Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City hopes to finish streets line painting this month
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops was delayed in its lines painting this year, but hopes to get the job done by the end of this month. When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Kamloops, many regular operat...
Sep 01, 2020
Tourism Kamloops calls on the province to fund COVID-19 stimulus package for tourism businesses in BC
eKAMLOOPS - In British Columbia, the tourism industry generates more than $20 billion, and more than $8 billion of which goes towards the province's Gross Domestic Product. This year as a result of th...
Sep 01, 2020
Kamloops says goodbye to two Snowbirds jets as the fleet begins its return home
KAMLOOPS - The Canadian Forces Snowbirds have finally begun to return home. This morning (Sep. 1), two planes departed Kamloops to return to their base in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The fleet was ground...
Sep 01, 2020
Temporary homeless facility expands capacity and practices safe distancing in Merritt
MERRITT - 20 rooms are now available to support people who are homeless in Merritt. A temporary expansion shelter has been opened at 2350 Voght Street.The expansion was developed through a partnership...
Sep 01, 2020
One new virus-related death and 58 new COVID-19 cases recorded in B.C
VICTORIA - B.C. entered September with 58 new cases of COVID-19 today (Sept. 1) along with another death. In a joint release, Health Minister Adrian Dix, and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry...
Sep 01, 2020
Progress report shows majority of postponed surgeries have now been delivered to B.C patients
VICTORIA - After postponing elective surgeries in the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the B.C Government says progress has been made in catching up. In a release today (Sept. 1), Health Minister ...
Sep 01, 2020
Mustard Seed to provide more meals with funding provided through the City of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed is set to get a boost from the City of Kamloops, who's the recipient of funding from the Canadian Medical Association Foundation. The foundation, in collaboration with the ...
Sep 01, 2020
Salmon making good progress around Fraser slide site
KAMLOOPS - Officials say salmon are making good progress migrating past the site of a landslide on the Fraser River that decimated runs last year. Michael Crowe, manager of biological programs for the...
Sep 01, 2020
Snowbirds start to head home
KAMLOOPS - Some of the Snowbirds are heading home today (Sept. 1). The Tutor jets have been parked in Kamloops since May 17th, the day a tragic accident claimed the life of Captain Jennifer Casey when...
Dylana Kneeshaw Sep 01, 2020
North Thompson communities preparing for Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion impacts
CLEARWATER, BC - The Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project is getting underway, which will bring a huge influx of people into several communities along the route, up and down the Thompson Valley. ...
Aug 31, 2020
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Two and Out
PETERS: Four dogs will die and the owners responsible will get away with it
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