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B.C. Housing paid $2 million over assessed value for Kamloops motel
B.C. Housing paid roughly $2 million above the tax assessed value for the Fortune Motel…

UPDATE: 9 hectare grassfire near Merritt under control
B.C. Wildfire Service crews are monitoring for hotspots after a grassfire sparked by a vehicle…

Kamloops announces plans for Virtual Canada Day
Kamloops is going to have another virtual Canada Day. The City partnered with the Kamloops…

Evacuation alerts continue as wildfire near Lytton grows to 110 hectares
The wildfire burning near Lytton in the Fraser Canyon has grown to 110 hectares and…

Highly-visible wildfire sparked close to Coquihalla Highway near Kamloops
Fire crews are responding to a highly visible wildfire near Kamloops and the Coquihalla Highway…

‘Grieving what could have been’: Kamloops school teacher reflects on pandemic year
Teachers in B.C. are wrapping up a challenging teaching year. Pandemic restrictions have reshaped classrooms…
UPDATE: Former CAO was, by far, TNRD’s highest paid staff member last year
The former CAO of the Thompson Nicola Regional District was the highest paid staff member…

Commercial truck driver killed in fiery crash with fully loaded lumber truck on Okanagan Connector
A commercial truck driver was killed in fiery collision involving a fully-loaded truck hauling lumber…

Innocent woman narrowly escaped gang violence in Kamloops, court heard
A woman staying in a Kamloops hotel found herself to be an unwitting victim in…

Kamloops to celebrate Canada Day virtually, encourage Indigenous heritage education
A virtual Canada Day event in Kamloops will include an added focus on Indigenous culture…

Tk’emlups says no to funding hospital district through non-member property taxes
Tk'emlups te Secwepemc has denied the Thompson Regional Hospital District's request to add non-member residents…

Kamloops family had valuables and vehicle stolen while they slept
A family in Kamloops awoke on Saturday morning to find their North Shore home was…

Tk’emlúps asks visitors to slow pace and follow pandemic protocols
The First Nations Health Authority and the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation are advising people…

Major crash closes Trans-Canada near Chase
Highway 1 is closed in both directions this afternoon between Kamloops and Salmon Arm to…

‘I’m still processing’: Indigenous man walks from Kelowna to Kamloops Residential School
Rob Mercer has walked over 200 kilometres of his journey from his home in Kelowna…