Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Snowmobile safety tips for the Nicola Valley
MERRITT, B.C. - MERRITT - With snow on the ground, some people may be out on the hills on their snowmobiles but officials are reiterating riding safety.Simon Rizzardo, Vice-President of the Merritt Sn...
Jan 11, 2023
Break-in suspect sent to hospital, man arrested after reported North Shore assault
KAMLOOPS - A break-in suspect was taken to hospital and a man was arrested after a reported assault on the North Shore Tuesday (Jan. 10) night.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan. 11) morning, Kam...
Jan 11, 2023
Child sex assault trial for Interior Health's former top doctor gets underway in Alberta
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB. - The sex assault trial for Interior Health's former chief medical health officer got underway in Grande Prairie, Alta., on Tuesday.Dr. Albert Stefanus de Villiers, who was the B.C...
Jan 11, 2023
Excitement builds for demolition of former North Shore hotel
KAMLOOPS - Soon, the Northbridge Hotel building won't be standing. On January 9th, the City of Kamloops announced plans to demolish the former Northbridge Hotel, which it bought back in 2021 for a lit...
Jan 10, 2023
With Kamloops Special Olympic Games less than a month away, volunteers still needed
KAMLOOPS - The 2023 Special Olympics B.C. Winter Games are coming to Kamloops this February. The games are set to bring approximately 2,500 people to Canada's Tournament Capital, including more than 6...
Jan 10, 2023
First seasonal readings show snowpack below normal for B.C., North and South Thompson
VICTORIA - The first provincial snowpack survey is in for this season, showing slightly below-average totals for most of B.C. B.C. River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) data for January 1, 2023 shows a provin...
Jan 10, 2023
Circuit failure cuts power to more than 1,300 B.C. Hydro customers in Westwold, Falkland
FALKLAND, B.C. - A series of power outages has hit the Highway 97 corridor between Kamloops and Vernon.B.C. Hydro's website shows three separate outages affecting a stretch of properties between Barnh...
Jan 10, 2023
Petition garnering support to name Sun Peaks ski path after Ryan Shtuka
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - A petition has been set up online to name a ski path at Sun Peaks Resort after a man who vanished from the area nearly five years ago.Started by London Cramer, the petition to name a...
Jan 10, 2023
Interior Health hospital emergency operation centres reopen amid triple-threat of respiratory illnesses
KAMLOOPS - On Friday (Jan. 6), B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix announced the province will reopen 20 hospital emergency operations centres. Dix stated B.C. has been coping with an unprecedented increa...
Jan 09, 2023
'I'm not sure why the Trudeau Liberals took so long (to buy fighter jets);' Kamloops MP Caputo
KAMLOOPS - Monday (Jan. 9), federal defense minister Anita Anand announced Canada will purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets to replace the country's aging crop of CF-18s. The 88 new jets will cost $8...
Jan 09, 2023
