Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Emotions running high for TRU athletics community after charge announcement in deadly 2023 crash
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP confirmed this week that criminal charges will not be laid against the driver behind the wheel of the truck that caused a deadly collision near the university last year. The d...
Nov 26, 2024
Council approves North Shore access hub shelter, shortens permit to 20 months
KAMLOOPS - After a marathon session hearing from members of the public, Kamloops council has approved a temporary use permit for a North Shore shelter.The permit for the access hub shelter at 142 Tran...
Nov 26, 2024
Kamloops urgent care patient loads expected to ease with opening of new North Shore UPCC
KAMLOOPS - Some of the pressure on the Royal Inland Hospital emergency department and the Urgent Primary Care and Learning Centre downtown should be alleviated with the opening of a new urgent care an...
Nov 26, 2024
PIT Stop finds new home for winter as temperatures drop
KAMLOOPS - After nearly three months of operating out of the Kamloops YMCA parking lot, PIT Stop Kamloops has found a new home for the cold winter months ahead. PIT Stop was forced outside following t...
Nov 26, 2024
New Scotch Creek-Lee Creek fire hall to be built not far from former hall razed by 2023 wildfire
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - The Scotch Creek-Lee Creek fire hall has taken another step toward rising from the ashes.The fire hall, located at 3852 Squilax-Anglemont Road, was destroyed in the Bush Creek Eas...
Nov 26, 2024
New walk-in clinic-style Urgent and Primary Care Centre opens on Kamloops North Shore
KAMLOOPS - A new Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) in Kamloops is open on the North Shore. In a social media post, Interior Health (IH) announced the North Shore UPCC located at Northills Shopping...
Nov 26, 2024
'I had to get real with myself': Local peer addictions coach details his journey toward recovery
KAMLOOPS - It's Addictions Awareness Week across Canada, which serves as an opportunity for people to learn more about overdose prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery, and discussion solut...
Nov 25, 2024
Kamloops Search and Rescue's latest task - finding a new headquarters space - proves fruitful
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A long-awaited solution for Kamloops Search and Rescue's (KSAR) space constraints may finally be in sight. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is set to collaborate with the ...
Nov 25, 2024
Stark reality sets in as TRU grapples with multi-million dollar international student tuition hit
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is embarking on a new reality of post-secondary education in the fallout of the federal government capping international student enrollment. Those students ...
Nov 25, 2024
Driver in fatal 2023 WolfPack crash charged under Motor Vehicle Act
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 5:30 p.m.): RCMP say the driver that caused the crash that killed TRU WolfPack athlete Owyn McInnis will not be charged criminally, though he has been charged under the Motor Vehicl...
Nov 25, 2024
