The paper was founded in 1931 as the Kamloops Shopper by George Duncan Brown.

George Dawson and Watt Francis took the paper over in 1937 and called it the Kamloops Advertiser.

By 1986 the paper was published six days a week and the name changed to The Kamloops Daily News.

[2] Along with several other small British Columbia dailies, The Kamloops Daily News was one of the last Canadian properties to be held by Hollinger Inc., the media conglomerate owned by Conrad Black.

[3] On January 6, 2014, the Daily News announced its closure within 60 days, citing economic reasons.