Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops RCMP detachment prioritizing officers' mental health
KAMLOOPS - "I can tell you policing, much like some of our other emergency services, are careers that will change you for life. You will carry things. It's how we deal with it that is going to be impo...
Jul 16, 2022
Mosquito control season underway; fewer larvae being hatched around Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Many locals have noticed the mosquitoes are out again this year - but Cheryl Phippen with BWP Consulting says there are fewer mosquitoes being hatched.Nearly 450 sites mapped in the TNRD ha...
Jul 15, 2022
At least six homes lost as wildfire near Lytton balloons to 1,500 hectares
LYTTON, B.C. - A wildfire burning less than two kilometres from Lytton, B.C. has ballooned to 1,500 hectares in size and destroyed at least six residential structures, according to local First Nation ...
Jul 15, 2022
BC Nurses' Union pushing for more nursing students, TRU says not enough clinical space at RIH
KAMLOOPS - By 2030, the province needs 26,000 new nurses just to keep up. BC Nurses' Union (BCNU) president Aman Grewal says the B.C. government has known for decades of the pending nursing shortage a...
Jul 15, 2022
Ashcroft emergency department closed for the weekend
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Residents of Ashcroft will spend this weekend with no access to the community's emergency department.Interior Health has announced the ER will be closed, or 'on diversion', throughout...
Jul 15, 2022
RIH Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Tower to open Monday; new access points to open
KAMLOOPS - The Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Tower at Royal Inland Hospital will begin operation on Monday (July 18), and that means new hospital access procedures for the public.In a news release, Interio...
Jul 15, 2022
Decriminalization brings with it a new set of challenges for Kamloops Mounties
KAMLOOPS - On Thursday, the B.C. Coroners Service announced 195 people lost their lives to illicit drugs in the month of May. In part two of our sit down with RCMP Superintendent Syd Lecky, Kamloops' ...
Jul 15, 2022
TNRD issues evacuation order as Nohomin Creek fire near Lytton grows
LYTTON, B.C. - UPDATE (5:50 a.m.): According to the BCWS dashboard online, the Nohomin Creek wildfire has grown to 500 hectares in size as of Friday (July 15) morning.Additionally, the TNRD issued a l...
Jul 14, 2022
Late night Valleyview cyclist arrested, hit with several charges
KAMLOOPS - A cyclist who allegedly didn't stop for police in Valleyview got hit with some extra charges over the weekend.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says an officer was patrol...
Jul 14, 2022
BCNU president worries about 'decreasing' staff at new patient care tower
KAMLOOPS - The president of the BC Nurses' Union was in Kamloops on Thursday listening to frontline nurses at Royal Inland Hospital who say the 50 per cent staffing compliment is leading to major burn...
Jul 14, 2022
