Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
TRU finds short-term solution to student housing crisis
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has come up with a short-term solution for its international students who are struggling to find housing in Kamloops.The university has inked an agreement w...
Sep 29, 2021
Dead in the water: high court dismisses appeal for public access to Merritt-area lakes
KAMLOOPS - For the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club, it's the one that got away.Club spokesman Rick McGowan says, after years of fighting for access to a pair of Merritt-area lakes, the Supreme Court ...
Sep 29, 2021
RCMP seek tips after shooting victim turns up at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are looking for information after a gunshot victim showed up at the local emergency department Tuesday (Sept. 28).In a release, Cpl. Dana Napier says the man turned up at Roya...
Sep 29, 2021
Missing Surrey hunter found dead near Stump Lake
MERRITT, B.C. - RCMP say a Surrey hunter reported missing in the Merritt area has been found dead.Shi Liu, 47, travelled to the Merritt area on a hunting trip last week. Friends and family called RCMP...
Sep 29, 2021
UPDATE: Seven Kamloops-area schools on Interior Health COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Interior Health added five more schools to the school COVID-19 exposure website early Wednesday afternoon for a total of seven relevant exposure events. They are St. Ann's Academy (...
Sep 29, 2021
July saw the second-highest total of overdose deaths ever in B.C.; three more deaths in Kamloops
VICTORIA - The latest statistics detailing overdose deaths in B.C. paint a picture of an opioid crisis that is going in the wrong direction.The B.C. Coroners Service says there were 184 deaths due to ...
Sep 29, 2021
RCMP searching for missing hunter
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: This story has been updated here. EARLIER: RCMP in Surrey are looking for a missing 47-year old man who apparently went on a hunting trip last week, possibly to the Merritt area. Po...
Sep 29, 2021
Kamloops council enacts new bylaw governing local film production
KAMLOOPS - For the first time in its history, the City of Kamloops now has a bylaw to govern film productions taking place within city limits.Council passed the new bylaw at its regular meeting Tuesda...
Sep 28, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak in Royal Inland Hospital's Six North ward.The declaration was made late Tuesday (Sept. 28). In a news release, IH says there are only t...
Sep 28, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 case count at 652 Tuesday; 162 new cases in Interior Health
VICTORIA - There are 652 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Tuesday (Sept. 28), with 162 of them found in Interior Health.The totals are included in an update to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)...
Sep 28, 2021
