Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Juno Award nominee Barber to headline festival in Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS -- Three-time Juno Award nominee singer-songwriter Jill Barber will headline The Create Festival on Sept. 7 at Sun Peaks Resort. The festival celebrates arts and culture in Sun Peaks, offeri...
Aug 6, 2024
Clearwater businesses feeling effects of Jasper wildfire
CLEARWATER, BC - Wells Gray Provincial Park is often one stop along a busy travel corridor for international tourists that includes Vancouver, Jasper, Banff and Calgary. But the wildfire that tore thr...
Aug 6, 2024
Tsilhqotʼin National Government initiates emergency salmon task force
The Tsilhqotin National Government (TNG) is initiating an emergency salmon task force. Increased sediment, debris and flow to the Chilcotin River and Fraser River has and will continue to have dramati...
Aug 6, 2024
All-clear notice issued for Wells Gray Country, Lower North Thompson properties: Dunn Creek wildfire
An evacuation alert issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District on Sunday (Aug. 4) due to the Dunn Creek wildfire has been downgraded to all clear effective at 1 p.m. on Tuesday.The notice impacts...
Aug 6, 2024
Number of highway fatalities down from last year: BC Highway Patrol
KAMLOOPS - Over the last five years, the number of highway fatalities in the province has gone down every year. According to BC Highway Patrol, in the first seven months of 2023, 176 people died in hi...
Aug 6, 2024
What City of Kamloops gives, gets in new training camp deal with B.C. Lions
Kamloops has the Leos for at least two more years. The B.C. Lions and the City of Kamloops on Tuesday (Aug. 6) issued a joint press release to announce the CFL club's training camp will take place at ...
Aug 6, 2024
Kamloops Fire Rescue extinguishes interface fire in Barnhartvale
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue knocked down an interface fire in the Barnhartvale neighbourhood Monday evening. The City of Kamloops first reported of the fire at around 8:20 Monday night. Witnesses ...
Aug 6, 2024
Kamloops RCMP release images of suspect in North Shore break-in investigation
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are releasing images of a suspect in hopes of furthering a two-month-old break-in investigation. Back on June 5, RCMP say officers were told of a break and enter to a home on ...
Aug 6, 2024
Pickup truck used in Kamloops Lululemon break-in found on fire in Knutsford: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are seeking witnesses to a break-in at the Lululemon store at Aberdeen Mall. At around 5:30 a.m. Monday (Aug. 5), police say a dark, extended cab Chevrolet Silverado with an A...
Aug 6, 2024
Emergency department in Lillooet temporarily closed for most of B.C. Day due to limited physician availability
LILLOOET, B.C. - Emergency services will be unavailable for residents in Lillooet and area for the tail end of the B.C. Day long weekend. In a news release issued Sunday (Aug. 4) night, Interior Healt...
Aug 4, 2024
