Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

City of Kamloops to receive $2 million to reduce gun and gang violence
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will receive a grant of more than $2 million to address gun and gang activities.At a council meeting Tuesday (June 28) Community Services Manager Tammy Blundell spoke t...
James Peters Jul 03, 2022

Clearwater ER closed until Sunday morning
CLEARWATER - The emergency department in Clearwater is closed from Saturday (July 2) to Sunday (July 3) at 8 a.m.Clearwater and area residents are advised of the temporary change to the ER hours at Dr...
Jul 02, 2022

Riverside Park ready to host Canada Day in-person for first time in three years
KAMLOOPS - The tents are set up and the bandshell is ready to rock. All that's needed is people to fill the park and take in the first in-person Canada Day celebration since 2019. "Just so excited, ju...
Dave Barry Jun 30, 2022

Reflecting on lessons learned from Juniper East wildfire a year ago
KAMLOOPS - Dan Baudin remembers the Juniper East wildfire like it was yesterday. Only a year has passed, but he vividly remembers the lightning strike on the evening of Canada Day and could sense a bi...
Dave Barry Jun 30, 2022

Price hikes expected for long weekend gas prices as Kamloops deals with supply delays
KAMLOOPS - It's been months of paying more than two dollars a litre for gas in Kamloops, and this weekend you can expect to pay even more. Vijay Muralidharan is the Managing Director for R Cube Econom...
Dave Barry Jun 30, 2022

TNRD, City of Merritt strike deal to offer fire protection to majority of Lower Nicola properties
LOWER NICOLA, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has announced a deal with the City of Merritt to restore fire protection to the majority of Lower Nicola properties that had service pulled o...
Dave Barry Jun 30, 2022

Fires and floods; Lytton students persevere through unusual year
LYTTON, B.C. - School is out for summer across British Columbia. For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the school year was almost a return to normal, depending on where you live. Some ...
Jun 30, 2022

Two fatalities after three-vehicle highway collision in Blue River area
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - RCMP say two people have died in an automobile crash in the Blue River area Wednesday afternoon (June 29). In a release, Cpl. Mike Halskov with BC Highway Patrol says around 2:05 p....
Jun 30, 2022

Sisters of St. Ann 'saddened' by returned donation, pledge to work toward reconciliation
KAMLOOPS - The Sisters of Saint Ann say they are "saddened" by a decision by an Edmonton-based scholarship foundation to return a $500,000 donation. The Verna J. Kirkness Education Foundation announce...
Jun 29, 2022

'(Lytton) doesn't seem to be a priority for this provincial government': Fraser-Nicola MLA
LYTTON B.C. - Residents in the Village of Lytton are still struggling to rebuild their homes and their lives, one year after the devastating wildfire ripped through the downtown core. The province of ...
Jun 29, 2022

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