Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
With $15M donation, Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Foundation claims name of Royal Inland Hospital patient care tower
KAMLOOPS - When the first phase of the new Patient Care Tower officially opens in July, on it will be the names of two people who cared deeply about the Kamloops community. It will be named the Phil &...
Nov 03, 2021
CMHA Kamloops removes 'interim' from Executive Director Achoba's title
KAMLOOPS - The Canadian Mental Health Association's (CMHA) Kamloops branch has removed the 'interim' tag from Executive Director Alfred Achoba's title.Achoba stepped into the agency's lead role in 202...
Nov 03, 2021
Missing Kamloops woman's Jeep found downtown
KAMLOOPS - Shannon White's Jeep was found in downtown Kamloops, but the search for the missing 32-year-old woman continues.Kamloops RCMP confirmed Wednesday (Nov. 3) morning that the black 1997 TJ mod...
Nov 03, 2021
Williams Lake Mayor apologizes but doesn't resign
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake Mayor Walt Cobb has apologized for offending with his sharing of a Facebook post that supported the work of the residential school system in Canada.He apologized du...
Nov 03, 2021
Kamloops Cancer Care Centre in concept planning stage
KAMLOOPS - Concept planning is underway for a cancer care treatment centre in Kamloops.The Ministry of Health has confirmed the first step to the development of any new facility, has begun. During the...
Nov 03, 2021
Interior Health alerts users of 'ketamine' that will have the opposite effect
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued a drug alert for a substance being sold as ketamine in Kamloops.The alert notes the substance is a grainy, white, crystalline powder but may contain methamphetami...
Nov 02, 2021
Interior Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Overlander Residential Care over
KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 outbreak at Overlander Residential Care in Kamloops is over.Interior Health announced Tuesday (Nov. 2) afternoon that the long-term care facility no longer has an active COVID-...
Nov 02, 2021
RCMP searching for Kamloops woman who's been missing since Monday
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are seeking public assistance to find a Kamloops woman who has not been seen since Monday (Nov. 1) morning.RCMP say 32-year-old Shannon White left home in her black Jeep TJ at...
Nov 02, 2021
Simpson family concerned about Tiechrieb's release to halfway house
KAMLOOPS - The man who attacked 18-year-old Jessie Simpson with a baseball bat in 2016 has been released from prison and is now living in a halfway house after serving more than three years in jail. K...
Nov 02, 2021
B.C. reports 406 new COVID-19 cases, 95 of them in Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - There were 406 new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C. for Tuesday (Nov. 2), with 95 of them in Interior Health. Provincially, there are 4,694 active cases (up by 26 since Monday), with 613 of ...
Nov 02, 2021
