Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
B.C. to begin COVID-19 booster shots for long-term care, assisted living residents
VICTORIA - British Columbians living in long-term care and assisted living homes are due to start receiving COVID-19 booster shots this week. Health officials say they are offering boosters because of...
Oct 04, 2021
United Way Thompson Nicola Cariboo kicks off workplace fundraising campaign
KAMLOOPS - United Way BC kicked off its workplace campaign Friday (Oct. 1).Regional Director for United Way Thompson Nicola Cariboo Katie Neustaeter says what makes the workplace campaign so unique is...
Oct 03, 2021
MP-elect Caputo expects newly formed federal government to sit for the first time after Remembrance Day
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP-elect is expecting to sit in the House of Commons for the first time after Remembrance Day.Frank Caputo of the Conservative Party of Canada believes Prime M...
Oct 03, 2021
Strength in season pass sales a rare silver lining for ski resorts post-pandemic
In any normal winter, Cameron Birch and his family of five would pack their bags for an all-inclusive vacation somewhere warm and sunny. But when the pandemic kept them from booking a trip south, the ...
Oct 03, 2021
Kamloops Seniors Village staff member tests positive for COVID-19; exposure restrictions in place
KAMLOOPS - While Interior Health declared Kamloops Seniors Village's outbreak over, the long-term care facility experienced a staff exposure.In an email to families and residents of Kamloops Seniors V...
Oct 02, 2021
Body found near Mission Flats landfill; suspicious death investigation underway
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Serious Crime Unit has been called in to investigate a suspicious death.Friday (Oct. 1) afternoon, Kamloops Fire and Rescue located a body after responding to a suspicious fire...
Oct 02, 2021
Interior Health declares COVID-19 outbreak over at Kamloops Seniors Village
KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 outbreak at Kamloops Seniors Village was declared over on Friday (Oct. 1).Interior Health (IH) states the long-term care facility had 20 cases associated with the outbreak - 10...
Oct 02, 2021
Almost eight in 10 support proof-of-vaccine requirement to visit public places: poll
OTTAWA - Canadians overwhelmingly support the idea of requiring vaccine passports to gain admittance to public places such as restaurants, bars and gyms, a new poll suggests. Fully 78 per cent of resp...
Oct 02, 2021
City buys the Duchess, Northbridge hotel and parking lot for $7.1 million
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has purchased a key property on Tranquille Road for $7.1 million to create new affordable housing and market rental housing on the North Shore. 377 Tranquille Road, the...
Oct 01, 2021
Friday finds 714 new COVID-19 cases in B.C., 11 more deaths
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting 714 new cases of COVID-19 Friday (Oct. 1), including 205 new cases in Interior Health.The numbers come courtesy of an update to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control COVID-1...
Oct 01, 2021
