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Kamloops workers join province-wide picket lines as public service strike expands
Government workers in Kamloops will be on the picket lines starting Tuesday morning, as the BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) and Professional Employees Association (PEA) expand strike action across...
Sep 08, 2025 NewAfrica / Depositphotos.com
Kamloops family grieves after fatal Coquihalla crash, launches GoFundMe
The community is rallying behind a grieving family after a tragic head-on collision on the Coquihalla Highway claimed the life of Maduni Chathurda, a young mother and wife. The fatal crash occurred Fr...
Sep 08, 2025
B.C. drone company expanding to Kamloops, eyes future of firefighting and training
A Vancouver Island-based drone company is taking off in Kamloops, hoping proximity to the BC Wildfire Service Headquarters and Thompson Rivers University will position it at the forefront of drone-bas...
Sep 08, 2025
Mother of "missing" Kamloops man issues online plea which confirms likely murder of son
The mother of a 25-year-old Kamloops man who is believed to be the victim of a recent targeted killing is reaching out for help in getting answers -- and justice -- for her son. Tina Bain, the mother ...
Sep 07, 2025 Suspected murder victim Dillen Bain/via Tina Bain on Facebook
Poor air quality in Kamloops expected to peak overnight Saturday before easing
Air quality in Kamloops and throughout much of the Southern Interior is expected to see some ebbs and flows through the rest of the weekend, but with the good possibility of some foul air through Satu...
Sep 06, 2025 Air Quality map of North America/via IQair
Fatal Coquihalla crash south of Kamloops Friday night with possible ties to previous crime
BC Highway Patrol has confirmed that two people are dead following a head-on crash along the Coquihalla south of Kamloops on Friday evening. RCMP have confirmed that a vehicle reported to them headed ...
Sep 06, 2025 Vehicles stuck northbound for several kilometers behind area of head-on crash on Coquihalla Friday evening near Inks Lake turnoff/via Cassidy Delaney on Facebook
Hurlbert leads Kamloops with hat trick in first game action as Blazer Friday night
It took JP Hurlbert just 36 seconds to score his first goal in the Western Hockey League, as he would help lead the Blazers to their first pre-season victory - a romp over the Kelowna Rockets on Frida...
Sep 05, 2025 Newly-signed Blazers forward JP Hurlbert scoring his first goal for Kamloops against Kelowna goaltender Nathan Kam on Friday at the Sandman Centre/via Brian Johnson
Coquihalla reopens after main alternate route to Lower Mainland becomes cut off
After being shuttered by a wildfire on Wednesday, the Coquihalla Highway is once-again open. DriveBC says authorities are allowing traffic along the Merritt to Hope stretch once again (as of noon), af...
Sep 05, 2025 Smoke from the Mine Creek fire just north of the Coquihalla Summit. That fire had shut down the Merritt to Hope section of the Highway from Wednesday afternoon until noon on Friday/via BC Wildfire Service
Kamloops committee approves updates to city procurement policy
The City of Kamloops is making changes to its procurement policy to ensure it stays up to date and continues to support transparency, accountability, and good value for taxpayers. At a recent Governan...
Sep 05, 2025
City eyes tech solution to tackle most frequent resident complaint: missed waste collection
In a bid to address the city's most common service complaint-missed waste collection-the Governance and Service Excellence Committee received an update this week on an innovative, low-cost solution th...
Sep 05, 2025 Photo via City of Kamloops
