Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
COVID-19 cases declining steadily in Kamloops; big spike in Vernon last week
KAMLOOPS - The latest COVID-19 case count data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control shows steadily declining cases in the Kamloops area.A map of cases broken down by Local Health Area (LHA) shows ...
Jun 02, 2021
IH warns against complacency as vaccination rates increase
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s immunization roll out is reaching important milestones this week, with about 70 per cent of eligible adults in the province with a first dose.Following a similar order as the first d...
Jun 02, 2021
Volunteer couple from Idaho assisted in search for missing Kamloops firefighter in Okanagan Lake
KELOWNA - An American couple renowned for recovering drowning victims in deep water assisted in the search efforts this week for an off-duty firefighter presumed drowned in Okanagan Lake.Gene and Sand...
Jun 02, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 case count grows by 194; 33 in Interior Health
VICTORIA - For the second consecutive day, B.C. has recorded fewer than 200 new cases of COVID-19. In a prepared statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports 194 new cases in the prov...
Jun 02, 2021
'The Church was unquestionably wrong': Vancouver Archbishop pens letter to First Nations
VANCOUVER - Rev. J. Michael Miller, the present shepherd of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver, has penned a letter to all First Nations governments, Indigenous communities, families and citi...
Jun 02, 2021
Indigenous art facilitator familiar with Secwépemc Nation needed to help design RIH Cultural Wall
KAMLOOPS - Construction is still underway for the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) Patient Care Tower ahead of its summer 2022 opening but plans to honour Indigenous cultures and communities in the Thompso...
Jun 02, 2021
Kamloops just had the driest spring in 120 years: Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada says the spring of 2021 was the driest Kamloops has seen in 120 years. Speaking to CFJC Today, forecaster Armel Castellan says Environment Canada considers spring to cons...
Jun 02, 2021
Arts organizations clamoring to have audiences again, but will welcome people back cautiously in the fall
KAMLOOPS - It's been 15 months since any theatre production or symphony have played in front of a live audience, but that is about to change next season. Both the Kamloops Symphony and Western Canada ...
Jun 02, 2021
Kamloops man raising money to support Indigenous families devastated by residential schools
KAMLOOPS - Brock Fraser says a few aches and pains from running 20 kilometres a day will pale in comparison to the torture endured by children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Fraser has org...
Jun 02, 2021
Drugs seized, donation boxes stolen and impaired driving highlights Kamloops RCMP's week
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 376 calls for service from midnight Friday, May 28, to 9:00 a.m. on Monday, May 31, 2021. Below are some highlights from those calls.Donation boxes ...
Jun 02, 2021
