Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - With a rezoning application coming forward to develop the Pineridge golf course into a new housing subdivision site, the City of Kamloops is also looking to make changes to the transportati...

KAMLOOPS - In the calendar year of 2023, the emergency room at the Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt was closed 19 times. The closures were due to insufficient doctor or nursing levels to operate the ...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Board of Directors approved the district's annual budget for 2024, with an 8.3 per cent revenue increase via taxation. Although, due to the dist...

SUN PEAKS, B.C. - One man is dead after an accident on the mountains at Sun Peaks Thursday (March 21). In a brief news release, Sun Peaks Resort says its ski patrol responded to the incident to find a...

KAMLOOPS - Dozens of people lined the 700-block of Fortune Drive Thursday afternoon (Mar. 21) as part of the Seniors Tin Cup Rally. The demonstration was meant to draw attention the growing rate of se...

CELISTA, B.C. - It's been a rough couple of years for B.C. wineries, but one Shuswap vineyard operator says this winter's cold snap delivered an unprecedented blow to his crops- wiping out an estimate...

KAMLOOPS - It was a simple and unanimous vote to approve the Thompson Regional Hospital District's five-year financial plan, equating to a five per cent or roughly $6 a year increase. In doing so, the...

UPDATE: SALMON ARM, B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP say the parrot reported stolen on March 19 was returned on March 21. (Please note, for privacy reasons all previous information pertaining to this individual...

KAMLOOPS - Local municipalities, regional districts and First Nations received provincial funding to prepare for flooding on Thursday (March 21). B.C.'s Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Re...

UPDATE (10:00 a.m.): DriveBC says traffic reopened in both directions.EARLIER: REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Drivers traveling east of the Shuswap are being warned of a lengthy closure Thursday (March 21). Drive...