Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - The back flipping Kamloops pipeliner who made it to the top twenty on the most recent season of American Idol put on a free concert at Aberdeen Mall Friday (July 15). Around 300 fans turned...

LAS VEGAS - A Kamloops man is leaving the World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas $1.35 million richer.Aaron Duczak busted out of the tournament Friday (July 15) finishing in seventh place.Duczak was...

KAMLOOPS - "I can tell you policing, much like some of our other emergency services, are careers that will change you for life. You will carry things. It's how we deal with it that is going to be impo...

KAMLOOPS - Many locals have noticed the mosquitoes are out again this year - but Cheryl Phippen with BWP Consulting says there are fewer mosquitoes being hatched.Nearly 450 sites mapped in the TNRD ha...

LYTTON, B.C. - A wildfire burning less than two kilometres from Lytton, B.C. has ballooned to 1,500 hectares in size and destroyed at least six residential structures, according to local First Nation ...

KAMLOOPS - By 2030, the province needs 26,000 new nurses just to keep up. BC Nurses' Union (BCNU) president Aman Grewal says the B.C. government has known for decades of the pending nursing shortage a...

ASHCROFT, B.C. - Residents of Ashcroft will spend this weekend with no access to the community's emergency department.Interior Health has announced the ER will be closed, or 'on diversion', throughout...

KAMLOOPS - The Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Tower at Royal Inland Hospital will begin operation on Monday (July 18), and that means new hospital access procedures for the public.In a news release, Interio...

KAMLOOPS - On Thursday, the B.C. Coroners Service announced 195 people lost their lives to illicit drugs in the month of May. In part two of our sit down with RCMP Superintendent Syd Lecky, Kamloops' ...

LYTTON, B.C. - UPDATE (5:50 a.m.): According to the BCWS dashboard online, the Nohomin Creek wildfire has grown to 500 hectares in size as of Friday (July 15) morning.Additionally, the TNRD issued a l...