Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City of Kamloops collects 30,000 kilograms of organic waste in first three weeks of pilot program
KAMLOOPS - The Curbside Organic Waste Collection Pilot Program has collected 32,500 kilograms of organic waste in its first three weeks, according to the City of Kamloops.Since the pilot program began...
Oct 12, 2021
Mask use expanding for children 5 and up in B.C, with youth vaccinations anticipated later this fall
VICTORIA - Pandemic rules and vaccination options are changing for youth in B.C this week.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry expanded the current mask order today (Oct. 12), announcing that ma...
Oct 12, 2021
Caputo eyes role in justice, Indigenous Affairs as he begins his journey as MP
KAMLOOPS - Frank Caputo is slowly adjusting to life as an MP, even though he won't be officially sworn in until next month. The newly-elected Conservative member is setting up his office on Seymour St...
Oct 12, 2021
City of Vernon awards Oilers G.M. Holland Freedom of the City
VERNON, B.C. - The City of Vernon will honour one of its most famous residents with the Freedom of the City Award.Ken Holland will be presented with the award at a special ceremony scheduled for Tuesd...
Oct 12, 2021
As vaccine mandate takes effect, B.C. long-term care homes wrestle with staffing shortfalls
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday (Oct. 12) is the cut off date for all care home workers to at least have their first dose of vaccination. Workers who refuse to get vaccinated will have to walk away from their jobs...
Oct 12, 2021
Massive drug and weapon seizure from North Shore home
KAMLOOPS - Long guns, a morning star knife, ammunition, suspected drugs (fentanyl, GHB, meth, pills), items for drug trafficking and cash. That's what Kamloops RCMP seized after a reported stabbing on...
Oct 12, 2021
Interior Health school COVID-19 exposures decrease; Sorrento school closed this week
KAMLOOPS - The number of relevant COVID-19 exposures has decreased within schools in Interior Health, but new exposures are still being registered.As of the noon hour on Tuesday (Oct. 12), there were ...
Oct 12, 2021
TRU study finds BCLC contributed more than $2 billion to Kamloops' economy over 35 years
KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University (TRU) study released Tuesday (Oct. 12) estimates that the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has contributed $2.2 billion to the economic and social de...
Oct 12, 2021
Merritt RCMP implement two-pronged approach to overdose deaths
MERRITT, B.C. - According to the latest report from the BC Coroners Service, the City of Merritt has the highest illicit drug death rate per 100,000 people in British Columbia. From January to April, ...
Oct 12, 2021
Kamloops RCMP seek person potentially associated with suspicious overdose death
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are releasing information on a person who may be connected to a Kamloops suspicious death from August.At about 8:00 p.m. on August 26, RCMP officers were called to a business in the 12...
Oct 12, 2021
