Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Venables Valley residents who lost properties to wildfire ineligible to receive Disaster Financial Assistance
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District's (TNRD) request for Disaster Financial Assistance for residents in Venables Valley impacted by the Shetland Creek wildfire will not be approved. In a ...
Oct 03, 2024
City of Kamloops files court application to have three dangerous pit bulls euthanized
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has filed an application to humanely euthanize three pit bulls that killed a collie on the North Shore last month. Following an investigation under the Dog Responsibili...
Oct 03, 2024
'Cerebral' Behm is Rubik's Cube proficient, national long drive champ, WHL player of the week
Nathan Behm of the Kamloops Blazers is enjoying a productive start to the WHL campaign. The 17-year-old forward from Calgary has four goals and six points in two games.He made headlines this past summ...
Oct 02, 2024
Fraser-Nicola riding will have new MLA after 11 years of BC Liberals
MERRITT, B.C. - The Fraser-Nicola riding has seen several changes since it was last contested in the 2020 election. The electoral boundaries have changed with Ashcroft and Cache Creek no longer in the...
Oct 02, 2024
BC Wildfire Service: Pile burning expected on Thursday near Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS -- Smoke from pile burning will be visible from Sun Peaks on Thursday (Oct. 3), according to a BC Wildfire Service press release. The service and Sun Peaks Resort are partnering on the wildf...
Oct 02, 2024
Man arrested after reportedly pointing gun at someone up Jamieson Creek Forest Service Road
KAMLOOPS - A man was arrested after reportedly pointing a gun at someone at a camp up Jamieson Creek Forest Service Road north of Kamloops. Tk'emlups Rural RCMP were called to the area on Monday (Sept...
Oct 02, 2024
Body found in rural Kamloops believed to be linked to vehicle fire in Logan Lake: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Police are investigating after a man was found dead last week in rural Kamloops. In a news release issued Wednesday (Oct. 2) morning, the BC RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MC...
Oct 02, 2024
SD73 looking to sell three properties that are not required for educational purposes
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 (SD73) is pondering the future of three of its properties, including the site of the former Little Fort Elementary School. The SD73 Board of Education identified the prop...
Oct 02, 2024
One person killed in two-vehicle crash east of Canoe
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A person was killed, and two others were sent to hospital after a two-vehicle collision in the Shuswap. Salmon Arm RCMP say officers were told of the collision on the Trans Canada H...
Oct 02, 2024
Merritt mayor sounds the alarm as Interior Health document points to dozens of ER closures before 2024 ends
KAMLOOPS - The community of Merritt could be headed toward a healthcare crisis over the next three months, with potentially 30, 24-hour emergency room closures being forecast for the Nicola Valley Hos...
Oct 01, 2024
