Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Council to consider North Shore affordable housing project proposed by BC Housing
KAMLOOPS - A controversial BC Housing proposal for the North Shore will come back before Kamloops council next week.BC Housing has proposed a 54-unit affordable housing development for the northwest c...
Jan 31, 2025
RCMP release photos of men connected to North Shore arson
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP investigators have released photos of two people believed to be connected to a North Shore arson investigation.In a news release issued Friday (Jan. 31), spokesperson Cpl. Cry...
Jan 31, 2025
Merritt gets nearly $5-million in provincial funding for new flood protection infrastructure
MERRITT - The City of Merritt says it has secured $4.85-million in provincial funding to build the Voght Street Overland Water Pumping Station, a key component of its Flood Mitigation Plan that was dr...
Jan 31, 2025
Several weather alerts issued as snow returns to the Kamloops-area
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla highway Friday (Jan. 31). It says between 25 to 35 centimetres of snow is expected to ...
Jan 31, 2025
Wiener dogs to race, compete in best-dressed contest at Kamloops Storm game
KAMLOOPS -- Rescue dog Odin ambled calmly around the McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre meeting room chosen for interviews with Kamloops Storm general manager Matt Kolle and a pair of representati...
Jan 30, 2025
TRU job fair connects best and brightest to red-hot employment market
KAMLOOPS - This year marks 25 years for the TRU job fair. It's an event where businesses from all over Canada come to recruit and connect with TRU's best and brightest. The goals of this year's event ...
Jan 30, 2025
Merritt's new shelter providing both temporary and transitional housing
KAMLOOPS - The city of Merritt lost its previous shelter in August of last year. For the months that followed, some of the 67 reported homeless people in the city were put into temporary housing, whil...
Jan 30, 2025
B.C. families feeling forced to surrender children to access disability services, report finds
KAMLOOPS - A new report from British Columbia's Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) reveals a disturbing reality - some families in the province are being forced to surrender their children to...
Jan 30, 2025
First round of speculation tax declaration forms delivered around Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Homeowners in the Kamloops area have begun receiving speculation tax notices in the mail and the B.C. government is reminding residents that the letters are legitimate. This is the first ye...
Jan 30, 2025
Kamloops Fire Rescue brings in emergency trail marker system throughout city
KAMLOOPS - Dozens of trail markers have been installed in nature parks around the city of Kamloops, serving as another way for emergency responders to quickly find people who have called for help. Kam...
Jan 30, 2025
