Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Interior Health investigating capacity, potential vaccine card mix-up at Blue Grotto
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says it is working with a couple hypotheses in mind around what caused multiple COVID-19 cases at the Blue Grotto nightclub on the evening of Oct. 14. Blue Grotto owner Davi...
Oct 22, 2021
BC Wildlife Park hopes for a strong finish to 2021 season
KAMLOOPS - Many tourist attractions throughout the province have struggled throughout the pandemic. Travel restrictions have certainly had an effect on the BC Wildlife Park over the past 19 months - b...
Oct 22, 2021
Water consumption down in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - "More than anything we want people to know that their sacrifices this year have made a difference," said CAO Sean Smith.Water use and water restrictions are usually a hotly debated top...
Oct 22, 2021
Police watchdog recommends charges after man injured in 2020 arrest near Sicamous
SICAMOUS, B.C. - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) has announced a charge recommendation against RCMP officers after an incident near Sicamous in April, 2020.At about 12:00 noon on A...
Oct 22, 2021
Police investigate fatal shooting of horse near Salmon Arm, appeal for tips
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Salmon Arm RCMP detachment in B.C.'s Southern Interior is reaching out to the public in the hopes of finding the person(s) responsible for shooting and killing a horse.On Oct. 9...
Oct 22, 2021
Kamloops radio legend Doug Collins ends 55-year broadcasting career
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops radio legend's 55-year broadcasting career has come to a close.CFJC's Doug Collins announced his retirement to colleagues Friday morning (Oct. 22).Collins spent 51 of his 55 year...
Oct 22, 2021
Kamloops Mayor wants fair share of cannabis revenue, as consumers continue to embrace legal weed
KAMLOOPS - It's hard to believe it's been three whole years since the legalization of cannabis across Canada. "We're very grateful to be in a business that's gone from illegal to legal, to surviving C...
Oct 21, 2021
Treatment centre proposed in Rayleigh, CMHA feels more housing needed
KAMLOOPS - Tuhani George has been living on the streets for three years. He says an addiction to heroin destroyed his life - his marriage and relationship with his four kids. "I hit rock bottom. We ha...
Oct 21, 2021
COVID-19 cases continue to spread from Blue Grotto concert, owner will close for a few days
KAMLOOPS - COVID-19 cases continue to spread from a concert on Thursday, Oct. 14 at the Blue Grotto Nightclub in downtown Kamloops."It's about just keeping the community safe and [not sick] and keepin...
Oct 21, 2021
B.C. surpasses 200,000 COVID-19 cases; 715 new cases in the province and 137 in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C. has hit a grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic today (Oct. 21).As the province reported 715 new cases of COVID-19 for Thursday (Oct. 21), with 137 of them in Interior Health, B.C. s...
Oct 21, 2021
