Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
B.C. reports 698 new COVID-19 cases, including 252 within Interior Health
VICTORIA - Over the past 24 hours, the B.C. government reports 698 new COVID-19 cases in the province, including five epi-linked cases, with 252 in Interior Health.Provincially, there are 5,356 active...
Aug 25, 2021
Interior Health beginning process of bringing back evacuated residents and patients
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says it is planning to bring back care home residents, acute care patients and community health clients who were evacuated due to wildfire threats.IH temporarily relocated 8...
Aug 25, 2021
Royal Inland Hospital capacity at the heart of nursing shortage: Kamloops surgeon
KAMLOOPS - This week, we brought you the story of overwhelmed healthcare workers and the nurses leaving Royal Inland Hospital in droves because they're exhausted and understaffed.Doctors have now come...
Aug 25, 2021
Man reportedly throws cigarette butts into bushes in Merritt, charged with assaulting officer
MERRITT - RCMP say a man was allegedly throwing cigarette butts into bushes in the 2000 block of Nicola Avenue of Merritt on Aug. 18.Merritt RCMP say they located the man and he tried to flee from the...
Aug 25, 2021
Drought conditions around Merritt steady at Level 4
MERRITT, B.C. - Drought levels around Merritt have been at Level 4 since July 21, and as of the latest report from the River Forecast Centre both the Nicola and Coldwater basins remain at Level 4. Dro...
Aug 25, 2021
RCMP find pair of suspected looters in fire-scorched Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - UPDATE: RCMP contacted CFJC Today to reiterate that it is very unusual to find unwanted people within evacuated communities and looting is not widespread or even common.EARLIER: RCMP ar...
Aug 25, 2021
Highway 12 from Lytton to Lillooet re-opens after wildfire shutdown
LYTTON, B.C. - Nearly two months after a wildfire ravaged the village, Highway 12 from Lytton to Lillooet is now open.The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says people travelling through t...
Aug 25, 2021
Alternate route approved for Trans Mountain south of Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Last month, the Canada Energy Regulator approved a new route for the Trans Mountain pipeline to the south of Merritt.The previous route had been challenged by the Coldwater Indian Band...
Aug 25, 2021
Surgeries put on hold at RIH, doctors point to staffing 'crisis'
KAMLOOPS - Surgeries have been postponed at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) for a third week in a row, prompting doctors to ask for help from the province. Dr. Scott Hughes' department has been halted the...
Aug 24, 2021
Planned ignition to take place on White Rock Lake wildfire due to favourable conditions
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says a small-scale planned ignition will take place along the eastern flank of the White Rock Lake wildfire, north of Newport Beach towards Irish Creek Road.I...
Aug 24, 2021
