Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
RCMP swarm Sahali after armed robbery
KAMLOOPS - (NOTE: This story has been updated here.) UPDATE (9:10 a.m.) - RCMP are looking for the suspect in a Sahali armed robbery Tuesday morning (June 8). In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Crys...
Jun 08, 2021
New partnership aims to make university more accessible for future nurses
KAMLOOPS - Post-secondary education is an expensive endeavour. On Monday (June 7), the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) School of Nursing announced a partnership with a local organization that will he...
Jun 07, 2021
Interior Health launches mobile immunization clinics
KAMLOOPS - Two mobile COVID-19 immunization clinics that will travel across the Interior Health region to target rural and remote communities and other hard to reach populations.One mobile immunizatio...
Jun 07, 2021
Residential school survivors fundraiser gaining steam as run begins
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man is amazed at the donations and support he's received as he gets ready to start his fundraising run on Monday night (June 7). Brock Fraser launched Brock's 215km for 215 Child...
Jun 07, 2021
Secwépemc Landmarks celebrates installation of first trailhead post in Shuswap Lakes region
SALMON ARM - The Secwpemc Landmarks project partners announced the installation of the first of nearly 100 trailhead posts on trail systems throughout the Shuswap Lakes region. Shuswap Middle School h...
Jun 07, 2021
Highway repaving projects planned for Thompson and Shuswap throughout summer
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson and Shuswap regions will see multiples kilometres of highways and side roads paved throughout the summer.One of the B.C. government's first resurfacing projects that began in e...
Jun 07, 2021
Dallas Elementary teacher named a top health and fitness leader across the country
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops elementary school won national recognition as a Building Our Kids' Success (BOKS) program leader. Clay Cartie, a Grade 6/7 teacher at Dallas Elementary, won top marks across the ...
Jun 07, 2021
VIDEO: Police watchdog takes over after pursuit near Merritt ends in serious injuries
MERRITT, B.C. - The Independent Investigation Office of B.C. (IIO) has taken over the probe into a police chase and shootout near Merritt Sunday (June 6).In a news release, the IIO says at about 3:50 ...
Jun 07, 2021
Hat Creek Road fire near Ashcroft now being held
ASHCROFT, B.C. - The 19-hectare Hat Creek Road wildfire southwest of Ashcroft is now being held.The fire broke out on Saturday (June 5) and was visible from the Trans Canada Highway.Fire Information O...
Jun 07, 2021
Heavy construction near the Columbia corridor planned throughout the summer
KAMLOOPS - The Sahali area will be getting an extensive facelift throughout the summer with upgrades coming to the Columbia Street West corridor.Construction for the Columbia Corridor Project starts J...
Jun 07, 2021
