Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Winter saw average snowfall in Kamloops - it just stuck around longer: Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada is debunking the notion that Kamloops had a snowier-than-usual winter.The forecasting agency measures winter from the beginning of December to the end of February.Forecas...
Mar 03, 2022
Business break-in, indecent act, weapon seizure highlight last weekend for Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP detachment responded to 314 calls for service last weekend, including several notable incidents.Business break-in (File #2022-6091)Police were called to a North Shore busi...
Mar 03, 2022
RCMP surround Kamloops Transit bus on Overlanders Bridge after gun sighting
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP officers are following up a complaint of a gun spotted on a city bus. In a news release, RCMP say they were called Wednesday (Mar. 2) at 5:15 p.m. to a specific city bus after...
Mar 03, 2022
Councillor Singh to announce intention for fall election
KAMLOOPS - With the recent announcement by Mayor Ken Christian that he would not seek reelection this fall, speculation has begun around the future members of City Council.Residents will soon learn of...
Mar 03, 2022
Kamloops Film Festival set to light up the silver screen for silver anniversary
KAMLOOPS - 2022 marks the silver anniversary of an event that highlights the silver screen. The Kamloops Film Festival kicks off on Thursday evening for the 25th time. Movie-goers will be happy to lea...
Mar 02, 2022
Province reports ten more COVID-19 deaths Wednesday
VICTORIA - The latest COVID-19 surveillance report from the province's Ministry of Health shows another decrease in hospitalizations, though today's decrease is much more modest.The province says ther...
Mar 02, 2022
Kamloops preschool workers frustrated with delay of $10-a-day child care
KAMLOOPS - Patti Pernitsky has been waiting four years for the provincial government to follow through on their promise. Families with school aged children who use Kamloops United Church preschool and...
Mar 02, 2022
Kamloops mayor hopes to keep Car 40 expansion on the table
KAMLOOPS - As municipalities begin digging into how they can utilize funds designated for mental health and healthcare services in the BC Budget, the mayor of Kamloops says the city still needs anothe...
Mar 02, 2022
Interior Health to phase out mass COVID-19 vaccine clinics in the coming weeks
KAMLOOPS - Mass COVID-19 immunization clinics will be phased out in B.C.'s Interior.In a news release Wednesday (March 2), Interior Health (IH) announced COVID-19 vaccine appointments will move to pha...
Mar 02, 2022
Population growth still a priority for City of Merritt staff
MERRITT, B.C. - Growing the population of Merritt has been an objective of city council throughout their term.While growth remains a priority, the population of Merritt actually shrunk over the past f...
Mar 02, 2022
