Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Murtle Lake reopens while nearby wildfire continues to burn
KAMLOOPS - The only wildfire categorized as Out of Control in the Kamloops Fire Centre, is the Murtle Lake wildfire in Wells Gray Park, west of Blue River.The fire has burned nearly 13 hundred hectare...
Jun 16, 2023
Inquest set to examine 2020 death in Lytton
BURNABY - The BC Coroners Service has set the date of an inquest into the death of Howard Barry Shantz. The death of the 63-year-old Shantz was reported to the Coroner by Lytton RCMP on January 13, 20...
Jun 16, 2023
RCMP looking to find owners of firearms washed away in Merritt flooding
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt RCMP are looking to identify the rightful owner of some seized firearms that are believed to have washed downstream in the flooding of November 2021.In a news release, police s...
Jun 16, 2023
VIDEO: Kamloops Y's Teddy Bear Picnic
KAMLOOPS - If you went to the John Tod Centre today, you might have been in for a big surprise!The 17th Annual Teddy Bear Picnic took place on the field outside the John Tod Centre, where hundreds of ...
Jun 15, 2023
Two baby bison find new home at BC Wildlife Park
KAMLOOPS - Bruno and Belle are the newest members of the BC Wildlife Park family. The pair of bison came to the park as calves from the Big Valley Bison Ranch south of Kamloops and are adjusting well ...
Jun 15, 2023
Users search for solutions as Noble Creek Irrigation System set to be decommissioned in September
KAMLOOPS - Last year, Kamloops city council approved $3 million to provide needed upgrades to the Noble Creek Irrigation System (NCIS) in an effort to keep the system operational until 2028. However, ...
Jun 15, 2023
One week after it was instituted, Kamloops Fire Centre campfire ban is lifted
KAMLOOPS - Rain and cooler conditions have resulted in the campfire ban being lifted in the Kamloops Fire Centre - just a week after it came into effect.The B.C. Wildfire Service says the campfire pro...
Jun 15, 2023
CFJC's Bill O'Donovan honoured with RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops icon is being recognized for his career of excellence in the field of broadcasting.RTDNA Canada announced its 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients Thursday (June 15). Its o...
Jun 15, 2023
Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson suing councillor for defamation
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops is suing one of his councillors for defamation.In a Notice of Civil Claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court Monday (June 12), Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson accuses Councillor Kat...
Jun 15, 2023
Expanded B.C. Urban Mayors' Caucus to begin meeting again
KAMLOOPS - Details are hard to come by, but there is confirmation the B.C. Urban Mayors' Caucus is being resurrected. On Tuesday (June 13), Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson told council the caucus ha...
Jun 15, 2023
