Author Archives: Dave Barry
Sun Peaks resort confirms positive test for COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - An employee at Sun Peaks Resort has tested positive for COVID-19.The company issued a statement yesterday, saying the resort worker is in a non-guest facing role and tested positive at some...
Jul 30, 2020
GINTA: Don't let summer temptations lead to bad decisions
SUMMER IS ON AND THOUGH EVERYONE hoped that the virus will just succumb to hot weather, that's not the case. Summer weather draws people out and many choose to do it the 'old' way - huddling together ...
Jul 28, 2020
Evason becomes full-time Wild coach
Minneapolis - Dean Evason is now the full-time coach of the Minnesota Wild. GM Bill Guerin announced today that the former Kamloops player and Blazers coach would have the "interim" tag dropped from h...
Jul 13, 2020
One person to hospital after boating accident
KAMLOOPS - One person taken to hospital by air ambulance Saturday after a boating incident off Tobiano on Kamloops Lake. Indications are that a group were boating on the lake when one person suffered ...
Jul 12, 2020
Canada Day celebrations held in cars at Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition
VANCOUVER - Organizers at the Pacific National Exhibition hosted a live parade on Canada Day, but with a twist. Spokeswoman Laura Ballance says it was a "reverse parade" where people stayed in their c...
Jul 01, 2020
Missing Kamloops teen located
KAMLOOPS - This missing person has been located.
Jul 01, 2020
Kamloops boat launches close - again
KAMLOOPS - Rising waters have led to a decision to close boat launches in Kamloops once again. The City says the launches at Pioneer Park, McArthur Island and Thompson Drive will be closed for the for...
Jun 25, 2020
Longtime KIBT executive has passed away
KAMLOOPS --- A well known and longtime coach and sports volunteer in Kamloops has died. Dean Padar passed away yesterday of cancer at the age of 53. A longtime executive and former president and curre...
Jun 10, 2020
B.C. businesses want safe reopenings even if it means taking extra time
VICTORIA - Plans to restart British Columbia's economy are on a slow and steady approach as businesses strive to protect staff and customers from COVID-19. Greg McAuley runs 10 Tim Hortons outlets in ...
May 19, 2020
No fatal crashes but plenty of speeders on BC highways
KAMLOOPS - The good news is that no lives were lost on B.C. highways over the Victoria Day long weekend. The bad news is that concerns about excessive speeds across the province are real. In a news re...
May 19, 2020
