Category Archives: Local News Now

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has signed a $300-million investment deal with New Gold Inc., and a subsequent major cash infusion into the New Afton mine near Kamloops. Under the agreement, the pensio...

Two men from Ontario were killed in a fiery crash on Highway 1, near Three Valley Gap about 20 km west of Revelstoke last Saturday. RCMP say the crash involved two commercials vehicles, noting that an...

The cost for the City of Kamloops to insure its assets is going up by nearly 20 per cent this year, by $120,000, to $725,000. Finance Director Kathy Humphrey says the main reason is the replacement va...

It appears a rail blockade near Chase, east of Kamloops on Canadian Pacific rail lines has been reinstated. Set up opposite the Neskonlith Hall, photos posted to facebook say it is in solidarity with ...

Kamloops RCMP say a 58-year-old man who had been reported missing on Monday, Feb. 24 has been found.  

The Chair of the Childhood Obesity Foundation is praising the BC government's decision to add the "sugar tax" to soft drinks, but believes more could be done. Doctor Tom Warshawski says the conversati...

A water valve failure has led to an emergency water main shutdown in Aberdeen today. The city of Kamloops says all properties on Muirfield Road, St. Andrews Way, and St. Andrews Court are affected, al...

The BC Teachers Federation is heading back to the bargaining table this week. BCTF President Teri Mooring says it is set to resume negotiations on a new contract on Thursday. She says they have dates ...

The Capital Project Manager for Kamloops says work on phase two of the Tranquille Sanitary Main Upgrade Project will begin this spring. Darren Crundwell says this project is scheduled for completion i...

Filming of Jurassic World 3 will be moving into Merritt for nearly two weeks, starting tomorrow. City manager Scott Hildebrand says that will draw attention to the community which he expects mean an e...