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Kamloops News

Secwepemc Child and Family Services to begin offering CLBC services

Secwepemc Child and Family Services to begin offering CLBC services

Sep 22, 2023 / 6:22 pm

A Kamloops First Nations service provider has signed a unique agreement with a provincial Crown corporation, which will allow disabled Indigenous people in the...

Kamloops artist hosts postcard-making workshop for BC Culture Days

Kamloops artist hosts postcard-making workshop for BC Culture Days

Sep 22, 2023 / 6:00 pm

Artistic Kamloops residents will have the chance to engage in postcard-making, with the intention of creating supportive messages for victims of violence as...

Interior realtors donate $265K to Salvation Army for B.C. wildfire relief

Interior realtors donate $265K to Salvation Army for B.C. wildfire relief

Sep 22, 2023 / 11:40 am

Realtors from across the Interior have donated more than a quarter of a million dollars toward B.C. wildfire relief efforts. Association of Interior Realtors...

Kamloops council sees 'groundswell' of support for ambitious capital project plan

Kamloops council sees 'groundswell' of support for ambitious capital project plan

Sep 22, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Kamloops councillor says he’s seeing a “groundswell” of support for the city’s ambitious plan involving the development of new arts...

House arrest for Kamloops man who refused to register as sex offender

House arrest for Kamloops man who refused to register as sex offender

Sep 22, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Kamloops sex offender who refused to check in last summer for his annual intake to the national sex offender registry has been ordered to spend the next two...

Researchers say mule deer still affected by 2021 wildfires in Skeetchestn territory

Researchers say mule deer still affected by 2021 wildfires in Skeetchestn territory

Sep 22, 2023 / 4:00 am

Researchers studying the effects of wildfires on mule deers are asking backcountry enthusiasts to be mindful of the declining and stressed deer population in...

Four B.C. firefighters who died in crash worked for Kamloops company

Four B.C. firefighters who died in crash worked for Kamloops company

Sep 21, 2023 / 6:24 pm

The four British Columbia firefighters who died in a highway crash this week all worked for a Kamloops-based contractor, whose owner said they were "our...

Outdoor screening of The Princess Bride to raise funds for film society

Outdoor screening of The Princess Bride to raise funds for film society

Sep 21, 2023 / 6:00 pm

Audiences will have the chance to watch the inconceivable 1987 classic The Princess Bride during an outdoor backlot movie screening this weekend hosted by the...

UBCM delegates endorse Kelowna, Kamloops resolution on funding mental health care

UBCM delegates endorse Kelowna, Kamloops resolution on funding mental health care

Thompson-Okanagan Sep 21, 2023 / 2:15 pm

Local government representatives at the Union of BC Municipalities convention put their support behind a resolution co-authored by the cities of Kamloops and...

Province announces new bridge in Cache Creek to replace problem culvert, prevent flooding

Province announces new bridge in Cache Creek to replace problem culvert, prevent flooding

Cache Creek Sep 21, 2023 / 12:24 pm

The provincial government has unveiled plans for a new Highway 97 bridge in Cache Creek — a project that aims to help prevent flooding in the village 85...

Police looking for truck in connection to fatal 2021 hit and run in Dallas

Police looking for truck in connection to fatal 2021 hit and run in Dallas

Sep 21, 2023 / 10:42 am

Police have released a photo of a commercial tractor-trailer as part of an ongoing investigation into a fatal hit-and-run collision on the Trans-Canada Highway....

Kamloops council proposing dedicated facility for emergency response

Kamloops council proposing dedicated facility for emergency response

Sep 21, 2023 / 4:00 am

Kamloops city council would like to see a dedicated facility for emergency support services established in the Tournament Capital, presenting a proposal to a...

Man who crashed truck after speeding away from police fined $1K, prohibited from driving

Man who crashed truck after speeding away from police fined $1K, prohibited from driving

Sep 21, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Kamloops man who crashed his pickup truck into a snowbank while fleeing from police has been fined $1,000 and prohibited from driving for a year. Daniel...

Anti-SOGI protesters outnumbered by counter-protesters outside Kamloops courthouse

Anti-SOGI protesters outnumbered by counter-protesters outside Kamloops courthouse

Sep 21, 2023 / 4:00 am

About 100 anti-SOGI protesters took to Columbia Street on Wednesday morning, where they were outnumbered significantly by counter-protesters chanting “No...

Rossmoore Lake wildfire no longer ‘fire of note,' according to BCWS

Rossmoore Lake wildfire no longer ‘fire of note,' according to BCWS

Sep 20, 2023 / 9:02 pm

The BC Wildfire Service says the Rossmoore Lake wildfire south of Kamloops is no longer considered a fire of note. In a social media post, BCWS says the fire...

TRU ranked a top performer in sustainability across post-secondary campuses

TRU ranked a top performer in sustainability across post-secondary campuses

Sep 20, 2023 / 6:00 pm

Thompson Rivers University has been ranked as a top performer in sustainability, ranked the most sustainable master’s institutions and a leader in the...

Multi-car train derailment on CN Rail line near Rayleigh

Multi-car train derailment on CN Rail line near Rayleigh

Sep 20, 2023 / 4:41 pm

UPDATE: 4:41 p.m. No injuries or leaks have been reported after 14 potash cars left the tracks Wednesday near Rayleigh, according to CN Rail. “CN crews...

Kamloops councillor says local drug bylaw still needed after province's decriminalization changes

Kamloops councillor says local drug bylaw still needed after province's decriminalization changes

Sep 20, 2023 / 4:24 pm

A Kamloops councillor whose motion kickstarted the creation of a local bylaw restricting public drug use says she appreciates the province’s recent...

Head-on highway crash west of Kamloops kills four BCWS contractors returning from fire fight

Head-on highway crash west of Kamloops kills four BCWS contractors returning from fire fight

Sep 20, 2023 / 12:40 pm

Four wildland firefighters are dead following a head-on collision on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Kamloops. Emergency crews were called to a stretch of...

City of Kamloops, Tk'emlups receive award, TNRD gets honourable mention at UBCM

City of Kamloops, Tk'emlups receive award, TNRD gets honourable mention at UBCM

Sep 20, 2023 / 12:21 pm

The City of Kamloops and Tk’emlups te Secwepemc were honoured at the Union of BC Municipalities convention on Tuesday for their work to further...

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