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Search called off for missing Kamloops firefighter presumed drowned in Okanagan Lake
Search and rescue teams have called off the search for a missing Kamloops firefighter after nine days. Fifty-three-year-old Brian Lannon disappeared while scuba diving in Okanagan Lake near Kelowna on...
May 25, 2021
Blazers general manager Bardsley resigning from hockey club for family reasons
The Kamloops Blazers will be looking for a new general manager, as Matt Bardsley has announced he will be resigning. Bardsley has been the team's GM since June 1, 2018, and will transition over the co...
May 25, 2021
House fire brought under control in Westmount Monday evening
(Photo: Nathan Ritchie) A home in Westmount was damaged by fire early this evening. Kamloops Fire Rescue was called to the fire at a home at 631 Collingwood Drive at about 6 p.m. Photos from the scene...
May 24, 2021
Interior Health issues drug alert for Merritt
Interior Health has issued a drug alert for the Merritt area. The health authority says ecstasy (MDMA/MDA) is being laced with MDA and fentanyl before being sold. IHA says it is a beige/off-white pres...
May 21, 2021
Montana Onyebuchi signs amateur tryout agreement with AHL's San Jose Barracuda
As we told you last week, overage Blazers defenceman Montana Onyebuchi is already onto the chapter of his young hockey career. The 21-year-old Dugald, Manitoba native has signed an amateur tryout agre...
May 21, 2021
Kamloops homeowners to begin getting 2021 property tax notices this weekend
As homeowners in Kamloops begin getting their 2021 property tax notices this May long weekend, city staff are reminding people about a significant change this year. Revenue and Taxation Manager, Cara ...
May 21, 2021
Mayor encouraging younger Kamloopsians to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian is encouraging younger Kamloopsians to go out and get a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. "That's the age group that I really want to see, that kind of 20 to 40 age grou...
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KFR, City of Kamloops to begin handing out $500 fines for illegal fires within city limits
Consider it a final warning... The city of Kamloops says starting June 1, people who are found lighting bonfires and campfires within city limits - including at Cooney Bay - will be fined a minimum of...
May 21, 2021
Trio of Kamloops schools reporting new COVID-19 exposures
A trio of new school exposures are being reported in the city of Kamloops. Interior Health says there was an exposure of COVID-19 at Brock Middle School on May 13, 14, 17, and 18. Another exposure at ...
May 21, 2021
Greg Moore appointed new BCLC board chair
Greg Moore, a former interim president and CEO of the Kamloops-based British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC), has been named the new chair of the board. The former mayor of Port Coquitlam begins a...
May 21, 2021
