Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

IH lays out blueprint for return to full service at health centres in rural communities
KAMLOOPS - After a month of reduced services at several smaller, rural hospitals throughout the region, Interior Health has announced the phased return of services.This includes restarting inpatient s...
Feb 18, 2022

Environment Canada issues Coquihalla snowfall warning ahead of long weekend
MERRITT, B.C. - Just in time for pre-long weekend travel, Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the major route between the Interior and the Lower Mainland.The forecaster says a frontal...
Feb 18, 2022

Westsyde couple overwhelmed with kindness following mobile home fire
KAMLOOPS - Evan Robinson's beloved hot rod was torched in a Wednesday (Feb. 16) morning fire at Warrens Mobile Home Park. The man who sold Robinson the car heard about the tragedy."He reached out to m...
Feb 18, 2022

Faculty Association president hopes strong non-confidence mandate can open up communication at TRU
KAMLOOPS - Earlier this week, Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association (TRUFA) announced the results of a non-confidence vote undertaken by its members. The results show that 81 percent of TRUFA...
Feb 18, 2022

Longtime CSRD CAO Charles Hamilton announces retirement
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) is looking for a new chief administrative officer (CAO).Charles Hamilton, who has led the CSRD for more than 13 years, has announced hi...
Feb 18, 2022

B.C. hospitalization from COVID-19 down to 733 ahead of Family Day long weekend
VICTORIA - B.C.'s Ministry of Health is reporting another decrease in hospitalization due to COVID-19 as the province heads into Family Day weekend.In its latest update issued Friday afternoon (Feb. 1...
Feb 18, 2022

'It's frustrating': Blue House Recovery Society pushing for more funds for recovery beds
KAMLOOPS - The Blue House Recovery Society is trying to get people in Kamloops over their addictions, whether it's to drugs or alcohol. It houses six people at a time and provides a supportive home wh...
Feb 18, 2022

Kamloops kids encouraged to help name these police puppies
KAMLOOPS - Are you between the ages of four and 14? Are you creative when it comes to dog-naming? Do you have an affinity for police puppers?Then the RCMP are inviting you to enter a contest to name 1...
Feb 18, 2022

One dead in Lillooet house fire
LILLOOET, B.C. - RCMP in Lillooet confirm one person has died in a house fire there.The blaze began at a home in the area of Texas Creek Road and Mitchell Road on Wednesday evening (Feb. 16) and firef...
Feb 18, 2022

Shuswap crash kills mother and child from Okanagan Falls
SICAMOUS, B.C. - A T-bone collision in Sicamous Thursday (Feb. 17) claimed the lives of an Okanagan mother and child.RCMP say the crash took place just after 9:00 a.m. Thursday in the 1800-block of Tr...
James Peters Feb 18, 2022

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