Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
100 Mile District General Hospital emergency department closed temporarily
100 MILE HOUSE -- The 100 Mile District General Hospital emergency department will be closed from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday (Sept. 21), according to an Interior Health press release. Patients can a...
Sep 21, 2024
TRU sees drop in international students for fall semester
KAMLOOPS - With the school year starting up, Thompson Rivers University once again welcomed close to 4,300 international students from 109 countries around the world. However, that total is a slight d...
Sep 20, 2024
2nd annual Every Child Matters hockey game set for Saturday at Sandman Centre
KAMLOOPS - This Saturday (Sept. 21) marks the second annual Every Child Matters hockey event. Last year, the event was held in Williams Lake, but this year it will be taking place at Sandman Centre wi...
Sep 20, 2024
Twice-annual Rotary Food Drive set for Saturday in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The fall Rotary Food Drive is set for Saturday (Sept. 21) in Kamloops with volunteers collecting bags of non-perishable food items starting at 9:00 a.m. The fall food drive is the biggest e...
Sep 20, 2024
Pride rally held in Kamloops in response to anti-2SLGBTQIA+ protests
KAMLOOPS - Many members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community gathered outside the Kamloops courthouse with signs, flags and bright colours Friday (Sept. 20). The event was organized as a counter-protest and so...
Sep 20, 2024
Pair of Kamloops WWII veterans honoured with King's Coronation Medals
KAMLOOPS - Eighty-five years after the start of the Second World War, fewer than 10,000 Canadian WWII veterans are still alive, as that link to our past ever fades. After battling in theatres of war a...
Sep 20, 2024
New playground, water park slated for Albert McGowan Park
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says work will begin next week on a year-long project to upgrade Albert McGowan Park's water park and playground.The first phase will include tearing down the existing ...
Sep 20, 2024
Interior Health warns Kamloops drug users of increased poisoning risk
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has issued a warning for people who use drugs in the Kamloops area.In a bulletin distributed Friday (Sept. 20), IH says the warning has been issued "due to increased fa...
Sep 20, 2024
Arson suspected in Red Bridge blaze: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - After initially saying it was suspicious, Kamloops RCMP are now saying they suspect arson in the fire that destroyed the historic Red Bridge early Thursday morning (Sept. 19).The fire was d...
Sep 20, 2024
Kamloops awarded first Sport Heritage Community designation by BC Sports Hall of Fame
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops has received the first ever Sport Heritage Community designation by the BC Sports Hall of Fame. The reveal was made at the Hall's inaugural annual summit that's being held in Kamlo...
Sep 20, 2024
