Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Seniors Picnic returns to Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - The annual Seniors' Picnic returned to Riverside Park Friday morning (July 7).Kamloops seniors were out having a ball Friday - eating, dancing and singing along in the gorgeous Friday sun."...
Jul 7, 2023
Kamloops council to consider eliminating all standing committees
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council is being asked to clear the decks of its existing standing committee structure, preparing the ground for a new structure.The city's committee structure has been at the cent...
Jul 7, 2023
Thunderstorm watch issued for Kamloops, Merritt
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the South Thompson and Nicola regions, including the cities of Kamloops and Merritt.As of Friday afternoon (July 7), the foreca...
Jul 7, 2023
Community-led crisis team for mental health and substance use issues coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops will soon receive a new community-led crisis response team for residents experiencing a mental-health or substance-use crisis.In a news release issued Friday (July 7) morning, the ...
Jul 7, 2023
'Are we going to be able to book anyone else in?': Kamloops sees tourism windfall in 2022
KAMLOOPS - 2022 was a busier year for visitors in Kamloops than years past.According to the Tourism Kamloops economic report, a new record was set with more than 1.9 million visitors staying in the ci...
Jul 6, 2023
High fire danger throughout Kamloops Fire Centre as campfire ban begins
KAMLOOPS - With the two hottest months of the year still ahead, the province of B.C. has already lost more than 1-million hectares of forests to wildfires this year. That figure puts British Columbia ...
Jul 6, 2023
City of Kamloops rolls out carts for Curbside Organic Waste Pick-up program
KAMLOOPS - It's rollout day - literally - for the city's new Curbside Organic Waste carts. Starting in Zone 3, and working through all five collection zones in Kamloops, the new carts will be delivere...
Jul 6, 2023
Bail decision expected next week for former Kamloops lawyer charged with murder
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops lawyer accused of killing a TRU employee in 2022 will have to wait until next week to learn if he gets bail.Bail submissions in the case of Rogelio 'Butch' Bagabuyo wrappe...
Jul 6, 2023
More than 1,000 customers without power in North Thompson corridor
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: BC Hydro says power has been restored to the vast majority of affected customers. EARLIER: BC Hydro crews are working to restore a power outage up the North Thompson Valley. Accordi...
Jul 6, 2023
RCMP officer won't face charges despite possible responsibility for Clinton-area crash: police watchdog
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s police watchdog says even though an off-duty RCMP officer may have been at fault for a serious collision near Clinton last winter, he won't be charged.The collision happened on Febru...
Jul 6, 2023
