Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Former health minister says money isn't solution to ongoing strain at RIH
KAMLOOPS - The former health minister of B.C. is weighing in on recent news of medical staff resigning at Royal Inland Hospital, saying it's a system-wide problem. Early this week, the seven OB-GYNs w...
Oct 21, 2025
Mounties alerted to cattle poaching in Nicola Valley, Cariboo
MERRITT, B.C. - The BC RCMP Livestock Investigations Section (LIS) is looking into a series of cattle poaching complaints in the province, including a notable instance near Merritt.Police say sometime...
Oct 21, 2025
Mounties looking into report of man leering in residence windows on TRU campus
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are working to identify a man reported looking in the windows of a residence on the TRU campus in the middle of the night.In a news release distributed Tuesday (Oct. 21), spok...
Oct 21, 2025
Salmon Arm Treble Clef named greatest Canadian landmark for 2025
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A landmark in Salmon Arm was given international recognition. The Treble Clef at 111 Lakeshore Dr. NE was named the winner of Municipal World's 2025 Great Canadian Landmark Contest....
Oct 21, 2025
'Forced to ration care'; Outgoing Kamloops OB-GYNs lay out reasons for departure and rejected solutions
KAMLOOPS - Fallout is growing from last week's news of seven OB-GYN's resigning from in-hospital privileges under Interior Health at Royal Inland in Kamloops. The physicians issued a statement Monday ...
Oct 20, 2025
MP Caputo's private members bill faces calls of partisan politics during second reading
OTTAWA - Monday (Oct. 20) morning in Ottawa, Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola MP Frank Caputo's private members bill was debated at second reading. Caputo's bill seeks to make changes around intimate partner ...
Oct 20, 2025
North Shore family hospitalized after fire rips through home early Saturday
KAMLOOPS - Three members of a North Shore family are in hospital after a fire at their home early Saturday (Oct. 18).Kamloops RCMP say they were called at 4:20 a.m. on Saturday to help Kamloops Fire R...
Oct 20, 2025
City proposing to take on Juniper West's costs for second permanent access road, receive reimbursement years later
KAMLOOPS - A plan is in place for the City of Kamloops to barrel on through with constructing a second permanent access route for Juniper Ridge residents and then recoup the funds later. During Tuesda...
Oct 20, 2025
Tranquille Road to close for site servicing work as construction begins on new affordable housing building
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will be doing site servicing work in the 400-block of Tranquille Road for almost the next two weeks so a six-storey affordable housing building can rise on the North Sh...
Oct 20, 2025
Free TNRD chipping day events coming to Lac Le Jeune, Walloper Lake area this month
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) will be hosting free chipping day events in a pair of Kamloops-area communities in the Kamloops-area on Monday (Oct. 27) next week.Residents in ...
Oct 19, 2025
