KAMLOOPS - Final preparations are underway for the 2026 outdoor season of the Kamloops Farmers' Market, which starts next Saturday, April 18.The Saturday Farmers' Market runs between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in the 200 block of St Paul Street downtown and the Stuart Wood schoolyard. It'll be held every Saturday until O...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops and area residents will gather this Saturday (April 11) in a bid to stay active while raising money for Special Olympics. About 200 people are expected to take part in the sixth annual Marathon of Sport at the Tournament Capital Centre and the old TRU gym. The event gets underway at 9:00 a.m. Saturd...

KAMLOOPS - A Shuswap woman who now calls Kamloops home has been awarded the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers, one of Canada's highest honours for volunteer service. "Carla Krens is being recognized for her outstanding volunteer service and the positive impact she has made through her dedication and leadership wit...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city councillors have given tentative approval to a plan to increase some parking rates and times starting this year.It's the latest development in a parking management strategy that began to take shape in 2019, as the city hopes to bring in more revenue while making the system "more equitable ...

KAMLOOPS - Police in British Columbia say people still don't appear to be getting the message to buckle up and to leave electronic devices alone while they're behind the wheel, as more than 3,000 tickets were issued to drivers in March. BC Highway Patrol officers issued 1,008 tickets to people caught using their device...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has scored $90,000 in provincial funding to help it organize a series of outdoor watch parties during this summer's FIFA men's World Cup. There will be licensed outdoor watch parties organized at Riverside Park between June 11 and July 19 this year. The funding will allow the city to bro...

SALMON ARM, B.C. - Canadian roots-rock legends Blue Rodeo will headline the 2026 edition of the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival. The headlining acts for the three-day festival were announced Wednesday (April 8), with Blue Rodeo taking the stage on Saturday night, July 25."Bringing back Blue Rodeo for a full pe...

108 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The 108 Mile Ranch is one of 12 finalists in a cross-Canada competition meant to help promote and restore heritage sites.Public voting opened Tuesday (April 7) for the Next Great Save, a contest put on by The National Trust for Canada. The grand prize winner will receive $50,000 from the charity,...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has begun accepting applications from community groups and approved food trucks that want to be a part of Canada Day festivities this July 1.Preparations are underway for the annual event which attracts thousands of people to Riverside Park each year."In a collaborative effort with ...

KAMLOOPS - Vintage car enthusiasts will emerge from their winter slumber this weekend as the Kamloops chapter of the Vintage Car Club of Canada is preparing to host its annual Easter Drive and Car Show. Car owners and enthusiasts will gather at McArthur Island at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday (April 5) in preparation for the st...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Film Society is preparing to host its first-ever sensory-friendly movie screening at the Paramount Theatre in a little over two week's time. The April 18 event is being organized in partnership with the Canucks Autism Network and Kamloops-based Social Butterflies. It will feature a screening of ...

KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildlife Park is gearing up to host its annual easter egg hunt, which will run April 3 to 6 this year.Thousands of visitors are expected to flock to the park for the annual egg hunt, which will be held every 30 minutes. Park officials say they've got over 700 kilograms of chocolate to hand out this ye...

TKEMLÚPS TE SECWÉPEMC - There was a celebratory mood at the Q'wemtsin Health Society (QHS) Wednesday (April 1) morning, as it celebrates 25 years of operations.The health clinic on Chilcotin Road serves three Kamloops-area Secwépemc communities, allowing band members from Tkemlúps te Secw&ea...

KAMLOOPS - Tickets are officially on sale for the Kamloops Y Dream Home lottery and 50-50 draw. The 30th year of the event sees the dream home built in Juniper Ridge up for grabs, along with 30 additional prizes to honour the anniversary. Valued above $1.3 million, the dream home along Coldwater Drive could soon be you...

KAMLOOPS - Wednesday is April 1 and the City of Kamloops says you'd be a fool not to pick up a tree coupon.The annual program kicks off Wednesday, offering coupons at a $20 or $50 value, depending on the price of the tree the customer chooses.Kamloops currently has a 15 per cent tree canopy. The coupons are offered in ...

KAMLOOPS - Foundry Kamloops is now less than $1 million from its capital goal to complete its site in the city's downtown. In a news release issued Tuesday (March 31), Interior Community Services (ICS) announced it received a $250,000 donation from the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation. ICS, which holds the provincial g...

KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University student was honoured by the Lifesaving Society on the weekend for rescuing two men from the fast-rushing waters of the Thompson River near McArthur Island last summer.Sam Zulyniak was given the society's Silver Medal for Bravery at a ceremony in Vancouver Saturday (March 28).On J...

KAMLOOPS - A brand new car-sharing service is expected to be off and running on the North Shore of Kamloops by the spring of next year. Propel Us is planning to launch a two-vehicle pilot from the parking lot at Beem Credit Union's Tranquille Road branch in the hopes of making it easier for people who don't own cars to...

KAMLOOPS - Bonnie Cleveland was a shift captain and valued team member at the Out of the Cold shelter in Kamloops, often working late nights and days off. She passed away last year and the shelter staff and guests still feel the void of her passing. A year later, Out of the Cold and Cleveland's family started working t...

KAMLOOPS -The ICCHA/WISH Foundation is again sounding the alarm with regard to the cardiac care unit at Royal Inland Hospital.The four-bed unit, created through funding help from ICCHA/Wish, was originally stood down during the COVID pandemic as staffing had to be shuffled to areas of higher need and is yet to re-open....

KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF) is working to maintain existing and build new beaver dam analogues and post-assisted log structures as part of wetland conservation efforts in the Thompson-Nicola region. Neil Fletcher, the BCWF's director of conservation and stewardship, said the project works with nature...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops staff are working to draft a set of policies that would help support the introduction of car share services in the city. City council voted in favour of a motion from Councillor Nancy Bepple at Tuesday's (March 24) meeting that aims to create supports and incentives for car share vehicles, like free...

KAMLOOPS - Uncertainty remains for global oil markets as the war in Iran rages on. With the Strait of Hormuz closed to U.S. allied tanker traffic, oil prices have been surging, with the effects filtering down around the globe in the form of increased costs at the pump. Those costs have some rethinking travel plans - or...

SALMON ARM, B.C. - Two residents of Salmon Arm who intervened in a 2019 church shooting that claimed the life of one person will be honoured in the nation's capital this week.Governor General Mary Simon will present Paul Derkach with the Star of Courage and David Parmenter with the Medal of Bravery at a Thursday (March...

SALMON ARM - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is working with BC Timber Sales to finish off a 54 hectare burn east of Seymour Arm next Friday (March 27).The exact timing of the burn will depend on local weather conditions, but BCWS officials said the burn could begin as early as March 27."Burning will proceed if con...

REVELSTOKE - The Trans-Canada Highway closure through Rogers Pass is continuing into its third day as avalanche risk in the area remains high.Parks Canada said yesterday's (March 19) avalanche control work has seen positive results, allowing the highway to open temporarily overnight, but poor weather conditions made it...

UPDATE (3:15 p.m.): KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP officials said Highway 1 near Cherry Creek is open once again with flaggers directing drivers through the area.EARLIER: KAMLOOPS - Highway 1 is closed near Cherry Creek, about 15 km west of Kamloops, as Tk'emlups RCMP responds to a downed powerline.Police officials said firs...

CHASE, B.C. - The Chase Environmental Action Society will gather volunteers to clean asphalt from the shore of Little Shuswap Lake on Sunday (March 22).Chase Environmental Action Society co-chair Anne Grube said the debris on the beach is from a crumbling tire berm that was built in the 90s."There is asphalt and b...