Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Despite warm weather local mechanics say it's a good time to change over tires
KAMLOOPS - It's time to break out winter tires. If travel plans are made that require the use of the mountain highways like the Coquihalla, winter tires are required as provincial regulations took eff...
Oct 10, 2025
Notre Dame Drive assault victim succumbs to injuries; murder charge laid
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a second-degree murder charge has been laid as the person who was the victim of a violent assault in the 700-block of Notre Dame Drive last month has succumbed to his inju...
Oct 10, 2025
Western Canada Theatre kicks off 50th season with satirical Canadian-made play
KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre (WCT) will open its 50th season with a comedic play based on the Red River Resistance called Women of the Fur Trade. This show officially runs from Oct. 10 to 19 at t...
Oct 10, 2025
Water flowing freely as debris cleared at 'unauthorized' Fadear Lake dam site
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) says water is flowing freely at the site of an unauthorized man-made dam north of Kamloops.In an update Thursday (Oct. 9) evening, the TNRD said...
Oct 10, 2025
Closing arguments wrap up in lawyer-client murder trial; judge's decision to be given in Kamloops
VANCOUVER - Butch Bagabuyo was avoiding his financial and legal problems, but murdering the client he was using as a 'golden goose' wasn't the expected outcome, according to closing arguments made by ...
Oct 09, 2025
Kamloops on pace for fewest drug-related deaths since 2019
KAMLOOPS - New numbers released by the province show the pace of deaths attributed to drug toxicity has slowed dramatically in Kamloops this year. The BC Coroners Service released drug toxicity death ...
Oct 09, 2025
Mustard Seed preparing to serve annual Thanksgiving meal in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed will be serving a Thanksgiving dinner in Kamloops on Monday (Oct. 13) next week.It says the dinner will be served across its West-End Shelter, Harbour House and Men's Recov...
Oct 09, 2025
Sylvia Weir to continue on as new Interior Health President and CEO
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has appointed Sylvia Weir as its new President and CEO following "an extensive search" for a new leader that began earlier this summer. Weir, who was the Chief Financia...
Oct 09, 2025
State of Local Emergency in effect as TNRD, Province assess 'unauthorized' Fadear Lake dam site
KAMLOOPS - Officials in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) have declared a state of local emergency in Electoral Area "O" (Lower North Thompson) in connection with an unauthorized man-made d...
Oct 09, 2025
Kamloops' Acacia Pangilinan elected president of Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada
KAMLOOPS - Acacia Pangilinan has been elected the newest president of the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada (CCEC). Pangilinan, the Executive Director of both the Kamloops & District Chambe...
Oct 09, 2025
