KAMLOOPS - More than 1,000 Grade 5 students from across SD73 gathered at the Tk'emlups Powwow Arbour on Thursday (June 11) for the sixth annual district powwow. The event is run as part of the district cultural and identity development priority, with the intent of educating students on the significance of the powwow to...

KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre (WCT) will soon be auditioning new candidates to lead the organization.In an email distributed Tuesday (June 9), the Kamloops theatre company confirms Executive Director Matt Eger "has moved on to new adventures."Eger took over WCT's top job in September, 2024, coming aboard ...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Pride Week (June 8-14) is officially underway in Kamloops, with community members across the city gathering on Monday (June 8) afternoon to celebrate identity, culture and inclusion as a week of events gets started across the city. The All Our Relations Pride Gathering, held at Moccasin Square Garden, ...

KAMLOOPS - The Imagination Library of Kamloops will be giving out books to 160 local children this year, thanks to a $2,500 donation from the Rotary Club of Kamloops Daybreak.The program is in its third year as a local partner of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which aims to promote early literacy in children."...

KAMLOOPS - A group of young Kamloopsians will be gathering at Summit Drive and McGill Road this Friday (June 5) afternoon to speak out against the infiltration of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI data centres into the city. They'll be protesting the construction of the new AI data centre on the campus of Thompson Ri...

KAMLOOPS - Ken Ezzard is preparing to take to the track at the Tournament Capital Centre this Sunday (May 31) for the annual IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's. The Kamloops resident is this year's walk honouree and he'll be walking in memory of his wife, Marilyn. "My wife had Alzheimer's since 2012," ...

KAMLOOPS - A six-storey, 80-unit affordable housing building has officially opened its doors on the North Shore of Kamloops. What used to be an unkept parking lot and aging liquor store building at 346 Campbell Avenue is now called The Confluence, and the building will be operated by the ASK Wellness Society. "The...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Christmas Market will use the entire Heritage House parking lot for its second season. The Kamloops Sports Council says the 10-day German Christmas Market will run from Nov. 27 to Dec. 6, 2026, and feature a higher number of vendors and a larger outdoor stage with "enhanced entertainment p...

KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops has launched its 2026 season and it features the return of the Loops Explorer Station for the fourth consecutive year, but in a new location at Riverside Park. It'll be stationed near the Riverside Park outdoor skating rink and it will be open between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Wednesday throu...

KAMLOOPS - A prayer service is planned this weekend for a young woman who still hasn't been found after the vehicle she was in went into the North Thompson River last Sunday. Friends of Benina Jepkoech organized a vigil next to the river this week, and they'll also be hosting a service in her honour Saturday (May 23). ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Farmers Market has been slowly ramping up into the 2026 season, as both the Saturday and Wednesday markets have been up and running for a few weeks. Victoria Street was a hive of activity Wednesday (May 20) for the third mid-week market of the season. Vendors will remain stationed on the sidewal...

KAMLOOPS - Convenience chain 7-Eleven is set to close hundreds of its locations across North America this year, and that includes two stores in Kamloops. There are signs up at the 7-Eleven store on Seymour Street downtown and on Summit Drive in Sahali, notifying customers that the doors will close on Tuesday (May 26) n...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-and-area residents are being reminded about the dangers of the Thompson Rivers, and officials say this weekend's crash on Schubert Drive is a reminder of how quickly tragedy can set in. As the days get longer and more people head outside, the City of Kamloops says people will notice new signs at riv...

KAMLOOPS - Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) is rolling out new technology into the emergency department - a bubble tube rover robot. It's not utilized for diagnostics or in operating rooms. Instead, it focuses on decreasing stress for those awaiting treatment in the hospital's emergency room. Calming music, tactile LED tent...

MERRITT, B.C. - The Nicola Valley Food Bank has been dealing with increased use and decreased donations over the past several months. The food bank is seeing four-to-five new faces each and every week, as the shelves become more sparse amid increased demand."We see about 220 come through our door from Tuesday to T...

KAMLOOPS - Volunteers with the Kamloops Naturalist Club will be out birdwatching this Saturday (May 16) as part of the annual Ralph Ritcey Memorial Big Bird Day."Big Bird Day has been going on for at least 25 years. It's a competition between north and south Kamloops. We have an area with 60 kilometres of Mount Du...

KAMLOOPS - Literacy in Kamloops hosted its 15th Annual Team Spelling Bee Monday (May 11) morning at the Delta Hotel downtown, bringing local businesses, sponsors and wellwishers together for a friendly competition focused on community learning and literacy support. Seventeen teams took part in this year's event, with e...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is launching a new monthly e-newsletter aimed at giving residents "a clear, concise snapshot" of everything happening at City Hall in one place.In a statement, the city says the e-newsletter will include summaries of key Council meeting highlights along with upcoming community ...

KAMLOOPS - The United Way of British Columbia (UWBC) has launched its 10th annual Period Promise campaign, in hopes of meeting a growing need for menstrual products across the province. The campaign runs until May 30 and it aims to tackle period poverty in communities across British Columbia. This year, the United Way ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops and area residents will be able to interact with people from a number of emergency services organizations this Saturday (May 9), when the city hosts its annual Emergency Services Day event. It will take over the south parking lot at McArthur Island between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., and giving attend...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Music Collective is partnering with Tumbleweed Toys on a fundraiser and raffle this Saturday (May 9). Rachel Reid, the program coordinator for the Kamloops Music Collective, says people can use the code 'KMC26' between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Saturday to donate all Tumbleweed Toys VIP points fr...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will be conducting a city-wide test of its emergency notification system - Voyent Alert - this Friday (May 7) afternoon. City staff say you should expect to receive the test alert by text, phone call, email or through the mobile app, depending on how you signed up. If you use the app, th...

KAMLOOPS - For many families across B.C, accessing specialized medical care isn't always as simple as booking an appointment. One organization is working to bridge that gap.Today marks Hope Air's 40th anniversary. Vanessa Worthington and her son Devon are two ambassadors set up in the community sharing the mission - a ...

KAMLOOPS - Jared Moe and his young children biked to McDonald's in Aberdeen for a bite on Wednesday (May 6). They knew it was McHappy Day and they wanted to give back. "My son, when he was young, when he was born, needed heart surgery in Vancouver," Moe said while two of his children picked away at McNuggets...

KAMLOOPS - New murals will soon adorn the walls of two downtown Kamloops businesses following approval by council on Tuesday (May 5). The first mural will be at Kamloops Square, on the west-facing facade along St. Paul and Seymour Streets. The colourful rendering brings a new injection of life to the beige wall close t...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has entered into a housing agreement to help bring 30 units to the North Shore after a 8-0 vote during Tuesday's (May 5) regular council meeting. A new seven-storey building, featuring 30 units of housing specially constructed for women and families, will be built along Westminster Avenu...

TKEMLÚPS TE SECWÉPEMC - May 5th is acknowledged around the country as Red Dress Day - meant to spread awareness of missing and murdered indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. The issue became so prominent it prompted a national inquiry into why such a disproportionately high rate experience violen...

KAMLOOPS - There will be rotating road closures in the area of Rogers Way and Highway 5A starting Monday (May 4) as BC Hydro crews perform maintenance work on their equipment in that part of Kamloops.In a brief statement, the City of Kamloops says this work is expected to be done in about six week's time on June 12.&qu...