Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Highway 1 reopens through the Fraser Canyon; drivers can expect lengthy delays
KAMLOOPS - The Trans Canada Highway through the Fraser Canyon will reopen for all vehicle traffic as of 12:00 noon on Monday (Jan. 24).B.C.'s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced Mo...
Jan 24, 2022
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Gillis House in Merritt
KAMLOOPS - A COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Gillis House in Merritt on Saturday (Jan. 22).Interior Health states in its health facility disease outbreaks page that Units A and B are affected in the...
Jan 24, 2022
Lillooet RCMP looking to return year's worth of recovered property
LILLOOET, B.C. - Lillooet RCMP are looking to give back a year's worth of recovered property to their rightful owners. Over the past 12 months, RCMP report the following items, that were likely stolen...
Jan 22, 2022
No strike: Highland Valley Copper workers vote in favour of five-year contract
KAMLOOPS - More than 1,000 union workers will remain on the job at the Highland Valley Copper (HVC) mine west of Logan Lake for the next five years.Nine days after issuing a strike notice to Teck Reso...
Jan 22, 2022
Businesses frustrated with ever-changing COVID-19 directives from province
KAMLOOPS - Businesses are being encouraged to continue exercising their own COVID-19 safety plans, but the Ministry of Health's flip-flopping on Public Health Orders has many businesses feeling confus...
Jan 21, 2022
Housing prices make it hard for city to attract out-of-town talent to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The housing crunch in Kamloops has left some city departments with staffing shortages as they fail to attract talent from other cities.The development and engineering department lost six of...
Jan 21, 2022
Hospitalizations, ICU totals increase due to COVID-19 in B.C.
VICTORIA - After decreasing slightly on Thursday (Jan. 20), hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in B.C. have jumped again.According to the health ministry, there are 924 people in hospital with the virus...
Jan 21, 2022
Low supply playing role in rising home prices in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Tushar Jain wants to settle down in Kamloops. He tried to put an offer on a place in Upper Sahali in his price range of $300,000. However, it was a frantic and anxiety-inducing experience a...
Jan 21, 2022
Sunrise Centre opens in downtown Kamloops with subsidized rentals for seniors and families
KAMLOOPS - A new apartment building has opened in downtown Kamloops, with more than 100 rental units available to seniors and families billed as more affordable. Sunrise Centre, a six-story building o...
Jan 21, 2022
Kamloops RCMP nab suspect in a business washroom
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP caught a suspected robber in an unusual location - a washroom.Mounties say an arrest warrant was issued for a Kamloops man following a residential break and enter last summer....
Jan 21, 2022
