Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Rookie Kamloops MLA Stamer speaks on priorities as B.C. Legislature resumes sitting
KAMLOOPS - It's been four months since the B.C. provincial election and the rookie Kamloops-North Thompson MLA says he's raring to go as the B.C. Legislature gets back into session Tuesday (Feb. 18) w...
Feb 18, 2025
Can you help identify this Kamloops shoplifting suspect?
KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like your help identifying a suspect in a January shoplifting incident at a Kamloops business.According to an RCMP news release issued Monday (Feb. 17), the incident happened jus...
Feb 17, 2025
Restrictions enacted as broken pipe adds to Cache Creek water woes
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - UPDATE (9:25 p.m.): The Village of Cache Creek says multiple homes in the community are completely without water after Monday's line break. In a new Voyent Alert! message issued Mo...
Feb 17, 2025
Cache Creek residents told to boil water after municipal equipment failure
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Residents of Cache Creek have been advised to boil their tap water before consuming it after an equipment problem was found at the local water treatment facility.The village issued...
Feb 17, 2025
B.C. premier defends scrapping tax rebate amid Trump tariff threats
VICTORIA - After the B.C. NDP government scrapped a tax rebate that was a signature plank in the party's election campaign, Premier David Eby is defending the decision.With the B.C. budget just weeks ...
Feb 16, 2025
Kamloops Airport partners with #NotInMyCity initiative to guard against human trafficking
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Airport (YKA) has partnered with #NotInMyCity, a Canadian-based advocacy organization that is dedicated to ending human trafficking and sexual exploitation.#NotInMyCity founder, co...
Feb 16, 2025
UPDATE - Trans-Canada Highway reopens east of Sicamous after lengthy closure
SICAMOUS - (UPDATE Feb. 16, 7:00 a.m.): The Trans-Canada Highway was fully reopened in both directions just before 6:00 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 16. The highway was opened to a single lane of alternating tra...
Feb 15, 2025
First of two days of advanced polls underway in Barriere
BARRIERE B.C. - It's the first of two days of advanced polls in the District of Barriere as residents have until 8:00 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 15) to vote for a new mayor and a new councillor. The by-elect...
Feb 15, 2025
Tobiano Golf Course sold to Coquitlam-based JK World Group
TOBIANO B.C. - The Tobiano Golf Course has been sold to JK World Group, a Coquitlam-based company that recently bought the Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club in Coquitlam. The Kamloops-area golf c...
Feb 15, 2025
Jessie Simpson's family awarded some money but it's a 'heartbreaking' amount
Jessie Simpson's life changed forever nine years ago.But finally, his family is seeing some money from a settlement, although it is much less than hoped.Jessie was beaten into a coma on his high schoo...
Feb 15, 2025
