Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Algae bloom in Shuswap Lake
SALMON ARM, B.C. - An algae bloom is occurring in the Salmon Arm portion of Shuswap Lake.The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD), along with the First Nations Health Authority, City of Salmon Ar...
Aug 16, 2022
Two small fires pop up near Logan Lake; wildfire officials brace for impact of hot weather
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) personnel are attacking a pair of new wildfires near Logan Lake, as they prepare for the potential for more holdover fires popping up in the coming days...
Aug 16, 2022
Environment Canada issues heat warning for North and South Thompson
KAMLOOPS - High temperatures are returning to the Kamloops area once again.In a public alert Tuesday (Aug. 16) morning, Environment Canada issued a heat warning for the North and South Thompson lastin...
Aug 16, 2022
Kamloops loses eight more lives due to illicit drugs in June; B.C. surpasses 1,000 deaths in 2022
KAMLOOPS - Eight more illicit drug deaths were recorded in Kamloops in June.According to the latest preliminary data by the BC Coroners Service, Kamloops still has the fifth-most illicit drug deaths a...
Aug 16, 2022
Workers take picket lines in Kamloops asking for cost-of-living protection
KAMLOOPS - Local B.C. General Employees Union members are taking to the picket lines at the BC Liquor Distribution Branch in Kamloops striking for higher wages in order to afford to live.At 9881 Dalla...
Aug 15, 2022
Ashcroft residents consider moving away as healthcare challenges persist
ASHCROFT, B.C. - "The system is broken in a lot of ways, we need to find fixes not just Band-Aids but permanent solutions," said Barbara Roden, Mayor of Ashcroft. Tragedy has struck the village of Ash...
Aug 15, 2022
Kamloops-based fashion designer and models prepare for New York Fashion Week
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-based designer Delayne Dixon is making her return to the Big Apple for New York Fashion Week 2022."This'll be my first show in three years, and I'm not usually nervous when it come...
Aug 15, 2022
Cultures collaborate in musical showcase for reconciliation at Sagebrush Theatre
KAMLOOPS - A musical and cultural experience for reconciliation was enjoyed on Sunday (Aug. 14) to heal wounds caused by the discovery of the unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Residential School ...
Aug 15, 2022
Suspect in apparent abduction killed by RCMP near Walhachin; police watchdog investigating
WALHACHIN, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog is investigating after a man was killed after an apparent abduction near Walhachin Sunday evening (Aug. 14).In a news release, B.C. RCMP say 9-1-1 operators re...
Aug 15, 2022
Kamloops RCMP Superintendent Syd Lecky leaving for new position in N.W.T.
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP's top cop, Supt. Syd Lecky is leaving the city after four years of serving in his position.Lecky is pursuing a new position as he is going to the Northwest Territories to beco...
Aug 15, 2022
