Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Interior Health touts recruitment, retention progress on RIH OB-GYN departures
KAMLOOPS - Several weeks ago, Royal Inland was facing a mass exodus in the hospital's OB-GYN department, with all seven of those doctors resigning their in-hospital privileges. However, Interior Healt...
Nov 05, 2025
Truck smashed through storefront in early-morning break-and-enter: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are looking for information about a vehicle that was used in a break-in near Aberdeen Mall early Wednesday morning (Nov. 5).In a news release, spokesperson Cpl. Dana Napier says just b...
Nov 05, 2025
Interior Health warns Kamloops users of contaminated meth
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is warning Kamloops residents about crystal meth sold on the street that contains a powerful opioid.In an alert distributed Wednesday (Nov. 5), IH says the substance is sold...
Nov 05, 2025
Driver who caused 2023 crash that killed one TRU volleyball player, injured two others given fine, driving ban
KAMLOOPS - Tears flowed in a Kamloops courtroom Wednesday (Nov. 5) as the man involved in a deadly crash that shook the Thompson Rivers University athletics community was sentenced.The November 2023 c...
Nov 05, 2025
Kamloops residential sales slowed in October: association
KAMLOOPS - As the weather cooled in October, so did real estate activity in the Kamloops area.October numbers distributed by the Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) Wednesday (Nov. 5) show 191 resi...
Nov 05, 2025
Kamloops MP Arnold slams Carney budget as 'reckless'
KAMLOOPS - One of the two MPs for Kamloops is criticizing Prime Minister Mark Carney's first federal budget as reckless and untrustworthy. The Liberal government's budget, introduced in the House of C...
Nov 05, 2025
'Symbol of our shared commitment'; Barriere RCMP raise flag of Simpcw First Nation
BARRIERE, B.C. - Barriere RCMP and Simpcw First Nation commemorated their relationship with a flag raising last Friday (Oct. 29). In 2024, Barriere RCMP say they received grant funding to raise a flag...
Nov 05, 2025
Mayor Hamer-Jackson sole vote against his own notice of motion following multiple amendments
KAMLOOPS - A lengthy debate on a motion brought forward by Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson ended with short tempers - and the mayor voting against his own motion. Hamer-Jackson was pushing to call o...
Nov 05, 2025
Four years after her disappearance, teams still combing through vast search area for Shannon White
KAMLOOPS - During this week four years ago, Kamloops became the main location of interest in a search for Shannon White. "When (Kamloops) Search and Rescue stopped, we started searching on our own and...
Nov 04, 2025
More containment booms set up on Kamloops Lake to catch sheen surrounding train derailment site
CHERRY CREEK, BC - Cleanup is still happening after more than a dozen train cars came off the tracks while coming through Cherry Creek over the weekend and extra measures have been taken to prevent fu...
Nov 04, 2025
