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Canucks pick Kamloops native Sawyer Mynio in 2023 NHL Draft
The Vancouver Canucks have taken Kamloops native Sawyer Mynio in the third round, 89th overall of the 2023 NHL Draft. Mynio, a six-foot-one defenceman, put up 31 points (five goals and 26 assists) in ...
Jun 29, 2023 Sawyer Mynio. (Photo via Brian Liesse/Seattle Thunderbirds)
B.C. launching online booking for pharmacist appointments
In an attempt to ease some of the pressure on British Columbia's health-care system, Premier David Eby says the province will become the first in Canada to offer online booking for residents to see ph...
Jun 28, 2023 Clean Wal-Mart / CC
Emergency planning and response one of five key areas of focus in new TNRD strategic plan
Emergency planning and response will be a key area of focus for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District's Board of Directors over the next three years. It is one of five strategic areas of focus for the...
Jun 28, 2023
Blazers sign 2008-born defenders Dryden Deobald and Kaden Meyer
Fresh off hosting the 2023 Memorial Cup, the Kamloops Blazers continue to build for the future by signing a pair of 2008-born defencemen to WHL Scholarship and Development Agreements. Dryden Deobald a...
Jun 28, 2023 Dryden Deobald (left) and Kaden Meyer are the first 2008-born players to sign with the Kamloops Blazers. (Photo via Kamloops Blazers)
New drug alert issued for Kamloops warning of brown granules being sold as 'down'
Interior Health has issued a drug alert in Kamloops warning of a very high risk of fatal overdose. The alert posted Wednesday, June 28, says samples of brown granules being sold as "down" have been fo...
Jun 28, 2023 Photo via Interior Health
TRU President Brett Fairbairn expected to retire in June 2025
Brett Fairbairn will continue as President of Thompson Rivers University until June 30, 2025. Fairbairn, who has been President at the Kamloops-based university since Dec. 2018, is also expected to re...
Jun 28, 2023 TRU President Brett Fairbairn
City of Kamloops officially unveils 2023 Music in the Park lineup
The City of Kamloops has officially unveiled the lineup for the 2023 edition of Music in the Park. The free event been a summer staple in Kamloops since 1994, with food trucks also expected to be on s...
Jun 26, 2023 Music in the Park takes over the Rotary Bandshell at Riverside Park between July 1 and August 31. (Photo via City of Kamloops)
Permanent memorial to Snowbirds Capt. Jenn Casey set to be completed by this fall
The President of the Kamloops Airport Authority Society says a permanent memorial to the late Snowbirds Capt. Jenn Casey at the future Fulton Field Park should be complete by this fall. Aside from a r...
Jun 26, 2023 A sketch of the proposed Fulton Field Park by Kamloops Airport. (Photo via Victor Kaisar)
Boil water advisory issued for Tobiano residents
Residents in Tobiano are under a boil water advisory today because of an electrical malfunction over the weekend. In an email to residents, Corix Utilities says while the malfunction - which affected ...
Jun 26, 2023
B.C. announces plans to rebuild Middlesboro Bridge in Merritt by 2025
The BC Government says work to replace the Middlesboro Bridge in Merritt, which collapsed during the floods of Nov. 2021, is expected to begin next summer Emergency Management Minister, Bowinn Ma, say...
Jun 26, 2023 The collapsed Voght Street Bridge in Merritt. (Photo via Greg Lowis)
