Kamloops news

• Kamloops RCMP investigate suspicious death

  14-10-2026 03:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Police are asking the public for information relating to a death of a 70-year old man found near the North Thompson River in Kamloops, B.C.
  
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• OneBC's Dallas Brodie aims to balance budget, repeal SOGI and unite the right in Oct. 24 election

  03-10-2026 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  OneBC interim Leader Dallas Brodie is raising concerns with David Eby's snap election — but she's making the pitch for her party on Oct. 24.
  
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• Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc pass 'zero-tolerance' policy in wake of white nationalist gathering

  03-10-2026 05:35 via cbc.ca
  
  In the wake of a white nationalist gathering on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc reserve, the First Nation says it has implemented a new tool to help prevent similar future incidents.
  
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• Kamloops councillor awarded 'precedent-setting' costs, damages in mayor's defamation suit

  03-10-2026 02:40 via cbc.ca
  
  A Kamloops city councillor says she's won a "precedent-setting" award for damages, closing out a bitter legal dispute with the city's mayor.
  
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• Woven baskets gifted to Okanagan elder, replacing those lost to wildfire

  30-09-2026 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A B.C. woman who read an Okanagan Indian Band elder's story of losing treasured items in the Bradley Creek wildfire gifted him four woven baskets, believed to be of Syilx origin, from her home.
  
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• Orange Shirt Society kiosk opens in Kamloops, after years of companies selling unaffiliated merchandise

  30-09-2026 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  After years of unaffiliated companies profiting off of Orange Shirt Day, the founder of the Orange Shirt Society has opened her own kiosk to sell official merchandise bearing the society's legal trademark to the term "Every Child Matters."
  
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• 'We're going to find you': Residential school's foundation located in northern Ontario, raising search hopes

  30-09-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Efforts to find unmarked graves at former residential schools in northern Ontario have been picking up in recent months.
  In the Chapleau area, ground-penetrating radar, drones and dogs trained to smell human remains have been used at two former school sites.
  
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• 'It's filling up my spirit': the search continues for residential school students who didn't make it home

  30-09-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Efforts to find unmarked graves at former residential schools in northern Ontario have been picking up in recent months.
  In the Chapleau area, ground-penetrating radar, drones and dogs trained to smell human remains have been used at two former school sites.
  
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• 'We will not be intimidated,' Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc chief says of white nationalist gathering

  28-09-2026 03:56 via cbc.ca
  
  B.C. politicians and leaders are denouncing a gathering of white nationalists on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc reserve near Kamloops, B.C. Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir said the nation received reports Sunday morning of about 20 to 30 masked men on the reserve.
  
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• 'We will not be intimidated': Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc chief after reported white nationalist gathering

  28-09-2026 03:56 via cbc.ca
  
  B.C. politicians and leaders are denouncing an apparent gathering of white nationalists on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc reserve near Kamloops, B.C. Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir says the nation received reports Sunday morning of roughly 30 masked men on the reserve.
  
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• Kamloops man finds rare mastodon tooth on Interior B.C. lakeshore

  24-09-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A man from Kamloops, B.C., has unearthed a prehistoric fossil, marking only the third such discovery in British Columbia.
  
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• Kamloops man finds rare mastodon tooth on B.C. Interior lakeshore

  24-09-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A man from Kamloops, B.C., has unearthed a prehistoric fossil, marking only the third such discovery in British Columbia.
  
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• Meet the party leaders running in B.C.'s provincial election

  23-09-2026 04:02 via cbc.ca
  
  British Columbians are going to the polls about two years ahead of schedule, after NDP Leader David Eby called an early election to be held on Oct. 24. Here's a look at the party leaders.
  
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• After his American Idol elimination, B.C.'s Cameron Whitcomb made it his mission to make it big

  19-09-2026 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Whitcomb earned two nominations at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards last year and took home trophies for breakthrough artist and the coveted fans' choice award.
  
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• Kamloops bridal beauty agency closes amid viral allegations of double-bookings, unpaid debts

  17-09-2026 02:55 via cbc.ca
  
  The sudden closure of the Kamloops-based Cassidy Watt Artistry Collective came after dozens of social media posts from clients in early September.
  
