Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

CHASE, B.C. - (UPDATE 8:00 p.m.): Evacuation orders and alerts are in place as a wildfire that is burning near the Village of Chase has grown to an estimated 35 hectares in size. The evacuation order ...

KAMLOOPS - There is not long left for people in Kamloops and elsewhere to pay their 2025 property taxes before a provincially mandated 10 per cent penalty kicks in. Corporate Services Director David H...

LYTTON, B.C. - It has been four years since a wildfire devastated the community of Lytton in the Fraser Canyon. The fire started a day after the town set national temperature records for hitting almos...

KAMLOOPS - After some minor shuffling to remove cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries, Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola Conservative MP Frank Caputo now sits atop the order paper, meaning he's first...

KAMLOOPS - While the City of Kamloops has launched its new pilot program that allows people to consume alcohol in a section of Riverside Park, you won't be able to - legally - crack a cold one in the ...

MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 10:45 a.m.): Police in Merritt say the driver of the vehicle that sparked a wildfire along Highway 5A near Nicola Lake Sunday (June 29) afternoon was was likely impaired by liq...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will once again begin staffing the Riverside Park beach area with lifeguards when the calendar flips to July, and they'll be there until mid-August. Micah Strecheniuk, ...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says while this year's Canada Day festivities will very likely feature fireworks at dusk, it wants that pyrotechnics display to be the only one that lights up the sky t...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws were swept for the first time this season as they dropped a three game weekend series to the Bellingham Bells in West Coast League action. The North Division-leading ...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has launched a new communications tool that will enable it to reach out directly to residents and business owners who opt in.CAO Scott Hildebran...