Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Airport reporting slow recovery in passenger figures
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Airport is reporting a slow but positive growth trend in passenger numbers through the third quarter of 2021.In a news release, the facility is reporting a 102 per cent increase in...
Oct 08, 2021
Weekend snow expected along Coquihalla highway from Kamloops to Hope
KAMLOOPS - Drivers using the Coquihalla over the weekend could find themselves dealing with some snow. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Coquihalla Highway and the Okan...
Oct 08, 2021
RCMP express concern for safety of pedestrians as nights grow longer
KAMLOOPS - More than 2,600 pedestrians are injured in collisions with vehicles every year in British Columbia according to ICBC. It's a figure Kamloops RCMP believe can be reduced if drivers and pedes...
Oct 08, 2021
Western Canada Theatre bringing back in-person performances for 2021/2022 season
KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre's (WCT) last large show in the Sagebrush Theatre was in February of 2020, but next month the theatre group is returning to the stage. "Just the response we've had so ...
Oct 07, 2021
Elective surgeries resume at RIH; orthopedic surgeon says many challenges remain
KAMLOOPS - Elective surgeries will resume at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) this week, but one orthopedic surgeon says it's not that simple."We're one bad bus accident away from being completely shut dow...
Oct 07, 2021
Man steals purse from Tk’emlúps business lunch room
TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlps Rural RCMP would like your help tracking down a theft suspect.RCMP say last Tuesday (Sept. 28), someone entered a business in the 400-block of Dene Drive and stole a purse from th...
Oct 07, 2021
SD73 board chair wants provincial health office to make decision on vaccine mandate in schools
KAMLOOPS - Education critic Jackie Tegart is sounding the alarm bells about the province offloading a vaccine mandate for school staff onto each district. "When it comes to vaccination of teachers and...
Oct 07, 2021
Opposition Liberals grill New Democrat responses to wildfire recovery, heat wave
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Liberals say the lives and livelihoods of communities, citizens and businesses devastated by summer wildfires are being kept needlessly on hold.Fraser Nicola L...
Oct 07, 2021
Heavy police presence on Victoria St. W. in front of Emerald House
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP were called to assist the Canadian Pacific Rail police in an incident involving a report of a man with a weapon.The incident occurred on Victoria St. W. near the Emerald House...
Oct 07, 2021
Tk'emlups sets date for Trudeau to visit; calls his silence on invitation to ceremony an "insult"
TK'EMLUPS - Leadership at Tk'emlps te Secwpemc say they have chosen a date for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit, but are calling his silence since the band's announcement related to unmarked gra...
Oct 07, 2021
