Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
PHOTOS: KFR issues cedar hedge warning after destructive Westsyde fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) is reminding residents about cedar hedge care following a structure fire in Westsyde on Wednesday (Aug. 24).In a social media post Friday (Aug. 26) morning, KFR s...
Aug 26, 2022
Province gives $3.4-million to NVIT to provide remote trades training through trailer classrooms
KAMLOOPS - At the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) on Thursday, trades-centered funding was announced to benefit Indigenous students in the area."We are investing $3.4 million to NVIT to p...
Aug 25, 2022
55+ Games swimmers honour "The Missing" during memorial lap
KAMLOOPS - There was a special moment on Thursday at the Canada 55+ Games, where a group of swimmers took part in a ceremony for Le Estcwy, "The Missing." Chief Willie Littlechild from Alberta organiz...
Aug 25, 2022
'The canary in the coal mine'; Clearwater hospital beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel
CLEARWATER, B.C. - "We are seeing the plans of progress right now," said Dr. Kara Perdue. The situation in Clearwater is in no way unique, but it was one of the early warning signs of a crumbling heal...
Aug 25, 2022
'Food For All Kamloops' fundraiser set for Sunday at Thistle Farm
KAMLOOPS - With summer winding its way toward the fall, and the bounty of local food producers in full glory, a group of local citizens has created an event to help ensure no one in Kamloops goes hung...
Aug 25, 2022
Kamloops doctors applaud provincial support for overhead costs
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-area doctors are applauding the province's announcement of stabilization funds for family doctors.Wednesday (Aug. 24), Health Minister Adrian Dix revealed the province and Doctors ...
Aug 25, 2022
Interior Health's former top doc charged with new child sex crimes
Interior Health's former chief medical health officer has been charged with more child sex crimes out of Grande Prairie, Alta.Dr. Albert Stefanus de Villiers, who was until June 2021 the health author...
Aug 25, 2022
City of Kamloops renews call for public input on community's cultural direction
KAMLOOPS - After researchers initially invited residents to provide input on Kamloops' cultural direction back in June, the City is asking them to do it again. In a news release issued Thursday (Aug. ...
Aug 25, 2022
Man arrested after reportedly breaking into North Shore business and stealing cash
KAMLOOPS - A man was arrested in connection to a break-in on the North Shore Tuesday (Aug. 23) morning.Kamloops RCMP say cash was stolen from a register in a business on the 500-block of Tranquille Ro...
Aug 25, 2022
Kamloops RCMP seize stolen van and bicycles from North Shore home
KAMLOOPS - A suspicious caravan parked on the 1200-block of 13th Street on the North Shore Wednesday (Aug. 24) morning led to police recovering stolen bicycles and a vehicle.In a news release issued W...
Aug 25, 2022
