Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Arctic air cooling down temperatures during mild January: Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - While it's not forecast to be as bitter or as dragged out as the extreme cold weather in December, Kamloops and area will experience temperatures below seasonal norms due to cold arctic air...
Jan 26, 2023
Poor communication led to fatal 2022 ammonia leak in Mount Paul Industrial Park: Technical Safety B.C.
KAMLOOPS - A Technical Safety B.C. report into a fatal ammonia leak that occurred on May 26, 2022 determined that the primary cause of the incident was failure to remove ammonia from a refrigeration s...
Jan 26, 2023
Dense fog to cover Coquihalla Highway Thursday morning: Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - Drivers are being warned of near zero visibility on the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt Thursday (Jan. 26) morning.In an online advisory, Environment Canada says the dense fog will ...
Jan 26, 2023
Metis Community Centre shares culture with Kamloops youth
KAMLOOPS - It is now the fourth day of Unplug and Play Literacy Week. As part of the programming, children and their parents have been allowed to connect with Metis culture at the Lii Michif Otipemisi...
Jan 25, 2023
Kamloops family doctor recruitment campaign comes to an early end
KAMLOOPS - Last fall, the Thompson Region Division of Family Practice began a campaign to help attract family doctors to Kamloops. The program, Champions for Family Medicine, aimed to recruit and reta...
Jan 25, 2023
Visitor services extended by three years at the Baillie House in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt has executed a three-year tourism and visitor information services agreement with the Nicola Valley Heritage Society (NVHS) and the Baillie House.Previously, the Ba...
Jan 25, 2023
Dufferin man tased, sent to hospital after 'drug-induced mental health crisis': RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP used a taser on a man who was sent to hospital under the Mental Health Act Monday (Jan. 23) night after a wellbeing check in Dufferin.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan. ...
Jan 25, 2023
Lytton residents growing impatient as rebuild drags
LYTTON, B.C. - Empty lots and piles of rubble line Fraser Street in the Village of Lytton. A year-and-a-half after Lytton was lost in a devastating wildfire and only a handful of residents are back li...
Jan 24, 2023
Kamloops-launched petition calling on Ottawa to reduce taxes for land trusts to reach parliament
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce says it has a potential solution to the housing crisis but needs federal government support, and it has gathered enough signatures to take it t...
Jan 24, 2023
'It doesn't really resolve the issues;' Residents along Highway 5A unsatisfied with new sensors
KAMLOOPS - On Friday (Jan. 20), the B.C. government announced sensors will be built into a stretch of Highway 5A near Merritt. The sensors will monitor commercial trucks as they pass, collecting the v...
Jan 24, 2023
