Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
BC Wildfire Service reports progress on all flanks of White Rock Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - Crews continue to see positive progress along all flanks of the White Rock Lake wildfire. In its Saturday (Aug. 28) update, the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says infrared drone scans will con...
Aug 28, 2021
Extended ban on direct flights from India hits international students hard
Sachin Dev is one of the many international students navigating Canada's extended ban on direct flights from India as he tries to make his way to Montreal before the start of the new semester. The PhD...
Aug 28, 2021
Horgan addresses Royal Inland Hospital staffing shortage
KAMLOOPS - The Premier is responding to the staffing shortage at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH), after surgeons and nurses have expressed their frustrations.Doctors and nurses at RIH say the staffing sho...
Aug 27, 2021
TRU asks for vaccine status, regular testing of those unvaccinated
KAMLOOPS - Several universities across the province will require all students, faculty and staff to self-disclose their vaccination status, while those unvaccinated will be tested regularly - and Thom...
Aug 27, 2021
Nicola Valley Food Bank steps up to support wildfire evacuees
MERRITT, B.C. - It was on June 30 that a fire tore through the town of Lytton, B.C. Since those early days of the 2021 fire season, the Nicola Valley Food Bank has been there for evacuees."Bedding, cl...
Aug 27, 2021
B.C. records 867 new COVID-19 cases Friday, three new virus-related deaths in Interior Health
VICTORIA - The province is reporting further growth in COVID-19 case counts today (Aug. 27) with 867 new cases identified in the last 24 hours. Of those, 350 new virus cases were reported in Interior ...
Aug 27, 2021
Horgan to visit Logan Lake today
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan will be paying a visit to the community of Logan Lake today (Aug. 27).Logan Lake was able to fend off the Tremont Creek wildfire earlier this month with the help of seve...
Aug 27, 2021
IH responds to RIH nurses, staffing outcry for support
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) is responding to the recent outcry from Royal Inland Hospital Nurses who say they are leaving the job because they are understaffed and overworked."It is heartbreaking ...
Aug 26, 2021
Interior Health addresses choice to cancel elective surgeries for another week at RIH
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is addressing its choice to cancel elective surgeries for a third week in a row at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH).The response comes after the hospital's surgeons spoke to CFJC...
Aug 26, 2021
United for BC Wildfire Recovery Fund aims to help those affected by 2021 wildfires
KAMLOOPS - While we're still in the midst of the 2021 wildfire season, it's sure to go down as one of the worst BC has ever experienced. With hundreds of properties lost, and the total cost of those l...
Aug 26, 2021
