Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Cancer Care Centre in concept planning stage
KAMLOOPS - Concept planning is underway for a cancer care treatment centre in Kamloops.The Ministry of Health has confirmed the first step to the development of any new facility, has begun. During the...
Nov 03, 2021
Interior Health alerts users of 'ketamine' that will have the opposite effect
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued a drug alert for a substance being sold as ketamine in Kamloops.The alert notes the substance is a grainy, white, crystalline powder but may contain methamphetami...
Nov 02, 2021
Interior Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Overlander Residential Care over
KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 outbreak at Overlander Residential Care in Kamloops is over.Interior Health announced Tuesday (Nov. 2) afternoon that the long-term care facility no longer has an active COVID-...
Nov 02, 2021
RCMP searching for Kamloops woman who's been missing since Monday
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are seeking public assistance to find a Kamloops woman who has not been seen since Monday (Nov. 1) morning.RCMP say 32-year-old Shannon White left home in her black Jeep TJ at...
Nov 02, 2021
Simpson family concerned about Tiechrieb's release to halfway house
KAMLOOPS - The man who attacked 18-year-old Jessie Simpson with a baseball bat in 2016 has been released from prison and is now living in a halfway house after serving more than three years in jail. K...
Nov 02, 2021
B.C. reports 406 new COVID-19 cases, 95 of them in Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - There were 406 new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C. for Tuesday (Nov. 2), with 95 of them in Interior Health. Provincially, there are 4,694 active cases (up by 26 since Monday), with 613 of ...
Nov 02, 2021
Highway Patrol finds $100,000 in liquor, suspected drugs in vehicle search near Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A Toyota minivan parked overnight in an area reserved for commercial vehicles near Revelstoke was checked by BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) last Wednesday (Oct. 27) evening.RCMP observed ...
Nov 02, 2021
Interior Health to declare COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital medical wing
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The provincial health ministry has confirmed the outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital. EARLIER: Interior Health says it is in the process of declaring a COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inla...
Nov 02, 2021
Drivers told to be prepared for rapidly changing weather conditions after Tuesday morning's black ice
KAMLOOPS - Thanks to overnight freezing rain, drivers in the Thompson, Nicola and Shuswap regions got a reminder of the upcoming winter weather conditions Tuesday morning (Nov. 2).DriveBC reported veh...
Nov 02, 2021
Landlord turfs Kamloops North Shore wellness centre staffed by unvaccinated nurses
KAMLOOPS - A controversial wellness centre on the Kamloops North Shore opened by unvaccinated nurses will have to find a new location.Ezra Wellness opened in a commercial space in the 500-block of Tra...
Nov 02, 2021
