Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops resident hiking and cycling every day in June to fundraise for Ukraine
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops resident Linda Stride has taken on a month-long challenge to ride or hike every day. Her plan is to raise money for aid efforts in Ukraine. "I figure every day is going to be a cha...
Jun 06, 2024
Thompson Nicola Regional District prepared for summer with EOC ready for action
KAMLOOPS - Last year, the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) opened a new Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) at its office in Kamloops. The larger, more open space allows the regional district to...
Jun 06, 2024
Kamloops MP Caputo presses government to release names of alleged foreign conspirators
OTTAWA - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo is driving opposition efforts to release the identities of MPs or senators involved in alleged foreign collusion.The push comes after the National Se...
Jun 06, 2024
Construction begins on The Confluence, bringing 80 rental units to Tranquille corridor
KAMLOOPS - Construction is starting in the lot behind the former Northbridge Hotel and Duchess nightclub. What used to be an unkept parking lot and aging liquor store building along Campbell Avenue, w...
Jun 06, 2024
Motorcycle incident closes Fortune Drive Thursday
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (12:00 p.m.): Kamloops RCMP have confirmed one of the detachment's members was injured in the incident on Fortune Drive.In a brief news release, Cpl. Dana Napier says the collision t...
Jun 06, 2024
Kamloops loses six more lives due to illicit drugs; remains on pace for deadliest year
KAMLOOPS - Six more lives in Kamloops were lost in April due to the toxic drug crisis. New figures released Thursday (June 6) by the BC Coroners Service show 34 deaths due to toxic drugs in Kamloops a...
Jun 06, 2024
Two patients sent to hospital in serious condition after vehicle incident on Highway 1
KAMLOOPS - Two patients were sent to hospital in serious condition after a late-night vehicle incident in Aberdeen. BC Emergency Health Services (EHS) say a call came in at around 10:38 p.m. Wednesday...
Jun 06, 2024
Five-vehicle crash sends one to hospital, delays traffic on Overlanders Bridge: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - One person was sent to hospital after a five-vehicle crash on the Overlanders Bridge Thursday (June 6) morning. Kamloops RCMP say the pileup took place in the southbound lane of the bridge ...
Jun 06, 2024
City of Kamloops reports $52 million in permit value in May
KAMLOOPS - Two multi-family projects and an institutional business carried the Kamloops building sector in May 2024. New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division show $52....
Jun 06, 2024
Former TRU World international student advisor Grewal seeking NDP nomination in Kamloops Centre
KAMLOOPS - It's a race for the BC New Democratic Party (NDP) nomination in the newly formed Kamloops Centre riding. In a news release issued Thursday (June 6) morning, Kamal Grewal announced she's aim...
Jun 06, 2024
