Kamloops

12,000 BC Hydro customers without power north of Kamloops. (BC Hydro)

More than 12K BC Hydro customers without power in Kamloops, Clearwater, Valemount

Transmission circuit failure is to blame for the outage

 

Campfire. (Black Press Media - File)

Campfire ban in effect for Kamloops Fire Centre

The ban starts June 8 at noon

 

Fire just off Highway 1 in Kamloops. (@PavGill/ Twitter)

Large fire at recycling centre in Kamloops

The blaze at Emterra in Valleyview started at about 11:30 a.m. on June 6

  • Jun 6, 2023

 

Smoke can be seen rising from the area near Kootenay Way as of noon on June 5, 2023. (G. Scott Stewart photo/Twitter)

UPDATE: Grassfire near Kamloops reaches three hectares, not expected to spread

The fire call came in at about noon on Monday, June 5

  • Jun 5, 2023
Smoke can be seen rising from the area near Kootenay Way as of noon on June 5, 2023. (G. Scott Stewart photo/Twitter)
The Duck Divas have been hiding tiny resin ducks across B.C. to bring a smile to people's faces. (The Duck Divas/Facebook)

The sneaky Duck Divas have been hiding tiny fowl across B.C.’s Interior

Tiny, colourful ducks have been found in Abbotsford, Merritt and Kamloops

The Duck Divas have been hiding tiny resin ducks across B.C. to bring a smile to people's faces. (The Duck Divas/Facebook)
Black Press File Photo

Man arrested after paddling to escape police near Chase

The 23-year-old Tumbler Ridge man is now in custody

Black Press File Photo
Jessie Simpson blowing kisses to the camera. (Sue Simpson/Facebook)

Call for cards as Kamloops attack victim turns 26

Sue Simpson requests cards every Christmas and every July for Jessie’s birthday

  • May 29, 2023
Jessie Simpson blowing kisses to the camera. (Sue Simpson/Facebook)
A fence and some vegetation went up in flames in the 100-block of West Seymour Street, near Victoria Street West, at about 10:30 p.m. on May 16, 2023. (Reeve Harrison/Facebook)

String of suspicious fires continues in Kamloops

May 16 blaze was 20th in past two months

  • May 18, 2023
A fence and some vegetation went up in flames in the 100-block of West Seymour Street, near Victoria Street West, at about 10:30 p.m. on May 16, 2023. (Reeve Harrison/Facebook)
Sue and Jessie Simpson with the minion cake made specially for an honour ceremony for Jessie held on May 6, 2023. (Facebook/Sue Simpson)

Smudged, honoured, and blessed: Ceremony held for Kamloops attack victim

Jessie Simpson said the party was one of the best days of his life

  • May 10, 2023
Sue and Jessie Simpson with the minion cake made specially for an honour ceremony for Jessie held on May 6, 2023. (Facebook/Sue Simpson)
Ryan Shtuka went missing from Sun Peaks in February of 2018. He was 19 at the time. (File photo)

2 calls, 1 day: Group looks for tipster in case of Ryan Shtuka, missing from Sun Peaks since 2018

The 19-year-old was last seen at a party in Sun Peaks Feb. 17, 2018

Ryan Shtuka went missing from Sun Peaks in February of 2018. He was 19 at the time. (File photo)
The former Greyhound bus depot at Notre Dame Drive and Laval Crescent in Southgate is now a shelter for the homeless and will remain as such until at least March 31, 2025.Dave Eagles/KTW

‘Waste to use the naloxone’: Kamloops Mounties apologize for comments about overdose victim

Supt. Jeff Pelley confirmed the incidents took place and said two complaints from the CMHA were reviewed

  • Apr 27, 2023
The former Greyhound bus depot at Notre Dame Drive and Laval Crescent in Southgate is now a shelter for the homeless and will remain as such until at least March 31, 2025.Dave Eagles/KTW
Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has been the pilot location for a project aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of Interior Health operations. (Kamloops This Week photo)

