Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Neskonlith woman wins $100,000 award for contemporary visual arts career
KAMLOOPS - A Secwepemc woman who lives in Neskonlith is taking home $100,000 after winning a contemporary visual arts prize. Tania Willard is the latest recipient of the 2025 Sobey Art Award, which sh...
Nov 11, 2025
Summerland animal sanctuary 'devastated' after euthanizing animals due to avian flu
An animal sanctuary in B.C.'s interior says it is facing a "heartbreaking" experience after discovering a positive case of H5N1, also known as avian flu. Critteraid took to social media on Nov. 7, say...
Nov 11, 2025
Province, Stk'emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation mum on decade-old land claim case covering Kamloops, Sun Peaks
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Ministry of the Attorney General said the province's ongoing position on a decade-old land claim that includes Kamloops and Sun Peaks has not changed, and that "private property ri...
Nov 11, 2025
Interior Health CEO talks specialist recruitment struggle at RIH, Cardiac Care Unit status
KAMLOOPS - Recruitment and retention have become oft-repeated terms touted by health authorities when staffing shortages are discussed, and the most recent example has been the resignation of all seve...
Nov 10, 2025
Kamloops MP Caputo, Conservatives to vote against budget bill
KAMLOOPS - Last week, the Mark Carney-led Liberal government presented its first official budget. The budget document stands as a confidence motion, meaning if it fails, it would bring down the govern...
Nov 10, 2025
Kamloops to receive fly-over at Riverside Park Remembrance Day ceremony
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops' annual Remembrance Day ceremony will take place down at the Riverside Park cenotaph.Those wishing to attend the ceremony are advised to arrive in the park by 10:30 a.m...
Nov 10, 2025
RCMP say prank call from within NorKam Secondary prompted lockdown
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops say the lockdown at NorKam Secondary last Thursday (Nov. 6) was the result of a prank call that came from inside the school and that no gun was ever in the building. In a...
Nov 10, 2025
Logan Lake installs new, permanent crosswalk honouring veterans
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Ahead of Remembrance Day this year, the District of Logan Lake has put the finishing touches on a new crosswalk honouring veterans. Mayor Robin Smith says the idea came from Karen H...
Nov 10, 2025
Three people taken to hospital after knife fight in Westsyde parking lot
KAMLOOPS - Police say three people were taken to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries after a knife fight in a Westsyde parking lot this weekend. Kamloops RCMP say it happened around 4...
Nov 10, 2025
Kamloops man killed in rollover crash on Coquihalla north of Merritt
MERRITT - RCMP say a Kamloops man was killed in a two-vehicle rollover crash on the Coquihalla Highway north of Merritt early Monday (Nov. 10) morning.Police say a Honda Accord was heading south on Hi...
Nov 10, 2025
