Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Dozens of addresses evacuated along Bonaparte River in Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - About two dozen more addresses in Cache Creek have been evacuated due to the swollen Bonaparte River.Late Tuesday afternoon (May 9), the Village of Cache Creek ordered the evacuati...
May 9, 2023
Forecasters predict extreme heat for the Kamloops area this weekend
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is are looking at an anomalous heat this weekend.According to Environment Canada, weekend temperatures are expected to reach the mid-30s during the day - however, it shouldn't caus...
May 9, 2023
Consultation ongoing for North Shore and Brocklehurst catchment changes
KAMLOOPS - Consultation is ongoing for families with students currently enrolled in schools across the North Shore and Brocklehurst. The changes are due to over crowding at Brock Middle School which i...
May 9, 2023
Blazers' Zellweger named WHL's top defenceman
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' star Olen Zellweger has been named the Western Hockey League's Defenceman of the Year.The league announced Zellweger as the winner of its Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy Tuesd...
May 9, 2023
Province reports Lower Thompson and Nicola basins well above normal snowpack
VICTORIA - Rapid snowmelt occurred across most of B.C. earlier in May, with two basins near Kamloops well above normal snowpack.In its latest Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin, using numbers from ...
May 9, 2023
Bonaparte River reaches all-time high in Cache Creek yet stays within its banks
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Officials in Cache Creek say they are puzzled - but in a good way.Emergency Operations Centre Information Officer Wendy Coomber says the level of the Bonaparte River hit an all-tim...
May 9, 2023
Kamloops RCMP pull drugs, guns and cash from Batchelor Heights home
KAMLOOPS - A drug trafficking investigation that began in January led Kamloops RCMP to arresting a man and seizing cash, drugs, guns and vehicles in Batchelor Heights.In a news release issued Tuesday ...
May 9, 2023
Emergency Services Day in Kamloops draws crowds, honoring first responders across British Columbia
KAMLOOPS - Emergency services personnel across British Columbia were honored on Saturday (May 6) as communities came together to recognize their unwavering dedication and sacrifices made in the line o...
May 8, 2023
Kamloops residents advised to plan ahead during Emergency Preparedness Week
KAMLOOPS - This is Emergency Preparedness Week (May 7 to 13) in Canada. During the week, Canadians are being asked to take steps to prepare themselves for a range of emergencies. The federal campaign ...
May 8, 2023
Grumpy the Owl fosters orphaned owlet at the BC Wildlife Park
KAMLOOPS - If you get too close to Grumpy the Great Horned Owl and her foster owlet, she'll let you know. "She will come at you if you get a little too close to that baby," BC Wildlife Park Animal Car...
May 8, 2023
