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UPDATE - TNRD calling for campfire ban ahead of May Long Weekend
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is calling on the BC Wildfire Service to bring in a campfire ban across the Kamloops Fire Centre ahead of the May long weekend. Barriere Mayor Ward Stamer brought...
May 18, 2023 Photo via TNRD
Blazers back at work preparing for Memorial Cup after WHL playoff exit
The Kamloops Blazers are back at work getting ready to host the 2023 Memorial Cup. The players were given a five day break after the team bowed out of the playoffs in the Western Conference Championsh...
May 18, 2023 Photo via Brian Liesse
Nancy Bepple to run for seat on FCM Board of Directors
Kamloops Councillor Nancy Bepple is eyeing a seat on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Board of Directors. The third term City Councillor told her colleagues at the May 9 meeting of her intent...
May 18, 2023 Kamloops Councillor Nancy Bepple
Record 13 lives lost in Kamloops in April 2023 due to toxic drug supply
New data from the BC Coroners Service shows there were a record 13 illicit drug toxicity deaths in Kamloops in the month of April. It tied the record set August of last year, taking the total number o...
May 18, 2023
Police, firefighters investigating another suspicious blaze in Kamloops
RCMP and firefighters are investigating the latest in a string of suspicious fires within Kamloops city limits. Kamloops Fire and Rescue made quick work of the blaze in the 100-block of West Seymour S...
May 17, 2023 A fence on fire in the 100-block of Seymour Street West in Kamloops on May 16, 2023. (Photo via Reeve Harrison)
Kamloops ends State of Local Emergency in Noble Creek
The City of Kamloops says a State of Local Emergency in the Noble Creek area, north of Westsyde, has been lifted. In a statement, the City says the work that was needed to shore up the Noble Creek Irr...
May 17, 2023 Photo via City of Kamloops
TRU air-quality expert says risks underestimated as wildfire smoke returns
An air-quality expert at Thompson Rivers University says while smoky skies over British Columbia have become the norm over the past few summers, not everyone seems aware of the serious health hazards ...
May 17, 2023
Tk'emlúps and Kamloops make final pitch in bid to host 2027 North American Indigenous Games
A delegation from the City of Kamloops and Tk'emlps te Secwepemc has made its final pitch as part of the bid to host the 2027 North American Indigenous Games. Speaking on the NL Noon Report from Halif...
May 17, 2023 The Kamloops-Tk'emlúps delegation in Halifax as part of the bid process for the 2027 North American Indigenous Games. (Photo via MP Frank Caputo)
Smoky haze from active wildfires forecast to worsen in B.C. Interior
Environment Canada says wildfire smoke in the B.C. Interior is expected to worsen in the coming days bringing with it poor air quality and associated health risks. In a special air quality statement, ...
May 17, 2023 Smoky skies in Kamloops on May 17, 2023. (Photo via @iceblueaccent/Twitter)
RCMP looking to identify suspect after iPhone stolen from Kamloops business
Kamloops RCMP are asking for help in identifying a man connected to a theft investigation from last month. Police say an iPhone 13 Pro was stolen from a business the 900-block of Columbia Street West ...
May 17, 2023 Photo via Kamloops RCMP
