Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Thirteen more deaths from COVID-19 in B.C.; hospitalizations hover below 1,000
VICTORIA - Thirteen more British Columbians have died of COVID-19.The information is contained in the latest update on the virus released by B.C.'s Ministry of Health, issued Thursday (Jan. 3). The pr...
Feb 03, 2022
Thief steals donation box from North Shore Tim Horton's
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating the theft of a donation box from a North Shore fast food restaurant.Cst. Crystal Evelyn says it happened at about 2:00 Saturday morning (Jan. 29), at a restaurant in ...
Feb 03, 2022
RCMP identify homicide victim found in Tk'emlups parking lot as 18-year-old man
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are releasing the identity of a man found dead in a parking lot on the Tk'emlups Reserve last weekend in an effort to move their investigation forward.In a news release, Cst. Crystal E...
Feb 03, 2022
Ponderosa Lodge declares COVID-19 outbreak
KAMLOOPS - A third Kamloops long-term care facility is dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak.According to the Interior Health tracker, an outbreak was declared on the third floor of Ponderosa Lodge earlier...
Feb 03, 2022
Trucks collide on Trans Canada Highway near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Icy roads were a factor in a crash of two commercial transport trucks on Highway 1, west of Salmon Arm.RCMP say emergency personnel responded to the scene in Tappen on Wednesday, Fe...
Feb 03, 2022
Missing for three years, Kamloops cat to be reunited with owner in Ontario
KAMLOOPS - A cat from British Columbia is being reunited with his owner in Ontario after being missing for three years, thanks to a kind stranger and the BC SPCA Facebook page.Ralph, a long-haired ora...
Feb 03, 2022
Murder charge laid after Vernon woman stabbed to death in England
VERNON, B.C. - A man has been charged with murder following the death of a young Vernon woman in a suburb of London, England.Ashley Wadsworth, 19, died from a reported stabbing in Chelmsford on Tuesda...
Feb 03, 2022
Merritt-area MP Albas hasn't considered leadership bid
MERRITT, B.C. - As the fallout from Wednesday's move by federal Conservative MPs to remove Erin O'Toole from leadership continues to filter out, names will begin to surface regarding potential new lea...
Feb 03, 2022
KGHM to 'devote more attention' to relaunching Ajax project: minority owner
KAMLOOPS - The owners of the proposed Ajax copper-gold mine project south of Kamloops says, four years after the project was rejected by the federal and provincial government, they are ready to ramp u...
Feb 03, 2022
City considers stopping train whistle on Lorne Street crossings
KAMLOOPS - Ten times a day, a 90-decibel whistle blows just metres away from some Lorne Street homes.The ground rumbles, coal dust floats in the air, and car traffic can be stopped for up to 15 minute...
Feb 02, 2022
