Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Woman in Valleyview suffers serious burns after having tent lit on fire: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - A woman in Valleyview was found with serious burns over the long weekend after her tent was set on fire. Kamloops RCMP say officers were called to a gas station on the 1700-block of the Tra...
Sep 06, 2024
Don't look now — near-record heat in Kamloops has fire danger ratings on the rise
KAMLOOPS - With the B.C. Interior flirting with record temperatures to end the week, the B.C. Wildfire Service is warning residents that the fire danger rating is on its way up again."Our fire danger ...
Sep 05, 2024
Self-referral option added to Interior Health's Virtual Addiction Medicine Clinic
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health recently rolled out another option that allows people living with an addiction to access care. IH has expanded its virtual addiction medicine clinic to offer people with alc...
Sep 05, 2024
Children's Circle Childcare submits rezoning application for proposed expansion
KAMLOOPS - With a waiting list of approximately 800 names, the Children's Circle Daycare Society in Kamloops is hoping to expand. The centre has submitted a rezoning application for a lot next to the ...
Sep 05, 2024
MDS wraps up summer of rebuilding in Shuswap region with additional home dedication
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - The Mennonite Disaster Service has become well-known for its volunteer led rebuild work in areas hit by natural disasters. MDS spent this summer in the Shuswap region, repairing, ...
Sep 05, 2024
Merritt hit-and-run victim could have been struck up to five days before body was found: police
MERRITT, B.C. - RCMP investigating the death of a man along the Coquihalla Highway near Merritt say he could have been hit up to five days before his body was discovered.The man's body was discovered ...
Sep 05, 2024
Vernon Conservative candidate Dennis Giesbrecht focused on improving healthcare, making life affordable in B.C.
VERNON - The new local provincial election candidate has a focus on health care and affordability. The Conservative Party of B.C. (CPBC) named Dennis Giesbrecht as the candidate for the Vernon-Lumby r...
Sep 05, 2024
Paula Abdul cancels Canadian Tour, including Kamloops show, due to injury and recovery time
KAMLOOPS - A "Straight Up" unfortunate announcement regarding an upcoming concert in Kamloops was made Wednesday (Sept. 5). In a post to social media, singer and dancer Paula Abdul announced she had t...
Sep 05, 2024
A week from AAP deadline, Build Kamloops chair defends transparency
KAMLOOPS - The chair of the City of Kamloops Build Kamloops Select Committee says he wants to correct 'rumours and misinformation' circulating about the strategy and the Alternative Approval Process (...
Sep 04, 2024
Five years after tragic fire, Parkcrest Elementary welcomes students back to a brand new school
KAMLOOPS - "We are Parkcrest," rang out in the new Parkcrest Elementary gymnasium.Almost five years to the day after Parkcrest Elementary was lost to fire, students, staff and administrators once agai...
Sep 04, 2024
