Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

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 ...

KAMLOOPS- It all started 50 years ago when a handful of parents got together to discuss young people in the community using drugs and alcohol. In an attempt to make a difference, the early draft of th...

KAMLOOPS- The provincial government's three-year drug decriminalization pilot program begins tomorrow (Jan 31) and the executive director of Day One Society - formerly known as the Kamloops Society fo...

MERRITT, B.C. - The Rockin' River Music Festival in Merritt has been cancelled for 2023. Live Nation, the organization behind the event, blamed economic concerns for cancelling the 4-day party in the ...

KAMLOOPS - A trio of organizations have come together to facilitate a 12-week-long Massive Open Online Course to help residents of Kamloops learn about climate action.The Kamloops Naturalist Club, Kam...

KAMLOOPS - Coyote mating season is underway in the Kamloops region and with the season comes increased activity and aggression. A man reported being attacked by a coyote in Juniper Park Wednesday (Jan...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A 66-year-old Sheridan Lake woman has been charged with manslaughter after a suspicious death investigation in 2021.In a news release, 100 Mile House RCMP say Merrilee Hudson ap...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Council is being asked to consider a rezoning application to make way for an eight-storey 141 unit apartment style building at First Avenue and Columbia Street. The site is cu...