Interior Health captures gases in Kamloops pilot project to lower carbon footprint

Waste anesthetic gases are being recaptured to help both the hospital environment and Earth

  • Apr 27, 2023
Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has been the pilot location for a project aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of Interior Health operations. (Kamloops This Week photo)
The home’s latest assessed value according to BC Assessment is $973,000 and the riverfront home at 1715 Clifford Ave. in Brocklehurst is now on the market with an asking price of$850,000. (Remax photo)

Home of Kamloops baseball attacker now on the market

The Clifford Avenue house is for sale for $850,000, with proceeds going to victim’s mom, Sue Simpson

  • Apr 25, 2023
The home’s latest assessed value according to BC Assessment is $973,000 and the riverfront home at 1715 Clifford Ave. in Brocklehurst is now on the market with an asking price of$850,000. (Remax photo)
Police have identified the body of Gregory Troy Hamilton as the man found in a Valleyview dumpster on Thursday, April 20. (Photo courtesy of Kamloops RCMP)

Man found dead in Kamloops dumpster was transient resident of 100 Mile House: police

Police having ID’d the man in hopes of determining how he died

  • Apr 24, 2023
Police have identified the body of Gregory Troy Hamilton as the man found in a Valleyview dumpster on Thursday, April 20. (Photo courtesy of Kamloops RCMP)
Firefighters work on dousing the blaze. (Dave Eagles/KTW)

Grassfire now under control in Kamloops west end

Fire sparked in Strathcona Park

  • Apr 19, 2023
Firefighters work on dousing the blaze. (Dave Eagles/KTW)
Dan Huska, left, and his son Hudson were in Kamloops to compete in an archery competition April 15 and 16. (Photo

Cariboo Archers compete in Kamloops for 3-D event

Cariboo Archers from Williams Lake attended a Kamloops Bowbenders 3D shoot on…

  • Apr 19, 2023
Dan Huska, left, and his son Hudson were in Kamloops to compete in an archery competition April 15 and 16. (Photo
Blackwell Dairy Farm in Kamloops is selling chocolate egg nog for Easter. (Blackwell Dairy Farm/Facebook)

Egg nog for Easter? Kamloops dairy farm releases new chocolate nog ahead of holiday weekend

Blackwell Dairy Farm’s chocolate egg nog is available at stores in Vernon and Kelowna

  • Apr 5, 2023
Blackwell Dairy Farm in Kamloops is selling chocolate egg nog for Easter. (Blackwell Dairy Farm/Facebook)
Jo-Anne Donovan, 57, who was found deceased near her Kamloops home at the Warren’s Trailer Court on March 22. An autopsy has declared her death a homicide. (Jo-Anne Donovan/Facebook)

Autopsy confirms missing Kamloops woman’s death was a homicide

The body of 57-year-old Jo-Anne Donovan was found near her home on March 22

  • Mar 29, 2023
Jo-Anne Donovan, 57, who was found deceased near her Kamloops home at the Warren’s Trailer Court on March 22. An autopsy has declared her death a homicide. (Jo-Anne Donovan/Facebook)
The rail crossing near the intersection of Tranquille and Ord rds in Kamloops. (Google Maps)

Back to the wild west in Kamloops: CN police investigate train robbery

There are no details on if anything was taken

  • Mar 28, 2023
The rail crossing near the intersection of Tranquille and Ord rds in Kamloops. (Google Maps)
Royal Inland Hospital is in downtown Kamloops, at Columbia Street and Third Avenue. (Dave Eagles/Kamloops This Week)

Merritt man files complaint over derogatory comments on medical file

Physiotherapist at Royal Inland Hospital referred to patient as ‘redneck hick to death’ and ‘uneducated’

  • Mar 21, 2023
Royal Inland Hospital is in downtown Kamloops, at Columbia Street and Third Avenue. (Dave Eagles/Kamloops This Week)