Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops businesses say new fossil fuel PST will punish residents purchasing new gas furnaces, fireplaces
KAMLOOPS - Gas fireplaces and furnaces are as common in Kamloops as anywhere. It's the cheapest option to keep your place warm. However, the province is trying to shift the use of gas fireplaces and f...
Mar 23, 2022
Kamloops man reported missing believed to be victim of homicide in Dufferin body discovery
KAMLOOPS - A 60-year-old man last heard from on March 11 is believed to be the victim of a homicide after his body was discovered in Dufferin Thursday (March 17) evening.After an autopsy on Tuesday (M...
Mar 23, 2022
New wing at Valleyview Secondary to open after spring break; portables to be removed
KAMLOOPS - Students and staff at Valleyview Secondary will move into the school's new east wing when they return to class on April 4. In a news release, School District 73 (SD73) says its maintenance ...
Mar 23, 2022
New B.C. city? South Shuswap communities to vote on incorporation
SORRENTO, B.C. - The south Shuswap communities of Sorrento and Blind Bay have a big decision to make. The areas, home to around 5,200 people, are expected to vote next month on whether they want to be...
Mar 22, 2022
Kamloops kids head to Science Centre, Wildlife Park for spring break 'edutainment'
KAMLOOPS - Ten kids up to the age of 12 are spending their spring breaks at the Big Little Science Centre in Downtown Kamloops. "We are pretty much doing science mania, all week long, different forms ...
Mar 22, 2022
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP worried agreement between Liberals and NDP could result in unchecked spending
OTTAWA - On Tuesday morning (Mar. 22), the prime minister announced his Liberals have an agreement in place with the federal NDP to ensure the minority government can remain in power until 2025.PM Jus...
Mar 22, 2022
City of Kamloops solicits designs for new Chain of Office
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will get a new mayor later this year - and hopes to get the new mayor some new bling.The mayor's Chain of Office was stolen last September when thieves broke into Kamlo...
Mar 22, 2022
COVID-19: No new deaths across B.C. Tuesday; hospitalization down by 17
VICTORIA - B.C.'s Ministry of Health is reporting positive news on the COVID-19 front Tuesday (Mar. 22) - no new deaths have been reported province-wide. The B.C. death toll from the virus remains at ...
Mar 22, 2022
Baby bump: Royal Inland Hospital sees four per cent yearly increase in newborns
KAMLOOPS - Birth rates crawled to a nine per cent increase in Interior Health (IH) hospitals in 2021. In a news release Tuesday (March 22), IH says it welcomed 6,136 newborns to its hospitals in 2021,...
Mar 22, 2022
COVID-19 outbreak at Ponderosa Lodge declared over
KAMLOOPS - A COVID-19 outbreak at Ponderosa Lodge in Kamloops has been declared over 47 days after it began.Interior Health has only one COVID-19 outbreak on its facility outbreak list as of Tuesday (...
Mar 22, 2022
