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B.C. announces plan to replace fleet of air ambulance planes by next fall
The B.C. Government says it will be replacing its fleet of air ambulance planes by the fall of next year. Premier David Eby says the 12 new Beechcraft King Air 360CHW ambulances will be able to land o...
Jun 07, 2024 Photo via BC EHS
RCMP say officer injured in Thursday expected to recover
Kamloops RCMP say the police officer who was taken to hospital after the crash on Fortune Drive yesterday morning is expected to recover "in time." It's not clear yet what caused the crash at Fortune ...
Jun 07, 2024 Police tape blocking off Fortune Drive at Fort Road. (Photo via Brett Mineer)
Rivers FC to host pair of English Premier League teams in Kamloops this summer
It's promising to be a soccer summer in Kamloops as two U21 English Premier League teams will spend time in Canada's Tournament Capital. The U21 men's team from London-based Fulham's and the U21 women...
Jun 07, 2024 Photo via Rivers FC/Fallsway Marketing & Media
Disaster survivors bring pleas for climate change action to Parliament Hill
Meghan Fandrich's voice shook as she recalled grabbing her five-year-old daughter and fleeing their home as flames descended on the village of Lytton in 2021. Darryl Tedjuk was quiet as he related the...
Jun 06, 2024 The remains of a large structure and vehicles destroyed by the Lytton Creek wildfire are seen on the side of the Trans-Canada Highway near Lytton on August 15, 2021. (Photo via Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Six more lives lost in Kamloops in April as toxic drug crisis marks eight-year anniversary
The BC Coroners Service says toxic drugs claimed the lives of six Kamloops residents in the month of April. That takes the total number of deaths this year to 34 people - an average of 8.5 a month - p...
Jun 06, 2024 Used syringes and other drug paraphernalia is seen in this picture. (Photo via The Canadian Press)
UPDATE - Major traffic delays reported after two-vehicle crash on Fortune Drive which injured RCMP officer
UPDATE 6:45 p.m. - Traffic flows across Kamloops have mostly returned to normal after several hours of delays and frustrations from drivers. Northbound traffic on the Overlanders Bridge was flowing we...
Jun 06, 2024 Photo via Brett Mineer
Construction underway on new 80 unit building in North Kamloops
Construction on a new six-storey, 80 unit housing building for seniors and low to moderate income families at 346 Campbell Avenue in North Kamloops is officially getting underway. The building - which...
Jun 06, 2024 The groundbreaking ceremony for The Confluence at 346 Campbell Avenue (Photo via City of Kamloops)
Canadian forests minsters release national strategy to raise awareness of wildfire risks
Canadian federal, provincial and territorial forest ministers have signed on to a national strategy that they say aims to raise awareness of wildfire risks across the country. B.C. Forests Minister Br...
Jun 05, 2024 Damage in Lee Creek caused by the Bush Creek East Fire. (Photo via Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Kamloops man facing charges after large police presence on Clarke Street
Kamloops RCMP say a 33-year-old man is facing several charges after a large police presence on Clarke Street, near Royal Inland Hospital, yesterday morning, June 4. Frontline officers and the Integrat...
Jun 05, 2024 Police on scene on Clarke Street on June 4, 2024. (Photo submitted)
B.C. appoints chief scientific adviser for complex mental health, addiction needs
British Columbia has announced the appointment of a chief scientific adviser to address a "growing population" of people who survived an overdose but were left with life-altering brain injuries. It sa...
Jun 05, 2024
