Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - NOTE: This story has been updated with new details here.As evening falls, the Sparks Lake wildfire continues to rage, threatening more homes and putting more people on alert.There are now 4...

KAMLOOPS - Last month, 160 people in British Columbia died as a result of a toxic supply of illicit drugs. That brought the total number of deaths due to illicit drug overdose in B.C. to 851 for the y...

KAMLOOPS - Despite the province moving to Phase 3 of its Restart Plan Thursday (July 1), the virus is not finished with us yet.Interior Health has announced a COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospita...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has added nearly 300 more properties to evacuation alert status due to the nearby Sparks Lake wildfire. Most of the 298 properties are in the areas of ...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has ordered the evacuation of 18 properties in the path of the Sparks Lake wildfire northwest of Kamloops.The following properties are affected ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP is requesting the public's assistance in locating 71-year-old Mark Foan of Kamloops Mark was last seen on June 28 at around 10:00 a.m. at the Tim Hortons on Highway 5 in Kamlo...

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has issued a drug alert for a toxic substance being sold and used in Kamloops.IH says though the purple chunk substance is being sold as fentanyl, it contains a high to...

LILOOET - The B.C. government said the Ten Mile Slide stabilization project on Highway 99 is now 90 per cent complete, with current work focusing on restoring Highway 99 to two-lane traffic.Stabilizat...

TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlups te Secwepemc council has passed a motion cancelling any and all events in the community through July 5.In a video posted to the Tk'emlups website, Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir ...

KAMLOOPS - Due to extreme heat conditions, Kamloops RCMP have responded to nearly double the sudden deaths from the same period last year.Since Friday (June 25), there have been six sudden deaths in K...