Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Pride 2021 hasn't been as enthusiastic as in previous years. While the society has been able to host a comedy show and Drag Bingo prior to Sunday's (Aug. 29) virtual pride parade, ...

KAMLOOPS - Crews continue to see positive progress along all flanks of the White Rock Lake wildfire. In its Saturday (Aug. 28) update, the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says infrared drone scans will con...

Sachin Dev is one of the many international students navigating Canada's extended ban on direct flights from India as he tries to make his way to Montreal before the start of the new semester. The PhD...

KAMLOOPS - The Premier is responding to the staffing shortage at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH), after surgeons and nurses have expressed their frustrations.Doctors and nurses at RIH say the staffing sho...

KAMLOOPS - Several universities across the province will require all students, faculty and staff to self-disclose their vaccination status, while those unvaccinated will be tested regularly - and Thom...

MERRITT, B.C. - It was on June 30 that a fire tore through the town of Lytton, B.C. Since those early days of the 2021 fire season, the Nicola Valley Food Bank has been there for evacuees."Bedding, cl...

VICTORIA - The province is reporting further growth in COVID-19 case counts today (Aug. 27) with 867 new cases identified in the last 24 hours. Of those, 350 new virus cases were reported in Interior ...

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan will be paying a visit to the community of Logan Lake today (Aug. 27).Logan Lake was able to fend off the Tremont Creek wildfire earlier this month with the help of seve...

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) is responding to the recent outcry from Royal Inland Hospital Nurses who say they are leaving the job because they are understaffed and overworked."It is heartbreaking ...

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is addressing its choice to cancel elective surgeries for a third week in a row at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH).The response comes after the hospital's surgeons spoke to CFJC...