Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
"We've got six days to get it figured out": Kamloops Chamber gathering vaccine card details for businesses
KAMLOOPS - In less than one week, many non-essential businesses in B.C will be asked to check residents for proof of vaccination.On Tuesday (Sept. 7), the provincial government provided more details a...
Sep 08, 2021
Kamloops sees 249 new weekly COVID-19 cases for second straight week
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Local Health Area (LHA) didn't see an increase - or decrease - in weekly COVID-19 cases.According to the latest geographic distribution of COVID-19 by Local Health Area of Case...
Sep 08, 2021
Columbia Shuswap Regional District no longer has active evacuation alerts or orders
KAMLOOPS - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) announced the rescinding of all its evacuation orders and alerts in the regional district area following the 2021 wildfire season.The CSRD had ...
Sep 08, 2021
B.C. reports 814 new COVID-19 cases, Interior Health sees 272
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health accounted for more than a quarter of B.C.'s new COVID-19 cases.On Wednesday (Sept. 8), the B.C. government reported 814 new cases of COVID-19, with 272 of them in Interior H...
Sep 08, 2021
TRU launches fund to help students devastated by climate-related disasters
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University says it is establishing a fund to help out students affected by climate-related disasters.In a news release, TRU says the idea came about thanks to the devastatin...
Sep 08, 2021
Patient dies in waiting room outside Royal Inland Hospital emergency room
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 8), Interior Health issued the following statement about the situation."While we cannot speak to this situation, Interior Health reviews all unexpected de...
Sep 08, 2021
Sundhu reiterates NDP promise to provide $3 billion in disaster relief for residents affected by wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The NDP's leader Jagmeet Singh promised $3 billion over four years to help municipalities like Kamloops respond to disasters like wildfires and floods, which are becoming the new norm.The p...
Sep 08, 2021
South Cariboo man pleads guilty to 2000 killing of pregnant girlfriend
KAMLOOPS - A Chasm man has pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme Court to killing his pregnant girlfriend more than two decades ago. The two were living in Kamloops at the time.Trent Larsen was arrested in S...
Sep 08, 2021
Early morning traffic stop results in drug, loaded gun seizure in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a traffic stop in downtown Kamloops early Wednesday morning (Sept. 8) led them to seize drugs and a loaded gun.In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says a...
Sep 08, 2021
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo candidates debate climate change and the environment
KAMLOOPS - An all-candidates debate focusing on the environment and impacts of climate change featuring nominees in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding is taking place 12 days before the 2021 federal...
Sep 08, 2021
