Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
North Shuswap mosquito population under control this spring: CSRD
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) is giving North Shuswap residents the go-ahead to bare their arms, saying it has been a quiet spring for nuisance mosquitoes.The dist...
Jun 18, 2024
Sydney Avenue sudden death deemed not suspicious
KAMLOOPS - RCMP investigators believe criminal activity is not to blame for a man's death on the Kamloops North Shore earlier this month.The man died on June 8 after sustaining what were believed to b...
Jun 18, 2024
Secwépemc Child and Family Services awarded $7 million grant for two housing projects
KAMLOOPS - Twenty beds for First Nations children, youth and families are coming to Kamloops thanks to a substantial grant. In a news release issued Tuesday (June 18) morning, Secwpemc Child and Famil...
Jun 18, 2024
RCMP searching for dark pickup truck that may be connected to abandoned house fires in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt RCMP are seeking any information and video related to a structure fire that destroyed two abandoned houses off Midday Valley Road. S/Sgt. Josh Roda says a witness saw a dark pi...
Jun 18, 2024
After latest closure, Clearwater mayor presses Interior Health to help address nurse shortage
CLEARWATER, BC - There is never a good time for staff shortages to cause a 25-hour shutdown of a community hospital, like the one that happened over the weekend in Clearwater."Of course, this was grad...
Jun 17, 2024
Kamloops Cancer Centre reaches request for proposal stage
KAMLOOPS - The long awaited Kamloops Cancer Centre took another step toward reality on Monday (June 17) morning as the ministry of health announced that two companies have been selected to participate...
Jun 17, 2024
Former Logan Lake mayor Dosch dies
KAMLOOPS - A former two-term mayor of the District of Logan Lake has died.Marlon Dosch passed away on June 10.According to an obituary posted to the Kamloops Funeral Home website, Dosch died of cancer...
Jun 17, 2024
Tk'emlups Indigenous Peoples Day celebration to include unique aerial light show
TK'EMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC - Friday's (June 21) National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration will include an aerial light show billed as one of the first of its kind outside the Lower Mainland.Tourism Kaml...
Jun 17, 2024
'It's between you and the weights'; More than 150 athletes test their mettle during Twin Rivers Strengthfest
KAMLOOPS - This weekend, more than 150 competitors took the stage at Sandman Centre in Kamloops during the Twin Rivers Strenghtfest - an event to celebrate the raw power and athleticism of competitors...
Jun 17, 2024
Barnhartvale, Aberdeen Glen Village next for free cedar chipping
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is offering free cedar hedge chipping to two more Kamloops neighbourhoods.In a news release, the city says residents of Aberdeen Glen Village on Howe Road in Aberdeen c...
Jun 17, 2024
