Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Film Festival gets ready to raise the curtain on its 25th season
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Film Festival will be back this year for its 25th anniversary.A red carpet will lead crowds to more than 25 films, followed by a closing party and exciting new food. The Kamloo...
Feb 4, 2022
B.C. COVID-19 death toll up by 19 Friday; hospitalizations down
VICTORIA - It has been another deadly day in B.C.'s battle against COVID-19.According to the Ministry of Health, 19 more people have died of the virus Friday (Feb. 4), lifting the provincial death tol...
Feb 4, 2022
MLA Milobar happy to see end of B.C. Liberal leadership race, not concerned about court petition
KAMLOOPS - The 18-month B.C. Liberal leadership race finally comes to an end this weekend.Seven people have put their names forward for leader, including three sitting MLAs.Kamloops-North Thompson MLA...
Feb 4, 2022
Student absenteeism peaked at 23 per cent in January: Kamloops-Thompson superintendent
KAMLOOPS - A report coming to the Kamloops-Thompson School District Board of Education next week shows the extent to which various illnesses have affected attendance so far in 2022.The report from Sup...
Feb 4, 2022
Nicola-Similkameen among first school districts to receive rapid tests for students
MERRITT, B.C. - Further pandemic supports are coming for B.C. students and schools, with 300,000 rapid antigen test kits to be delivered in phases.The first phase will be rural and remote school distr...
Feb 4, 2022
Kamloops-area home prices have risen 35 per cent in 12 months: real estate association
KAMLOOPS - The latest statistics from the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association (KADREA) show a market tilting even more heavily in favour of the seller - and growing further out of reach for ...
Feb 4, 2022
Tk'emlups homicide victim was Sa-Hali Secondary student
KAMLOOPS - An 18-year-old man who was found dead in a Tk'emlups parking lot last Saturday (Jan. 29) was a Grade 12 student at Sa-Hali Secondary School.In a news release issued Thursday, Kamloops RCMP ...
Feb 3, 2022
Friend remembers ‘always laughing’ Ashley Wadsworth — but ‘she needed help’
KELOWNA - A friend of Ashley Wadsworth, the young Vernon woman murdered in England this week, says there was never a dull moment with her.But, she had also been reaching out for help and her relations...
Feb 3, 2022
How to spot the signs of an eating disorder and get help
KAMLOOPS - Eating disorders are on the rise and treatment is harder to come by due to the pandemic.Staff at the National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) have seen a 59 per cent increase in ...
Feb 3, 2022
Kamloops pharmacist urges COVID-19 vaccination booster uptake, says doses are going to waste
KAMLOOPS - Missagh Manshadi is throwing away unusable Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. The pharmacist says not enough people are coming in for booster shots and the solution is going bad. "We have so far di...
Feb 3, 2022
