Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Pine Grove, Mount Ida Mews COVID-19 outbreaks end; new outbreak at Hillside Village in Salmon Arm
KAMLOOPS - A pair of COVID-19 outbreaks at local healthcare facilities have been declared over.Interior Health confirms the outbreak at Pine Grove Care Centre in Kamloops has come to an end with 47 ca...
Feb 16, 2022
Urgent alert issued for all of Interior Health; tainted drugs bring lethal overdose risk
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has issued an urgent alert for its entire jurisdiction due to tainted street drugs.In an urgent release Wednesday (Feb. 16), the IH Harm Reduction Team says multiple dr...
Feb 16, 2022
Kamloops man wanted for uttering threats and assault arrested after breaching release conditions
KAMLOOPS - A man previously wanted on multiple warrants was arrested and now faces a new charge following a report of an unwanted person on the North Shore.Kamloops resident James Junior Anderson, 38,...
Feb 16, 2022
'Devastated and angry': Kamloops couple loses everything as house is intentionally set on fire
KAMLOOPS - The fire at Warrens Mobile Home Park near Batchelor Hills in Kamloops Wednesday (Feb. 16) morning is considered suspicious.Surveillance video captured by one of the two units affected shows...
Feb 16, 2022
Kamloops Airport seeing slow climb in passengers, hopes easing PCR requirements will encourage more travel
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Airport is hoping to see more travellers following Tuesday's announcement that Canada is dropping the PCR testing requirement at the end of the month. The federal government sa...
Feb 16, 2022
Merritt woman charged in alleged home invasion
MERRITT, B.C. - A Merritt woman faces numerous charges after an alleged home invasion.RCMP were called to an apartment building on Quilchena Avenue on Nov. 8, 2021, after the woman, who was identified...
Feb 16, 2022
SD58 progressing toward Merritt schools reopening after Spring Break
MERRITT, B.C. - Following the devastating flood in mid-November, the local school district has been working to repair damage done to multiple schools in Merritt. Diamond Vale Elementary, Merritt Centr...
Feb 16, 2022
Interior Health says 'Down' sold in Kamloops carries extremely high risk of overdose
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued a second drug alert for Kamloops.This time, the alert focuses on a substance being sold as 'Down'. IH says the substance contains up to five times the typical amo...
Feb 16, 2022
Fire at mobile home park along Westsyde Road
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) says drivers should expect delays at the 2000-block of Westsyde Road.Witnesses say two units caught fire at Warrens Mobile Home Park near Batchelor Hills Wednesda...
Feb 16, 2022
One injured in Seymour Street fire
KAMLOOPS - One person was treated for smoke inhalation following a fire at a home in downtown Kamloops last night.Kamloops Fire Rescue was called out to the home in the 600 block of Seymour Street aro...
Feb 16, 2022
