Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Venom to host Flames in post-season lacrosse action in Snake Pit
KAMLOOPS -- Only a surprise defeat to the last-place Cranbrook Blackwolves kept the Kamloops Venom from recording their second consecutive perfect Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League regular seas...
Marty Hastings Jul 06, 2024
Lytton River Festival aiming to celebrate village 'rebirth,' but needs sponsors
LYTTON -- Organizers of the 2024 Lytton River Festival are calling on B.C. businesses, community groups and First Nations organizations to support the annual event, as key government funding has falle...
Marty Hastings Jul 06, 2024
Wheelchair tennis tournament returns to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Legacy Wheelchair Tennis Tournament is underway at the Kamloops Tennis Centre, located at 758 Front St.Beginning Friday (July 5), 24 players from Canada and around the globe ar...
Jul 05, 2024
Five months after her disappearance, family of Merritt's Tara Moran pleads for information
MERRITT, B.C. - A family in Merritt is trying to keep their daughter's name out there, as she's now been missing for five months. According to RCMP, 27-year-old Tara Moran was last seen in Merritt on ...
Jul 05, 2024
Heat warning in place for Kamloops; Interior Health asks residents to help check on those more vulnerable
KAMLOOPS - A heat warning has been expanded to include the majority of the southern Interior of B.C., including Kamloops, Merritt and the Shuswap.Environment Canada says the elevated temperatures expe...
Aaron Schulze Jul 05, 2024
Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake to see second overnight ER closure this week
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - For a second time this week, the emergency room at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake will be closed overnight. Interior Health says emergency services will be temporaril...
Jul 05, 2024
New spot fires being held, but Kamloops-area wildfire officials on alert for new starts
KAMLOOPS - A new wildfire that sprung up Thursday (July 4) north of Kamloops Lake is now being held, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service.The Dewdrop Creek fire only grew to spot size before it was ...
James Peters Jul 05, 2024
Kamloops real estate market hits June lull
KAMLOOPS - The Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) says June was unusually slow for sales activity in Kamloops.New numbers distributed by the association show 223 units changed hands last month, do...
Jul 05, 2024
Man assaulted outside his home in Upper Sahali Thursday; suspect arrested
KAMLOOPS - A 31-year-old man was sent to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries after being assaulted outside his home on Springhill Drive in Upper Sahali. Kamloops RCMP officers res...
Aaron Schulze Jul 05, 2024
"You're just a criminal": Merrit Mayor Goetz on anniversary of Councillor Claire Newman's death
MERRITT, B.C. - It's been one year since Merritt City Councillor Claire Newman was struck and killed in a hit and run while visiting family outside of Valemount, and to date there has been very little...
Aaron Schulze Jul 05, 2024
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