Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

ASHCROFT, B.C. - A charity hockey game in Ashcroft raised nearly $12,000 for Honour Ranch.On Jan. 21, the village's local firefighters and RCMP officers played in the third annual Guns and Hoses chari...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 342 public complaints from Friday (Jan. 27) to 9 a.m. on Monday (Jan. 30). Below are some incidents police attended.North Shore streakerA man was ar...

KAMLOOPS - Despite the province's efforts to fight the overdose crisis, including Tuesday's (Jan. 31) start of a three-year pilot program to decriminalize illicit drugs, death rates have only gotten h...

KAMLOOPS - The Health Standards Organization has released a long-term care standards report. The organization's report focuses on the delivery of high-quality long-term care services. More than 20,000...

KAMLOOPS - The forestry sector in British Columbia has been dealing with curtailments, realignments and mill closures across the province.Kruger Specialty Papers acquired the Kamloops pulp mill in Jun...

KAMLOOPS - The decision to decriminalize small amounts of drugs for personal use took effect Tuesday (Jan. 31) across the province. This measure was enacted to help reduce barriers and stigma that pre...

KAMLOOPS - A large police presence is visible on Bossert Avenue as officers respond to a weapons assault report."(Today) around 11:35 a.m., multiple Kamloops RCMP frontline officers attended an addres...

KAMLOOPS - A vehicle incident has Highway 97 between Kamloops and Vernon closed in both directions Tuesday (Jan. 31).DriveBC first reported of the incident nearly three kilometres east of Monte Creek ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops suffered its deadliest year due to illicit drugs in 2022.According to the latest preliminary data by the BC Coroners Service, 90 people died in the City of Kamloops last year due t...

SALMON ARM, B.C. - A cash register was stolen from a Salmon Arm business after it was broken into. On Jan. 19, RCMP received a report of a break and enter into a business on 10th Avenue. A bald, male ...