Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Drivers told to be prepared for rapidly changing weather conditions after Tuesday morning's black ice
KAMLOOPS - Thanks to overnight freezing rain, drivers in the Thompson, Nicola and Shuswap regions got a reminder of the upcoming winter weather conditions Tuesday morning (Nov. 2).DriveBC reported veh...
Nov 02, 2021
Landlord turfs Kamloops North Shore wellness centre staffed by unvaccinated nurses
KAMLOOPS - A controversial wellness centre on the Kamloops North Shore opened by unvaccinated nurses will have to find a new location.Ezra Wellness opened in a commercial space in the 500-block of Tra...
Nov 02, 2021
Woman charged, man outstanding after separate reported grocery store robberies in Sahali
KAMLOOPS - A 23-year-old Kamloops woman is charged with robbery and assault with a weapon after a grocery store robbery Halloween (Oct. 31) night. According to Kamloops RCMP, an employee at a grocery ...
Nov 02, 2021
Kamloops RCMP seek information on reported downtown stabbing on Halloween night
KAMLOOPS - A reported knife assault in Downtown Kamloops led to two men being taken to hospital with serious injuries, and one of them being arrested.The reported knife assault took place on the 400-b...
Nov 01, 2021
City seeking to apply for federal funds for Noble Creek irrigation improvements, emergency egress routes
KAMLOOPS - Staff at City Hall are seeking to apply for federal funding for two key projects in Kamloops - the Noble Creek irrigation system and emergency egress roads in four neighbourhoods.The applic...
Nov 01, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre; B.C. reports 1,370 new cases
KAMLOOPS - A COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre, per the B.C. government's COVID-19 pandemic update for Monday (Nov. 1).Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre had a lengthy...
Nov 01, 2021
'Showing community leadership': Kamloops council colleagues differ from Walsh's COVID-19 vaccine views
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Councillor Denis Walsh has been vocal about his decision to not get the COVID-19 vaccine.After getting COVID-19 in the spring, Walsh believes his natural immunity will help protect...
Nov 01, 2021
School district committee to send out COVID-19 vaccination surveys to all staff
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District is formulating a COVID-19 vaccination survey that's expected to go out to all staff in the next week. While School District 73 does not think it should...
Nov 01, 2021
IH school COVID-19 list shrinks but new exposures found in Kamloops, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House
KAMLOOPS - The number of COVID-19 exposures in Interior Health schools is slowly decreasing, but there are new exposures to report from last week in Kamloops and the Cariboo. As of mid-afternoon Monda...
Nov 01, 2021
Interior Health investigates COVID-19 cluster at RiverBend independent living apartments in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health confirms it is investigating a cluster of COVID-19 cases at RiverBend in Brocklehurst. RiverBend is a privately-owned independent living facility and thus is not considered ...
Nov 01, 2021 Image Credit: River Bend
