Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Long-term supports needed to brace for impact of more residential school site discoveries: FNHA
KAMLOOPS - The discovery of hundreds of child-burial sites near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School has had a far-reaching impact - nationally, and mentally for residential school survivors,...
Jun 03, 2021
If your first vaccine in B.C. was AstraZeneca, the second shot is your choice: doctor
VICTORIA - British Columbia residents who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be able to choose if they want to stay with the same shot or take one of the other options. Provincial health off...
Jun 03, 2021
Wildfire service attacks fire from ground and air, Highway 97 closed north of Vernon
VERNON, B.C. - The B.C. Wildfire Service says an industrial mill fire north of Vernon near Tonasket Road is now 1.5 hectares in size, with 25 provincial firefighters on site and numerous local departm...
Jun 03, 2021
PHOTOS: Kamloops RCMP police dog Fargo celebrates his 8th birthday
KAMLOOPS - It's not always that the Kamloops RCMP detachment informs the public that one of their own is having a birthday - but this one is special.Police Service Dog Fargo turned eight Wednesday (Ju...
Jun 03, 2021
Insurance provider for Trans Mountain pipeline says it won't renew policy
EDMONTON - An insurance provider for the Trans Mountain pipeline says it will not renew its policy with the company when it expires in August.Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., an international u...
Jun 03, 2021
VIDEO: David Thompson Elementary students raise orange hands in support of Tk'emlups
KAMLOOPS - There has been an outpouring of support from the Kamloops community since the discovery of more than 200 graves at Tk'emlups te Secwepemc near the former residential school last week. Wedne...
Jun 03, 2021
MPs McLeod, Albas vote counter to Conservative majority on abortion bill
OTTAWA - A private members bill sponsored by Cathay Wagantall, Conservative MP for Yorkton-Melville in Saskatchewan, surrounding abortion was voted on Wednesday in the House of Commons.The bill aimed ...
Jun 03, 2021
Safety improvements coming to Coquihalla Highway
MERRITT, B.C. - To improve safety for people travelling on the Coquihalla (Highway 5) south of Merritt, centre median barriers will be installed and the highway shoulder widened.A $2.2-million contrac...
Jun 03, 2021
B.C.-based Prestige Hotels and Resorts buys Kamloops Comfort Inn and Suites
KAMLOOPS - A B.C.-based hotel and resort chain is moving into the Kamloops market.In a news release issued Thursday (June 3), Prestige Hotels and Resorts announced it has purchased the former Comfort ...
Jun 03, 2021
Identifying children's remains at B.C. residential school stalled by lack of records
VANCOUVER - A lack of access to records and first-hand data would hinder the ability to identify the remains of 215 children found at a former residential school in Kamloops, says the director of the ...
Jun 03, 2021
