Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

TRU asks for vaccine status, regular testing of those unvaccinated
KAMLOOPS - Several universities across the province will require all students, faculty and staff to self-disclose their vaccination status, while those unvaccinated will be tested regularly - and Thom...
Aug 27, 2021

Nicola Valley Food Bank steps up to support wildfire evacuees
MERRITT, B.C. - It was on June 30 that a fire tore through the town of Lytton, B.C. Since those early days of the 2021 fire season, the Nicola Valley Food Bank has been there for evacuees."Bedding, cl...
Aug 27, 2021

B.C. records 867 new COVID-19 cases Friday, three new virus-related deaths in Interior Health
VICTORIA - The province is reporting further growth in COVID-19 case counts today (Aug. 27) with 867 new cases identified in the last 24 hours. Of those, 350 new virus cases were reported in Interior ...
Dave Barry Aug 27, 2021

Horgan to visit Logan Lake today
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan will be paying a visit to the community of Logan Lake today (Aug. 27).Logan Lake was able to fend off the Tremont Creek wildfire earlier this month with the help of seve...
Aug 27, 2021

IH responds to RIH nurses, staffing outcry for support
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) is responding to the recent outcry from Royal Inland Hospital Nurses who say they are leaving the job because they are understaffed and overworked."It is heartbreaking ...
Aug 26, 2021

Interior Health addresses choice to cancel elective surgeries for another week at RIH
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is addressing its choice to cancel elective surgeries for a third week in a row at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH).The response comes after the hospital's surgeons spoke to CFJC...
Aug 26, 2021

United for BC Wildfire Recovery Fund aims to help those affected by 2021 wildfires
KAMLOOPS - While we're still in the midst of the 2021 wildfire season, it's sure to go down as one of the worst BC has ever experienced. With hundreds of properties lost, and the total cost of those l...
Aug 26, 2021

B.C. records 724 new cases of COVID-19; hospitalizations up to 149
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting another 724 cases of COVID-19 Thursday, as the province stays on the leading edge of a fourth wave of the virus. According to the Ministry of Health, there were 271 new ca...
Doug Collins Aug 26, 2021

Businesses preparing for resistance with provincially-mandated vaccine card
KAMLOOPS - With proof of vaccination required in three weeks, businesses are starting to prepare for what it will look like. While some have refused to check vaccine cards, others will follow the heal...
Aug 26, 2021

RCMP celebrate Dog Appreciation Day
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are celebrating Dog Appreciation Day, putting some members of their K-9 team in the spotlight.Corporal Dana Napier of the Kamloops RCMP Detachment's Crime Prevention Unit says...
Aug 26, 2021

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