Category Archives: Local News Now

A child and an adult man were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds after a police chase in Merritt yesterday, which has led to an investigation by the police watchdog. Just before 4 p.m. yesterday, M...

Interior Health has issued an drug alert because of a toxic substance being sold in Kamloops. It says a purple powder being sold as down contains a high toxicity of fentanyl as well as benzodiazepines...

The City of Kamloops is officially looking to partner with a consultant to study the feasibility and location for a new bridge across the Thompson River, west of the Overlanders Bridge. It issued a re...

The Bonaparte Indian Band and the company behind a large railyard expansion project have come to an agreement concerning ancestral remains unearthed in Ashcroft. The agreement on an alternative burial...

On the heels of the driest spring in the Kamloops area in 120 years, the BC Wildfire Service says a ban on open fires and fireworks in the Kamloops Fire Centre will go into effect next week. As of noo...

Former Kamloops Blazer Dave Chyzowski is back in the game as the new Head Coach and General Manager of the Merritt Centennials. The Centennials Board of Directors have approved a two-year deal with an...

UPDATE June 5 - Kamloops RCMP say an 18 year old who was last seen around 5 p.m. on June 3 has been found.

Transport Canada says the area above the former Kamloops residential school is now a no-fly zone. The federal government department has issued a NOTAM, or Notice to Airmen, that restricts all air traf...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on the Catholic Church to "step up'' and take responsibility for its role in Canada's residential school system. Trudeau says as a Catholic he is deeply disapp...

Homes in Kamloops sold for almost 20 per cent more last month compared to May of 2020. The Kamloops and District Real Estate Association says the average home price last month was $547,387, compared t...