Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - This weekend kicked off the Christmas giving season in Kamloops, as Kamloops RCMP was set up outside Toys 'R' Us for their annual Stuff the Cruiser campaign. RCMP members, as well as City o...

SICAMOUS, B.C. - On Friday (Dec. 1) at 3:00 p.m., Sicamous RCMP responded to a call of an elderly male being assaulted and carjacked in a gas station. The owner of the vehicle, a 90-year-old resident ...

KAMLOOPS - Two people were killed in a crash on Highway 5 in the North Thompson over the weekend.On Saturday (Dec. 2), Clearwater and Barriere RCMP were called to the scene of a collision between a co...

KAMLOOPS - The Shuswap Economic Recovery Taskforce (SERT) has launched a $50,000 wildfire recovery grant program aimed at supporting businesses in the North Shuswap affected by the Bush Creek East wil...

KAMLOOPS - Loved ones of the third member of the TRU WolfPack men's volleyball team involved in a terrible crash in Kamloops last week say he has sustained severe brain trauma.Owen Waterhouse has been...

KAMLOOPS - A medical staff member at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has had her suspension for not taking the COVID-19 vaccination upheld.Dr. Theresa Szezepaniak, a member of Royal Inland Hospital'...

CLEARWATER, B.C. - Due to limited nursing availability, residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital. Effective Monday (Dec. 4) from 12:00...

MERRITT, B.C. - A freezing rain warning is in effect for the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Kelowna.In a weather statement online, Environment Canada says light snow is expected to begin on the st...

KAMLOOPS - Drivers travelling between Kamloops and the Lower Mainland will need to avoid the Trans Canada Highway through the Fraser Canyon Monday (Dec. 4) night.In a news release issued Monday mornin...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue made short work of a house fire in Brocklehurst Monday morning (Dec. 4).The call came in around 9:30 a.m. Monday for a structure fire in the 800-block of Evergreen Plac...