Author Archives: Doug Collins
ASK Wellness pitches in to clean twenty Kamloops streets in twenty days
KAMLOOPS - Each year, when the sun heats up and the snow melts, a bounty of litter is revealed on city streets. Each year, different community organizations step up and clean up much of that litter th...
May 11, 2021
Blazers go to town on Rockets
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers were not nice house guests in Kelowna last night. Connor Levis had three goals and two assists and Fraser Minten scored once and set up four more as the Kamloops Blazer...
May 11, 2021
'There wasn't a moment where I was scared': Salmon Arm mother grateful for RIH saving son's life
KAMLOOPS - Six hours of surgery, four blood transfusions, and 131 staples to shut the wounds.After all that and a 15-day stay at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH), 14-year-old Seth Blackburn of Salmon Arm c...
May 10, 2021
Florentine president says staffing issues among reasons for giving up Complex Care License
MERRITT - The president of the Florentine in Merritt says choosing to give up the facility's Complex Care License was not an easy decision. "It's one of the more difficult decisions I've made. It cert...
May 10, 2021
YVR Shooting believed gang-related
VANCOUVER - The death of a 28-year-old man outside the departure terminal at Vancouver International Airport is believed to be linked to the ongoing gang conflict that has gripped British Columbia's L...
May 10, 2021
Man escapes serious injury in grizzly attack
KAMLOOPS - A very close call for a resident of Malakwa Tuesday. The man and his two dogs had a run-in with a grizzly bear Tuesday afternoon. The man was walking his dogs on his property in Malakwa, no...
May 06, 2021
Thompson-Nicola region expected to see more film projects in near future
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Film Commission (TNFC) is seeing an increase in regional independent film production.Screen Siren Pictures announced it's on schedule to shoot a feature film about a fam...
May 05, 2021
Kamloops residents urged to get the first shot they can as city vaccinations climb over 41,000
KAMLOOPS - There is some progress being made in the Interior's pandemic fight this week. IH Medical Health Officer Dr. Carol Fenton says virus transmission in the region is heading in the right direct...
May 05, 2021
B.C.'s Dr. Henry says province looking to provide vaccines to youth 12 years to 17
VICTORIA - British Columbia youths aged 12 to 17 years old could soon be getting COVID-19 vaccines, and possibly before the end of the school year.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says they'...
May 05, 2021
Valleyview residents fear vigilantism over homeless, crime issues along riverbanks, in their neighbourhoods
KAMLOOPS - Julie Dormer knows there's a housing crisis, and the chair of the Valleyview Community Association is sympathetic to people who are without a home. "It's understandable that people are goin...
May 04, 2021
