Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
New playgrounds, utility upgrades, buses announced for Kamloops schools
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Kamloops elementary schools will be outfitted with fully accessible playgrounds.The province's Ministry of Education is adding accessible playgrounds to Ralph Bell Elementary Scho...
May 10, 2022
Assault in McArthur Island Park leads to charges
KAMLOOPS - A man is facing charges after a reported assault in McArthur Island Park over the weekend.RCMP say the incident happened on Sunday (May 8) at about 11:20 a.m. Police were told a man on a bi...
May 10, 2022
Armed robbery suspect arrested in Sahali
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have a suspect in custody after an armed robbery in Sahali last Friday (May 6).At about 2:40 p.m. Friday, RCMP were called to the 1200-block for the report of a man who asked someone f...
May 10, 2022
RIH nursing situation 'bad and getting worse': Kamloops Mayor
KAMLOOPS - "It's not just Royal Inland Hospital that has this problem. It's a fundamental failure of our healthcare system. But for me, the focus of that failure has to be Royal Inland Hospital," said...
May 10, 2022
Doctors in Kamloops calling for transparency, and action to address staffing shortages and surgical wait-lists
KAMLOOPS - Doctors at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) are calling for provincial help this week, with growing surgery wait lists and certain departments operating under regular staffing strain. The height...
May 10, 2022
Kamloops council fast-tracks Battle St. RCMP detachment expansion
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP's Battle Street detachment has been bursting at the seams for years. The expansion to the building has already been delayed a number of times since it was given the initia...
May 10, 2022
Kamloops mayor expresses dismay at proposed federal electoral boundary changes
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops is none too pleased with the federal government's proposed redrawing of electoral boundaries as it relates to the City of Kamloops.The Electoral Boundaries Commission ...
May 10, 2022
Four arrested after BB gun assault in Merritt
MERRITT B.C. - Merritt RCMP arrested four suspects after a BB gun assault put a man in hospital on Monday (May 9).Police say they responded to Nicola Valley Hospital for a report of a man who had sust...
May 10, 2022
Eye-opening documentary on the impacts of residential schools to be screened in Kamloops Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - Local residents are being invited to the screening of a revelatory documentary that "exposes the link between residential schools and the 29,000 Indigenous children and youth in Canada's ch...
May 10, 2022
Driver and kitten escape with minor injuries after going off Coquihalla Highway
MERRITT B.C. - Merritt RCMP are encouraging the public to be well-rested ahead of driving on highways after a driver and their kitten suffered minor injuries.Officers attended a single-vehicle collisi...
May 10, 2022
