Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
"Life is short": Kamloops family looks back on yearlong sail around the world
KAMLOOPS - "Life is short. It's not just a clich and you never know what's coming next. We just decided, we have this dream, let's actually do it," said Jamie Chase. Merdeka (image credit - Chase Fami...
Aug 26, 2022
'There's inequities with the pay structure': Kamloops doctors hoping for overhaul in compensation model
KAMLOOPS - The Doctors of B.C. says the funding announced on Wednesday is a first step in addressing overhead costs faced by family doctors. Closer to home, the Thompson Division of Family Practice sa...
Aug 26, 2022
North Shuswap farm recipient of provincial Century Farm Award
CELISTA, B.C. - The province is honouring a North Shuswap family for spending more than 100 years in farming.The Riley-Gillis family has operated Hungry Rock Farm in Celista since before 1920. It bega...
Aug 26, 2022
Province warns South Thompson, Fraser Canyon residents of wildfire smoke
KAMLOOPS - Some haze and smoke has returned to the Kamloops area.The B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has issued a Smoky Skies Bulletin for the Fraser Canyon and South Thompson regions....
Aug 26, 2022
RCMP dog tracks wanted man in Valleyview
KAMLOOPS - It may be International Dog Day, but working dogs are not taking a holiday.RCMP police dogs helped sniff out a wanted man in Valleyview Friday (Aug. 26) morning, according to a news release...
Aug 26, 2022
Kamloops-based Pattison Media purchases two Brandon radio stations
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-based Pattison Media is growing its radio family. The company has announced the acquisition of two radio stations in Brandon, Manitoba - Q Country 91.5 and 94.7 Star FM - from West...
Aug 26, 2022
Kamloops residents asked to give province input on area's transportation needs
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is asking Kamloops residents to provide their input about the area's transportation needs.In a news release Friday (Aug. 26) morning, th...
Aug 26, 2022
Clearwater emergency department to close for seven more nights; active streak hits 23
CLEARWATER, B.C. - Nobody likes you when you're 23.According to Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell, the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital Emergency Department will be closed for seven straight nights from...
Aug 26, 2022
PHOTOS: KFR issues cedar hedge warning after destructive Westsyde fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) is reminding residents about cedar hedge care following a structure fire in Westsyde on Wednesday (Aug. 24).In a social media post Friday (Aug. 26) morning, KFR s...
Aug 26, 2022
Province gives $3.4-million to NVIT to provide remote trades training through trailer classrooms
KAMLOOPS - At the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) on Thursday, trades-centered funding was announced to benefit Indigenous students in the area."We are investing $3.4 million to NVIT to p...
Aug 25, 2022
