Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Coquihalla reopens Wednesday morning after overnight closures
MERRITT, B.C. - The Coquihalla Highway was back open as of 5:00 a.m. Wednesday, but conditions are still very treacherous for drivers attempting to traverse the high mountain highway.The route between...
Nov 10, 2021
Kamloops Fire Rescue spends overnight hours dousing smouldering fire at Cinnamon Ridge Compost Facility
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue personnel and City of Kamloops staff spent the bulk of the night at the City's Cinammon Ridge Compost Facility after a fire broke out in a large pile of hog fuel.KFR's ...
Nov 10, 2021
Lower Nicola neighbourhood wants action from the province on disputed walking path
LOWER NICOLA, B.C. - Just off Marshall Road in Lower Nicola, there's a walking path that used to be part of the Nicola, Kamloops & Similkameen Railway. For the past month, a bridge across Guichon ...
Nov 09, 2021
Operation Red Nose kicks off 2021 season in Kamloops with celebration
KAMLOOPS - Operation Red Nose had its kick-off celebration today after a one-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.The volunteer service offers people a safe ride home, in your own vehicle ...
Nov 09, 2021
Veteran Affairs wait times top of mind for newly-appointed shadow minister Frank Caputo
KAMLOOPS - The appointment of Frank Caputo as the new Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister for National Defence was met with excitement by the rookie MP, and veterans living in ...
Nov 09, 2021
Three homeless shelters to open in Kamloops, guests to be relocated from Memorial Arena
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government and the City of Kamloops will open three new shelters to provide approximately 115 spaces for people experiencing homelessness, which the province says is enough to relo...
Nov 09, 2021
Dr. Henry on RIH outbreak: "Certainly, visitors are something we are concerned about. Particularly unvaccinated people."
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has declared a second active COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH). With vaccinated visitors and staff, the health authority is investigating how the virus g...
Nov 09, 2021
Kamloops councillor calls on province to offer rapid testing to unvaccinated healthcare workers
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops city councillor is calling on the province to offer alternatives to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers. In a letter addressed to Health Minister Adrian Dix a...
Nov 09, 2021
Heather Grieve acclaimed as Kamloops-Thompson Board of Education chair
KAMLOOPS - Heather Grieve and Meghan Wade were acclaimed as chair and vice-chair respectively of the Kamloops-Thompson Board of Education during the mid-term Inaugural board meeting held Monday (Nov. ...
Nov 09, 2021
Two COVID-19 outbreaks now active at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has declared a second active COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital.In an email to CFJC Today, IH confirms the outbreak has been called on 7 North, a medical unit treati...
Nov 09, 2021
