Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Interior Health's central number expands to Thompson and South Cariboo
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health established a new 1-800 number for Thompson and South Cariboo communities to access and navigate home and community care and chronic disease management services.By calling 1...
Nov 12, 2021
Kamloops RCMP ramping up search for Shannon White with new information
KAMLOOPS - The search for Shannon White, who's been missing from Kamloops since Nov. 1, has led Kamloops RCMP to an area west of the city. In a news release, police say they have joined forces with Ka...
Nov 12, 2021
Woman robbed inside her car in Sahali; Kamloops RCMP searching for witnesses
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating after a woman returned to her vehicle on the 1500-block of Summit Drive and was met by an intruder hiding inside.Police attended a business on Wednesday (Nov...
Nov 12, 2021
Barriere emergency department closed for Friday due to limited staffing
BARRIERE - Barriere and area residents are advised that the emergency department at Barriere Health Centre is closed Friday (Nov. 12) due to limited staffing availability.Interior Health says anyone t...
Nov 12, 2021
Special weather statement issued with heavy snowfall expected for Coquihalla and Okanagan Connector
KAMLOOPS - Drivers in the Interior are being warned of incoming heavy snowfall on sections of the Coquihalla Highway, and the Okanagan Connector. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statem...
Nov 12, 2021
One person dead after two-vehicle crash closes Highway 99 near Lillooet
LILLOOET, B.C. - RCMP say one person has died in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 99 at the Fountain Flat Trading Post Gas Station north of Lillooet Monday (Nov. 8) evening.Lillooet RCMP say a four-...
Nov 12, 2021
Kamloops RCMP notice stolen e-bikes, seize drugs and guns in following search warrant
KAMLOOPS - A call about unwanted tenants led to the recovery of stolen property and the seizure of drugs, cash, and firearms.Kamloops RCMP say they attended an apartment on the 300-block of Tranquille...
Nov 12, 2021
Veteran Affairs Shadow Minister Caputo pleased to hear hiring commitment, calls backlogs 'problematic and disappointing'
KAMLOOPS - The shadow minister for Veterans Affairs was pleased to hear more staff will be hired by the federal government to deal with backlogs and overwhelming caseloads in that department. But Kaml...
Nov 12, 2021
Three concurrent COVID-19 outbreaks now active at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has confirmed a third outbreak of COVID-19 at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops.The outbreak was not included in releases to media on Wednesday (Nov. 10), but is liste...
Nov 11, 2021
Kamloops and Vernon see slight increases in weekly COVID-19 cases; larger spikes in Salmon Arm and Kelowna
KAMLOOPS - The week of Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, 2021, was challenging for Local Health Areas (LHA) with higher populations in the Interior when it comes to COVID-19 cases. According to the B.C. Centre for D...
Nov 10, 2021
