Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Damaged X-Ray machine, CT scanner to be replaced in March: Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - Inside the medical imaging department at Royal Inland Hospital is a clear construction site, where repairs are being made to rooms that were once occupied by an X-Ray machine and CT scanner...
Jan 18, 2023
YKA sees 146 per cent passenger increase in 2022, inches closer to pre-pandemic levels
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Airport (YKA) is getting closer to seeing pre-pandemic levels of passengers again.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan. 18), YKA Managing Director Ed Ratuski says, in the fourth...
Jan 18, 2023
2022 Campout to End Youth Homelessness raises more than $110,000 for Katherine's Place
KAMLOOPS - The in-person return of the Campout to End Youth Homelessness raised some much-needed funds.In a news release, A Way Home Kamloops - the non-profit organization that aims to eliminate youth...
Jan 18, 2023
Hudson's Bay announces plans to open Zellers in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Nearly a decade after hanging Zeddy's yellow shirt to the rafters of Target, the Canadian retail chain Zellers is bringing its grey and red ambience back to Kamloops. Zellers announced that...
Jan 18, 2023
Vehicle incident halts traffic on Highway 5 north of Kamloops early Wednesday
UPDATE (8 a.m.): DriveBC says Highway 5 north of Heffley Creek is now open to single-lane alternating traffic.Another update is due at 10 a.m., although DriveBC tells drivers to expect minor delays in...
Jan 18, 2023
Ottawa sending 200 Canadian-made armoured vehicles as defence minister visits Ukraine
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says the federal government will provide 200 armoured vehicles to the Ukrainian military. Anand announced the contribution during a visit to Kyiv today, where the...
Jan 18, 2023
City of Kamloops survey finds decline in satisfaction with residents pointing to crime, homelessness
KAMLOOPS - The contention that residents are feeling less settled about life in Kamloops now has some data to back it up.Kamloops council received the 2022 Citizen Satisfaction Survey at its regular m...
Jan 17, 2023
Nurse vacancy rate down, short staffing challenges continue at RIH
KAMLOOPS - There are 460 vacancies at Royal Inland Hospital, 300 of which are nurses. It makes for a 28 per cent vacancy rate among nurses - down from 33 per cent last spring at the height of the staf...
Jan 17, 2023
Investigation finds 10 allegations of harassment substantiated against one of two TRU administrators
KAMLOOPS - Almost two years after anonymous complaints of discrimination and harassment were made against two senior administrators at TRU, the university released details of it's completed investigat...
Jan 17, 2023
Killer who dumped teen's body near Savona in 2000 has parole restored after four-month suspension
VANCOUVER - A man who killed a teenager and dumped his body near Savona in 2000 has had his parole restored - against the advice of his court-appointed Case Management Team.Fifteen-year-old Vivien Mor...
Jan 17, 2023
