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Golf Canada's 2025 Canadian All Abilities Championship Teeing Off in Kamloops
The 2025 Canadian All Abilities Championship, presented by BDO, officially gets underway this week at The Dunes at Kamloops, welcoming 48 remarkable athletes. From August 4-7, players with neurologica...
Aug 05, 2025
Record Number of British Columbians Leaving for Other Provinces, Report Finds
A growing number of British Columbians are packing up and leaving for better economic opportunities elsewhere in Canada, setting a new record for interprovincial out-migration. A new report from the B...
Aug 05, 2025 From BCBC Economic Perspectives - Jul 28, 2025
Clearwater Emergency Room access restored after long-weekend closure
Emergency medical services for are now available in the North Thompson corridor after being unavailable through much of this long weekend. Interior Health shut down the ER at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hos...
Aug 04, 2025 Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater/via Interior Health
Kamloops Mayor Files Second Defamation Lawsuit Against Councillor Katie Neustaeter
Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is once again taking legal action against City Councillor Katie Neustaeter, filing a second defamation lawsuit that accuses her of making "false and scandalous" claim...
Aug 01, 2025 Councillor Katie Neustaeter and Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson/via City of Kamloops
Sun Peaks Wildflower Magic Fuels BC Day Weekend Wellness and Adventure
The alpine meadows at Sun Peaks are bursting with color this summer, as wildflowers like arctic lupine, mountain aster, paintbrush, tiger lily, and red columbine reach their peak bloom. Visitors can e...
Aug 01, 2025 Kelly Funk - Sun Peaks Hiking
Othello Tunnels Reopen as Search Continues for Missing Man After Fall Into Coquihalla River
The Othello Tunnels in Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park have reopened to the public, but the search continues for a 19-year-old man who fell into the Coquihalla River near the tunnels on Saturday, Ju...
Aug 01, 2025 The Othello Tunnels near Hope. (Photo via BC Parks)
A "scouts honor" for former Kamloops Blazer executive Stu McGregor
A long time Kamloops Blazers executive and scout has been honoured for his 40 years in hockey. Stu MacGregor has been inducted into the Western Canada Pro Hockey Scouts Foundation Wall of Fame. The ce...
Aug 01, 2025 Former Blazers GM Stu McGregor taking questions from the media at the 2011 NHL Draft during his time as head scout for the Edmonton Oilers/via Oilers
City of Kamloops Announces Departure of Chief Administrative Officer David Trawin
The City of Kamloops announces that David Trawin is no longer employed with the City, effective June 30, 2025. This follows an extended leave of absence that began in March 2024. David Trawin's distin...
Jul 31, 2025 City of Kamloops CAO David Trawin (Credit: Mary Putnam)
Kamloops RCMP Lay 45 Charges in Major Drug and Firearms Investigation
The Kamloops RCMP Targeted Enforcement Unit has laid 45 criminal charges against five individuals following a major investigation into drug trafficking and firearms offenses in the community. Project ...
Jul 31, 2025
Search Continues After Man Jumps from Overlander Bridge
Kamloops RCMP have confirmed that a 23-year-old man is presumed to have drowned after jumping from the west side of the Overlander Bridge during the early evening of July 30. Witnesses reported seeing...
Jul 31, 2025 Overlanders Bridge seen from the west of the span
