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Kamloops Sees 14 Drug Toxicity Deaths in May and June 2025
Kamloops has lost 14 people to unregulated drug toxicity in May and June 2025 alone, according to preliminary data from the BC Coroners Service. This recent increase follows 16 deaths in the first fou...
Jul 31, 2025 NewAfrica / Depositphotos.com
Kamloops Council Passes Amendment to Public Notice Procedures Amid Debate Over Public Engagement
Kamloops City Council has passed the Council Procedure Amendment Bylaw No. 59-4, 2025, during its meeting Tuesday afternoon, revising the City's procedure for posting public notices. The bylaw formall...
Jul 31, 2025
Evacuation orders issued in Fraser Canyon wildfire zone
The first evacuation orders have been issued from the Cantilever Bar wildfire burning southwest of Lytton. The Lytton First Nation is ordering residents out of two of its reservation areas adjacent to...
Jul 31, 2025 Smoke emanating from burned out areas of the Cantilever Bar wildfire in the Lytton area/via Tricia Thorpe
Lytton-area wildfire expands through Wednesday on northwest track
The fast-moving wildfire which broke out Monday afternoon in an area southwest of Lytton has continued its march through the 'westside' area of the community. The BC Wildfire Service is now reporting ...
Jul 31, 2025 View along Fraser River at Lytton (south to north) showing two CN train bridges which cross Fraser River, with smoke from late July, 2025 wildfire burning along the west of the Fraser/via BC Wildfire Service
Lightning caused fires break out north of Kamloops
UPDATE 1:52 P.M. July 31: The larger of two lightning-caused wildfires near Heffley Creek, identified as K21136, has now grown to 4.89 hectares, according to the BC Wildfire Service. Crews have deploy...
Jul 30, 2025 Wildfire in the Heffley Creek area to the north of Kamloops. One of two lightning-caused fires which broke out on Wednesday/via Patti Phillips (July, 2025)
Kamloops-area golfer earns spot at prestigious US championship event
Another big achievement for a young Kamloops-area golfer. Wyatt Brook, who plays out of Rivershore Golf Links, is headed to a US national championship tournament. The 26 year-old fired a four-under-67...
Jul 30, 2025 Final scoreboard from the 2025 US Amateur Championship Qualifying Tournament in Tacoma, Washington won by Kamloops-area golfer Wyatt Brook/via USGA
St. Andrew's Restoration Moves Forward as Kamloops Council Approves Final Funding Package
Kamloops City Council has unanimously approved a comprehensive funding plan to complete the restoration and improvement of St. Andrew's on the Square, over a year after a fire damaged the city's oldes...
Jul 29, 2025 St. Andrews on the Square (Photo via City of Kamloops)
Wildfire explodes in size in Fraser Canyon, threatening homes as heatwave sets in
A fast-moving wildfire has now torched at least 150 hectares in an area southwest of Lytton in the Fraser Canyon, on the more isolated west side of the Fraser River. The now-named Cantilever Bar fire ...
Jul 29, 2025 A closer view of the early hours of the now-named Cantilever Bar fire southwest of Lytton/via Tricia Thorpe
Kamloops Chef Zainab Oladipo to Attempt Record-Breaking 300-Hour Cooking Marathon for Charity
This summer, Kamloops chef and entrepreneur is turning up the heat with an ambitious goal: to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon. Starting July 29, Oladipo will cook non-...
Jul 28, 2025 Photo from Instagram
Shoplifting Soars Despite Crime Drop: Kamloops RCMP Signal Alarms Over Retail Theft Surge
Kamloops RCMP Superintendent Jeff Pelley is sounding the alarm over a sharp and sustained rise in shoplifting across the city-even as overall property crime continues to decline. Speaking Thursday at ...
Jul 28, 2025