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• Man charged with aggravated assault in Vancouver convenience store shooting

  15-09-2026 02:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Thirty-two-year-old Victor Sorensen-Avila has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon for what Vancouver police say was a robbery at the store.
  
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• Residents of Kamloops neighbourhood raise safety concerns about proposed rail yard

  10-09-2026 01:11 via cbc.ca
  
  The business arm of the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc community has asked the City of Kamloops to support a proposal for a rail staging and storage facility. But locals say they're already struggling with increasingly busy train crossings at the only points of access in and out of the community.
  
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• Defoliated, moth-infested trees create fire concerns for Kamloops residents

  06-09-2026 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Some residents of Kamloops, B.C.'s Juniper Ridge area are concerned that trees defoliated by a needle-eating moth larva could prove to be a fire hazard.
  
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• Critic calls on B.C. to salvage more wildfire-burned timber, province says that's 'unrealistic.' Here's why

  05-09-2026 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer is calling for the province’s salvage rate to rise to 25 per cent and for more efficient access to wildfire-damaged timber.
  
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• Kamloops officials ask for public's help after man attacked by 2 dogs

  04-09-2026 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Eric Dean said he was walking along the riverside trail near his business, Kamloops Precision Machining in the Valleyview neighbourhood, around lunchtime on Wednesday when the attack happened.
  
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• Feds invest $23.5M across 6 B.C. airports

  27-08-2026 00:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Six airports in B.C. are getting an influx of funding from the federal government to improve aging infrastructure.
  
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• After e-scooter death, Kamloops resident wants city to withdraw from B.C. pilot program

  25-08-2026 03:17 via cbc.ca
  
  A Kamloops, B.C., resident has started a petition asking city council to withdraw the city from a provincial pilot program allowing electric kick scooters.
  
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• Ian Paton leaves B.C. Conservative caucus, second MLA to leave since Kerry-Lynne Findlay became leader

  24-08-2026 18:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Ian Paton leaves amid concerns about the direction of Kerry-Lynne Findlay's leadership. Peter Milobar, MLA for Kamloops Centre, left the caucus on Aug. 14, citing differences with the party's new leader.
  
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• Ian Paton leaves B.C. Conservative caucus, says he plans to form a new political party with Peter Milobar

  24-08-2026 18:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Ian Paton says he is leaving amid concerns about the direction of Kerry-Lynne Findlay's leadership. Paton and Peter Milobar, who left the caucus more than a week ago, said they plan to form a new political party with Milobar as interim leader.
  
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• Crops sacrificed, losses mount for B.C. farmers grappling with historic drought

  22-08-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Severe drought in the southern Interior is causing some irrigation systems to virtually run dry.
  
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• Sicamous man admits to killing 66-year-old neighbour in attack caught on camera

  20-08-2026 02:31 via cbc.ca
  
  A chilling story of a killing in the small Shuswap community of Sicamous, B.C., was heard this week in a Kamloops courtroom.
  
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• Finance critic Peter Milobar leaving B.C. Conservative caucus to sit as Independent MLA

  14-08-2026 21:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Peter Milobar will sit as an Independent MLA. He says his value don't align with new B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay.
  
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• How organizations are adapting to a summer of smoke in B.C.'s Interior

  08-08-2026 02:57 via cbc.ca
  
  About 10 per cent of the tourism accommodations in Kelowna are vacant, with about 10 per cent of the occupied hotel rooms taken by wildfire evacuees. Tourism Kelowna says the city has more to offer than outdoor recreation, but last-minute cancellations are linked to smoky skies.
  
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• Outrage grows as northern B.C. lacrosse team barred from provincial championship

  31-07-2026 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Prince George lacrosse team was denied participation in the Tier 1 Provincial Championships after the B.C. Lacrosse Association said it would not let teams who don't belong to a recognized league compete.
  
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• RCMP say missing Red Deer man's remains found 2 years after river rescue attempt in B.C.

  25-07-2026 02:47 via cbc.ca
  
  The remains of a Red Deer man have been found just over two years after he disappeared while attempting a river rescue in British Columbia.
  
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