Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Buyer beware - Kamloops woman waiting for her new home
KAMLOOPS - Last June, Marieke Alferink says she picked out a design and put down a deposit on a manufactured home to live in Kamloops. She alleges she was told COVID-19 and supply chain interruptions ...
Jan 25, 2022
'Anxiety to anger': Highway 8 residents receiving bills for no service
KAMLOOPS - Residents of Highway 8 near Spences Bridge have been displaced since the Nicola River flood on Nov. 15.The devastated area had no cell or internet service for almost five weeks - but when S...
Jan 24, 2022
Full TNRD audit reveals former CAO Gill's spending habits for many years
KAMLOOPS - From expenses without itemized receipts to purchases for friends and family, and even accepting vacations from a Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) contractor, former CAO Sukh Gill se...
Jan 24, 2022
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
