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One dead, two injured in mud rush incident at New Afton Mine near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - One person has died in an industrial accident at the New Gold owned New Afton Mine just west of Kamloops.The company says the person was killed in a mud rush incident. Three people were inv...
James Peters Feb 02, 2021

Fifth COVID-19 exposure at Sa-Hali Secondary involves five cases, all five days last week
KAMLOOPS - Sa-Hali Secondary School has sent an email notice home to parents detailing the school's fifth COVID-19 exposure in the past two weeks. The letter from Principal Rachael Sdoutz says the exp...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

S.D. 73, Interior Health working to limit uptick in school exposures
KAMLOOPS - There are at least eight different schools within School District 73 identified as having COVID-19 exposures. According to Interior Health, in the last two weeks Marion Schilling Elementary...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Westsyde group home; 12 cases identified
KAMLOOPS - The latest COVID-19 outbreak in Kamloops is at a Westsyde group home. Interior Health says an outbreak at Westsyde Care Residences on Westsyde Road includes 12 cases - nine residents and th...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

Dive team to return Tuesday in search for man in North Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Rural RCMP say the search is continuing after a man reportedly entered the North Thompson River last week. The RCMP dive team is expected to return to the river Tuesday (Feb. 2). T...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

B.C. sees 1,158 new COVID-19 cases over past three days, 194 in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C. has come out of the weekend with fewer active cases of COVID-19. The information was contained in a briefing from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry Monday (Feb. 1). Henry repo...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

Have recent COVID-19 school exposures made you reconsider sending your children to school?
James Peters Feb 01, 2021 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Kamloops councillor Hunter to head up A Way Home Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - On Monday morning, A Way Home Kamloops (AWHK) announced they had chosen a new Executive Director. Kamloops Councillor Sadie Hunter is looking forward to continuing the fight against youth h...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

Man wanted in Shuswap stabbing turns himself in to Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - A man wanted in a Shuswap attempted murder has been taken into custody. Kamloops RCMP fanned out a photo and description of Terrance Jones last Wednesday (Jan. 27), saying Jones was again w...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

Steve Robinson named chief of Kamloops Fire Rescue
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has taken the 'interim' tag off of Fire Chief Steve Robinson's title.Robinson has been in the top job at Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) since December, when former chief Mi...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

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