Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Number of Interior Health schools with COVID-19 exposures nears 100
KAMLOOPS - The number of schools reporting COVID-19 exposures in Interior Health is creeping closer to 100.As of late Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 5), there were 98 schools on the IH school exposure list.T...
Oct 05, 2021
'Those events will be more common': East Interface Fire debrief highlights recommended preventive measures
KAMLOOPS - The July 27 post-event debrief of the Kamloops East Interface Fire was presented to council during Tuesday's (Oct. 5) meeting.Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) Fire Chief Steve Robinson spoke in c...
Oct 05, 2021
BC records 593 new COVID-19 cases, with no new virus-related deaths Tuesday
VICTORIA - Health officials are reporting 593 new COVID-19 cases around B.C Tuesday (Oct. 5), with no new virus-related fatalities. According to latest data from the BC Centre for Disease Control, 128...
Oct 05, 2021
Kamloops business owner fed up with crime after business was put on lockdown with customers inside
KAMLOOPS - On Monday morning (Oct. 4), Kamloops RCMP had their guns drawn and pointed at Canada's Best Value Inn - and after being put on a lockdown, a business owner says she's fed up. It happened af...
Oct 05, 2021
Scheduled surgeries resume at Royal Inland Hospital after two-month pause
KAMLOOPS - After a two-month delay, non-urgent, scheduled surgeries are resuming at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops this week.Health Minister Adrian Dix announced the resumption during a weekly COVI...
Oct 05, 2021
Kamloops RCMP say death along Mission Flats Road was homicide, identify victim
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are calling the discovery of a body on Friday (Oct. 1), near the Mission Flats Road shoreline a homicide - and they're hoping the public can provide more information.RCMP have...
Oct 05, 2021
Unexpected closure at Barriere emergency department Tuesday
BARRIERE, B.C. - Interior Health says the emergency department at the Barriere Health Centre is closed Tuesday (Oct. 5). In a news release, IH says the department is closed due to limited staffing ava...
Oct 05, 2021 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Many B.C. lakes still accessible to general public: Douglas Lake lawyer
KAMLOOPS - It's been a long journey for the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club. Director Rick McGowan started battling for public access to Minnie and Stoney Lakes near Merritt in the 1980s. In December...
Oct 05, 2021
Fraser-Nicola MLA Tegart focuses on wildfire recovery plans and mental health as legislative session begins
MERRITT, B.C. - The B.C. Legislature has reconvened for a six-week fall session.Fraser-Nicola Liberal MLA Jackie Tegart represents a vast region of the Interior that was heavily affected by the wildfi...
Oct 05, 2021
Biggest supporters of Tim Hortons orange-sprinkled donuts campaign is Kamloops community
KAMLOOPS - More than 2,300 orange-sprinkled donuts were sold at the Tim Hortons restaurant on the Tk'emlps te Secwepemc reserve - just on the first day of the company's initiative for Truth and Reconc...
Oct 05, 2021
