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Lytton marks 4 year anniversary of devastating fire with new blaze
As folks in the Shuswap dealt with a fire immediately south of Chase throughout much of the day, another fire in the region would break out on Monday, this one with a very familiar feeling for residen...
Jun 30, 2025 Screen shot of video taken by eyewitness to fire burning on the west side of the Fraser River at Lytton/via Ben Powell on Facebook
TNRD joins Neskonlith in putting residents on alert, under orders due to wildfire near Chase
A fast-moving wildfire which began early Monday afternoon south of Chase on Neskonlith Indian Band territory has now prompted the Thompson Nicola Regional District to put nine properties administers i...
Jun 30, 2025 Photo of the Mount Scatchard wildfire southwest of Chase, which emerged Monday afternoon, prompting evacuation alert for properties in the immediate area/via BC Wildfire Service
Mayor of Kamloops claims assault at hands of local journalist
While the RCMP have not yet weighed in on the situation, the mayor of Kamloops is alleging he was assaulted by a journalist as part of an encounter at a Kamloops pub over the weekend. Reid Hamer-Jacks...
Jun 30, 2025 Castanet Kamloops News Director Tim Petruk (L) and Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson (R)
Kamloops Gears Up for Canada Day 2025
The City of Kamloops is inviting residents and visitors to join in a full day of family-friendly fun this Canada Day, Tuesday, July 1, at Riverside Park, culminating in a much-anticipated return of th...
Jun 30, 2025
A 90 day driving ban after igniting a fire near Merritt
A suspected impaired driver has been hit with an Immediate Roadside Prohibition after their vehicle crashed and ignited a small wildfire near Nicola Lake on Sunday, June 29. According to Merritt RCMP,...
Jun 30, 2025
Kamloops Launches Responsible Liquor Pilot at Riverside Park
The City of Kamloops has officially launched a new Responsible Liquor Consumption Pilot Program in Riverside Park, allowing adults aged 19 and older to bring and consume their own alcoholic beverages ...
Jun 30, 2025
Skwlax Nation votes for new leadership direction in north Shuswap
A shake-up at the top of the Skwlax Nation -- formerly known as the Little Shuswap. James Tomma has been defeated in a vote for Kukpi7 [Chief] as part of a balloting process which took place Saturday....
Jun 29, 2025 Dianne Francois, new Kukpi7 [chief) of the Skwlax Nation following a Saturday election/via Skwlax Nation Website
Kamloops Blazers extend NHL Draft streak with picks to Chicago, Edmonton
A pair Kamloops Blazers have been taken in this year's NHL Entry Draft -- both in the 3rd round out of Los Angeles. Forward Nathan Behm went first out of the gate on Saturday morning, landing in the a...
Jun 28, 2025 Nathan Behm (L) and Tommy Lafreniere (R) taken in NHL Draft Saturday/via Kamloops Blazers
Questions and concerns remain after Interior Health sidelines CEO
It's a question which may not ever be fully answered -- did she take the plunge herself, or was she pushed out as the Chief Executive of Interior Health. In a statement issued Friday morning, the Inte...
Jun 27, 2025 Outgoing President and CEO of Interior Health, Susan Brown/via Interior Health
Kamloops Food Bank Wins National Excellence Award Amid Soaring Demand
The Kamloops Food Bank has once again received national recognition for its outstanding service, being awarded the Excellence in Food Banking Award for a large food bank during last week's Food Banks ...
Jun 27, 2025 left to right: Mary-Jo Hewat (President of the Board Food Banks Canada), Bernadette Siracky, Kirsten Beardsley (CEO, Food Banks Canada,) and James Schnackenberg.
Credit: Food Banks Canada
