Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Potential COVID-19 exposures identified at Barriere, Merritt Secondary Schools
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is reporting a potential COVID-19 exposure at a high school in Barriere last week. IH says the potential exposure at Barriere Secondary School would have been January 4, 5 a...
Jan 11, 2021
Murray United Church in Merritt reaches fundraising goal
MERRITT, B.C. - The Murray Church Fundraising Challenge goal was to raise $15,000 by January 11, 2021, two years since the arson which destroyed the historic church."With matching funding, we have rea...
Jan 11, 2021
Impaired crash critically injures driver, kills dog near Vavenby
VAVENBY, B.C. - RCMP are looking for any witnesses after a vehicle collision injured several people and killed a dog Sunday (Jan. 10) along Highway 5. Cpl. Mike Halskov says in a release police and em...
Jan 11, 2021
Canadian government deems international travellers ineligible for federal sickness benefit
GATINEAU, QUEBEC - Starting this month, the Government of Canada will ensure returning international travellers will not be eligible for any of the Canada Recovery Benefits during their mandatory quar...
Jan 11, 2021
Kamloops RCMP identify distracted driver who fled Tranquille Road collision scene
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops say they've caught up with a man who walked away from a two vehicle collision on the city's north shore yesterday (Jan. 9). In a release, RCMP Staff Sgt. Mat Van Laer say...
Jan 10, 2021
Multi-vehicle incident on Coquihalla highway
MERRITT - According to Drive BC, an incident involving multiple vehicles has slowed traffic on Highway 5 this afternoon (Dec. 9).Drive BC tweeted they received reports of the incident north of Merritt...
Jan 09, 2021
Staying inside may have helped spur COVID-19 spread in Kamloops: medical health officer
KAMLOOPS - Almost three weeks into winter, and so far, the weather has been mild. However, the virus that kept us apart over the holidays has been the opposite. The week after Christmas saw a dramatic...
Jan 08, 2021
RCMP say firearms made Thursday drug seizure in Kamloops more significant
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say investigators seized thousands of doses of illicit drugs destined for the streets of Kamloops Thursday, but the most significant impact of the operation may have been the three gun...
Jan 08, 2021
Kamloops businesses disappointed, not surprised by extended COVID-19 restrictions
KAMLOOPS - The provincial health officer announced an extension of current COVID-19 restrictions Thursday (Jan. 8). The news was disappointing for local sectors currently struggling under the restrict...
Jan 08, 2021
New COVID-19 data should increase vaccination rates in long-term care: Lake
KAMLOOPS - At its peak in December, COVID-19 cases at B.C. care facilities reached 485 in a week. In the same period, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control reported 100 deaths. That data will now be mad...
Jan 08, 2021
