News Items tag as: Kamloops news

iN PHOTOS: Blue hour sets moody ambiance in Okanagan, Kamloops
January 27, 2025 - 6:00 AM

On clear days at daybreak, and during the last stages of evening twilight, a natural blue light casts a calm and moody glow on urban and rural landscapes in Kamloops and the Okanagan.
From Kamloops to the Sahara: Endurance runner's all-out effort to raise $250K for cancer
January 25, 2025 - 7:00 AM

With his sights set on one of the world's toughest races, Caleb English's road to the Sahara is marked by a consistent hunger for the extra kilometre at the end of each finish line.
Another opens, two set to close in Kamloops shelter whack-a-mole
January 24, 2025 - 6:00 PM

A Kamloops homeless shelter is opening on the North Shore for the first time in years, scheduled to house up to 44 people for nearly two years.
RCMP say shooting in Kamloops early this morning was targeted
January 24, 2025 - 10:19 AM

A man was shot in Kamloops early this morning and police say it seems like a targeted attack.
Meat aisle sticker shock? Buying local beef in Kamloops, Okanagan an affordable option
January 24, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Some shoppers at major grocery outlets in Kamloops and the Okanagan are suffering from sticker shock when looking at the costs of meat these days, especially beef, and the staggering prices are prompting more interest in sourcing the protein locally.
iN PHOTOS: Hungry predators on the hunt in Okanagan, Kamloops
January 24, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Winter skies and backcountry landscapes in Kamloops and the Okanagan abound with birds of prey and hungry mammals busily hunting for their next meals.
Province moves to seize accused Kamloops area drug dealer's home a second time
January 23, 2025 - 7:00 PM

An accused drug dealer facing multiple criminal charges is facing another court challenge as the province aims to seize her Clearwater house.
Destructive Japanese beetles found in Kamloops, a first for BC Interior
January 23, 2025 - 6:00 PM

A coordinated effort to eradicate an invasive beetle in BC has made some progress in the Lower Mainland, but that didn't stop the insect from making its first known migration to the Interior.
RCMP say Kamloops stabbing was targeted
January 23, 2025 - 1:32 PM

RCMP say a man was stabbed on Kamloops' North Shore Wednesday night is lucky a passerby found him in a bush.
No charges for Kamloops RCMP officer who knocked a teenager off his bike
January 23, 2025 - 1:04 PM

A Kamloops RCMP officer is not going to be charged for knocking a teenage robbery suspect off his bike in 2021.
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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 January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jon

iN PHOTOS: Heated domes provide one-of-a-kind Okanagan winter dining experience
The dining domes at a West Kelowna winery offer customers a unique and extravagant experience during the cold and dreary winter months in the Okanagan. With fluffy brown and white blankets draped over cushioned chairs, tables draped with bl

UBCO researchers determine how many tokes from a joint equal a bong hit
Seven years after Canada legalized cannabis there is still no reliable way for aspiring stoners to find out the effects of different methods for getting high, and University of British Columbia Okanagan scientists are trying to fix that. Re

Only 10 per cent of Kelowna rental building permits are affordable housing
Roughly 10 per cent of building permits for new rentals in Kelowna are going to be affordable, despite that the city's housing policy manager said the rental market is starting to make a turn for the better. “We're going to be

News Items tag as: Kamloops news

iN PHOTOS: Blue hour sets moody ambiance in Okanagan, Kamloops

From Kamloops to the Sahara: Endurance runner's all-out effort to raise $250K for cancer

Another opens, two set to close in Kamloops shelter whack-a-mole

RCMP say shooting in Kamloops early this morning was targeted

Meat aisle sticker shock? Buying local beef in Kamloops, Okanagan an affordable option

iN PHOTOS: Hungry predators on the hunt in Okanagan, Kamloops

Province moves to seize accused Kamloops area drug dealer's home a second time

Destructive Japanese beetles found in Kamloops, a first for BC Interior

RCMP say Kamloops stabbing was targeted

No charges for Kamloops RCMP officer who knocked a teenager off his bike

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