Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
IH setting up vaccine clinics for 12 and up in rural communities
KAMLOOPS - Rural communities within Interior Health can expect COVID-19 vaccine clinics for adults receiving their second doses, and residents 12 and up receiving their first.IH listed communities suc...
May 29, 2021
'It's almost like a plane crash': Secwepemc people grieve after remains found near former residential school
TK'EMLUPS - Community members, survivors and chiefs from around Secwepemculew gathered today to honour the hundreds of lives lost - now found in the grounds surrounding the former Kamloops Indian Resi...
May 28, 2021
Kamloops family looking for support for son living with rare muscular degenerative disease
KAMLOOPS - Jude Mitton is just like any other eight-year-old boy, liking what most youngsters do."Listening to music, playing video games, going swimming, riding horses," he said. However, Jude has an...
May 28, 2021
United Way collects period products in Kamloops for those in need
KAMLOOPS The United Way Thompson Nicola Cariboo is collecting feminine hygiene products Friday (May 28) in an effort to end period poverty. Partnering with Kamloops Alliance Church, the United Way is ...
May 28, 2021
School District 73 unveils its first-ever electric school bus
KAMLOOPS - It's been two years in the making, but School District 73 is driving into the future, unveiling its first electric school bus on Friday that's expected to be on the road full time next week...
May 28, 2021
COVID-19 exposure recorded on Kamloops flights
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is alerting Kamloops residents to a COVID-19 exposure on a flight that touched down at Kamloops Airport, and one that originated here. The WestJet flight...
May 28, 2021
Kamloops RCMP execute search warrant in police impersonation probe
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops are asking for the public's help as they look into allegations of police impersonation.In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says investigators in the detachm...
May 28, 2021
‘We always knew that this was happening’: Kamloops residential school survivor
UPPER NICOLA, B.C. - "I didn't realize how strong I was. I was strong because I came home. I didn't know that till this afternoon," said Chief Harvey McLeod.The Chief of the Upper Nicola Band attended...
May 28, 2021
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs mourns with Tk'emlups te Secwepemc over finding of bodies
KAMLOOPS - The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says it mourns with the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc over the find of at least 215 unmarked graves at the grounds of the old Kamloops Indian Residential School. Ku...
May 28, 2021
VIDEO: Kamloops residents impacted by Italian-Canadian internment appreciate official apology
KAMLOOPS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an apology Thursday morning (May 27) for wrongdoing against Italian-Canadians during the Second World War. Tens of thousands of Italian-Canadians were l...
May 27, 2021
