Local News Kamloops, Merritt and Areas

Search/Filter Results

Mail carriers taken off Kamloops streets due to air quality
July 17, 2017 - 2:38 PM

KAMLOOPS – Mail service in Kamloops has been once again suspended by Canada Post as the air quality worsens.
UPDATE: Missing Kamloops girl found safe and sound
July 17, 2017 - 12:40 PM

UPDATE: 12:35 p.m. Monday, July 17, 2017
UPDATE: Missing Kelowna man found
July 17, 2017 - 12:11 PM

UPDATE: 12:04 p.m. Monday, July 17, 2017
Some showers expected during hot and smoky week in Kamloops
July 17, 2017 - 10:30 AM

KAMLOOPS – Showers are expected later this week after more than a month without any precipitation in Kamloops.
Eight homes confirmed destroyed in Okanagan Centre blaze
July 16, 2017 - 5:59 PM

LAKE COUNTRY – Eight homes have been destroyed by a wildfire in Lake Country.
Meeting planned for Clearwater tonight to discuss wildfires
July 16, 2017 - 4:08 PM

CLEARWATER – A public meeting is being held tonight in Clearwater with local officials.
Evacuation order issued for areas in and around Clearwater
July 16, 2017 - 11:02 AM

KAMLOOPS – Evacuation orders have been issued for addresses in the District of Clearwater and East Blackpool area.
More evacuation alerts and orders issued as Ashcroft Reserve Fire continues moving north
July 16, 2017 - 10:14 AM

KAMLOOPS – Part of Clinton is under an evacuation order as the Ashcroft Reserve Fire continues to grow.
UPDATED: Wildfire continues to burn in Lake Country
July 16, 2017 - 9:01 AM

KELOWNA – Over 330 properties have been evacuated and an estimated 10 structures damaged by a wild fire still burning in Lake Country.
UPDATE: Lake Country wildfire 80 per cent contained
July 16, 2017 - 6:13 AM

KELOWNA – As many as ten homes may have been lost in a 30-hectare fire in Lake Country but the fire is now 80 per cent contained.
More ...

iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Why butchers are making a comeback in B.C.
Being a butcher is much more than standing in a freezer and hacking meat with a knife, and a butchery instructor in Kamloops says the craft is rising in popularity. Corey Davison is an assistant teaching professor in the retail meat process

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Vernon homeowners to see whopping 10% tax increase
Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year. With little debate, Vernon council approved the 9.91% increase – a rate four times that of inflation.

Local News Kamloops, Merritt and Areas

Kamloops

Kelowna

Penticton

Vernon