Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Sun Peaks Resort opens for 2025-26 winter season with limited terrain
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - It's opening day at Sun Peaks Resort, as the Kamloops-area ski resort gears up for the 2025-26 winter season, one week later than initially planned. While both the Sunburst Express a...
Nov 27, 2025
Shoebox Project collecting holiday gift boxes to uplift women in need throughout Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Collection has started for this year's Shoebox Project in Kamloops, which brings holiday gifts to women navigating a variety of difficult life circumstances. The idea is to fill a standard-...
Nov 26, 2025
'This is what we hope for;' Ground broken for Kamloops Centre for the Arts
KAMLOOPS - The first shovel was ceremonially dug into the earth on Wednesday (Nov. 26) afternoon at the site of the future Kamloops Centre for the Arts. Amid continued opposition from a small but voca...
Nov 26, 2025
Kamloops RCMP, Crime Prevention Unit kick off 'Safe for the Season' campaign
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP and the City of Kamloops Crime Prevention Unit have kicked off the 'Safe for the Season' campaign at local malls. Volunteers with the Crime Prevention Unit will be activel...
Nov 26, 2025
Kamloops woman's screening appointment cancelled as OB-GYN shortages persist
KAMLOOPS - Another rally is planned for this Saturday (Nov. 29) in Kamloops outside of Royal Inland Hospital calling for solutions to short staffing and burnout impacting obstetrics and gynecology car...
Nov 26, 2025
Kamloops MLA Stamer's private members bill passes second reading
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer's private members bill has received unanimous consent at second reading and is now off to the committee stage.Stamer's bill looks to implement mandat...
Nov 26, 2025
Deliberately set fires destroy bench, vehicle in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Police in Salmon Arm are investigating a pair of arson fires. In a news release, Cst. Andrew Hodges of Salmon Arm RCMP says the first fire was discovered last Friday (Nov. 21) at ab...
Nov 26, 2025
Another day, another hunter rescue for Kamloops Search and Rescue volunteers
WALHACHIN, B.C. - For the second straight day this week, Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) volunteers were deployed to help rescue a hunting party.In a social media post, KSAR says the call came in ar...
Nov 26, 2025
City of Kamloops staff, councillors say mayor's effort to pause or relocate arts centre project are impossible
KAMLOOPS - As officials break ground on the Kamloops Centre for the Arts Wednesday (Nov. 26), City of Kamloops staff say there's no practical way to either pause or move the project.At Tuesday's Gover...
Nov 26, 2025
Drax pellet plant in Williams Lake to cease operations by end of 2025
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The pellet plant in Williams Lake is set to close by the end of this year, according to a news release issued by Drax, the energy company that operates the facility. In a stateme...
Nov 26, 2025
