Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Aspen Planers employees, forestry workers stage protest in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Standing outside the Ministry of Forest building in Merritt, employees at Aspen Planers, logging truck drivers and others impacted by recent shutdowns are trying to get the province's ...
Feb 10, 2023

With COVID demand for pets waning, Kamloops SPCA inundated with surrendered animals
KAMLOOPS - In the wake of COVID-19 restrictions, the BC SPCA is seeing a flood of intakes. Shelters across the province have waitlists of people looking to surrender their animals, and according to th...
Feb 10, 2023

Series of collisions along Highway 5 has raised concerns over road safety
KAMLOOPS - Highway 5 north of Kamloops saw a three-vehicle collision Thursday afternoon (Feb. 9) involving two commercial vehicles and a pickup truck. The crash killed the driver of the pickup as a re...
Aaron Schulze Feb 10, 2023

Flood-weary residents in Merritt finally see new homes arrive
MERRITT, B.C. - Valarie Stacey and her family have lived through hell twice - first during the wildfires in Barriere and then the Merritt floods. Now, after more than a year that saw the family split ...
Feb 10, 2023

YKA hopes to expand discount flight options, add more destinations after Flair announcement
KAMLOOPS - Following the announcement of Flair Airlines' direct service from Kamloops Airport (YKA) to Edmonton, YKA is still hopeful to include more discount flights options and fly to additional cit...
Aaron Schulze Feb 10, 2023

Missing Surrey woman may be in Kamloops, Cariboo
SURREY - RCMP in Surrey say missing woman in that city has spent time in Kamloops and the Cariboo in the past. Kianna Kisyel, 26, was reported missing on Jan. 29. She was last seen four days earlier. ...
James Peters Feb 10, 2023

Discount airline Flair to launch direct Kamloops-to-Edmonton route in June
KAMLOOPS - Travelers looking for a quick and cheap path between Kamloops and Edmonton will get their wish in June 2023.Flair Airlines, a low-cost Canadian airlines, is taking bookings for direct one-w...
James Peters Feb 10, 2023

Snowfall warning issued for Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Mother Nature is targeting the Coquihalla Highway again. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the stretch of highway between Merritt and Hope.It suggests further snow a...
Feb 09, 2023

New Kamloops Food Policy Council commercial kitchen causing quite The Stir for culinary businesses
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Food Policy Council (KFPC) has been around since 1995, which makes it the longest-standing independent organization of its kind. Last October, the council took a big step forwa...
Feb 09, 2023

Proposed federal riding changes draw mixed reviews in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The federal boundaries commission was in Kamloops during the summer, listening to residents thoughts on keeping the community together under one Member of Parliament. In the report publishe...
Aaron Schulze Feb 09, 2023

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