Robotics in Salmon Arm has been awarded $...
Mar 3, 2025
Sections of Third Avenue to be closed for most of March to accommodate 'critical' BC Hydro work
KAMLOOPS - Drivers in downtown Kamloops are being told to expect a series of closures along a section of Third Avenue, as BC Hydro works to replace some of its infrastructure. In a statement on its we...
Mar 3, 2025
Kamloops provincial court judge appointed to Supreme Court of B.C.
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops judge has been promoted to serve on the Supreme Court of B.C. Lorianna Bennett was appointed to the Supreme Court of B.C. in Kamloops by Arif Virani, the federal Minister of Just...
Mar 3, 2025
Shuswap sellers down a cellphone and laptop as crooked buyer suspect can't be found
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP are reminding residents to be extra cautious when using online marketplace platforms after a man and a woman in the Shuswap were scammed out of hundreds of dollars w...
Mar 3, 2025
Suspect arrested, guns and ammunition seized after police execute a search warrant near Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - A suspect was arrested, and multiple guns and ammunition were seized following a search warrant near the Village of Lytton. Lillooet-Lytton RCMP say officers from its detachment and the...
Mar 3, 2025
