Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Nearly 300 Loon Lake-area properties given all clear status by TNRD
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) rescinded an evacuation alert to all clear Monday (Aug. 23).The evacuation alert was lifted for 298 properties in the Loon Lake and Hihium Lake ...
Aug 23, 2021
Mixed reviews on vaccine requirement in Kamloops, could come to B.C. Interior sooner
KAMLOOPS - The province's new vaccine passport - requiring citizens to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 24 in order to dine out, go to the gym, or attend a sporting event or concert - is receiving mixed re...
Aug 23, 2021
RIH, BC Hospital nurses feeling exhausted, walking off job
KAMLOOPS - Two thirds of the emergency nurses at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) have walked off the job recently, claiming they were exhausted and understaffed.The BC Nurses Union (BCNU) says a large maj...
Aug 23, 2021
100 Mile House-area evacuation lifted, alerts rescinded as Flat Lake fire cools
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - There is good news today for residents in the 100 Mile House area as activity on the massive Flat Lake wildfire has decreased dramatically.That has led to the area's final evacu...
Aug 23, 2021
Unvaccinated population accounts for more than 70 per cent of B.C.'s COVID-19 cases over seven-day period
VICTORIA - For the first time as part of its daily COVID-19 update, the B.C. government reports that unvaccinated residents accounted for more than two-thirds of cases over a seven-day period.Between ...
Aug 23, 2021
Swansea Point and Queest Village areas given all clear as Shuswap-area fires calm
KAMLOOPS - The final evacuation alert issued due to the Two Mile Road wildfire has been rescinded.The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) gave the all clear for properties in the Swansea Point a...
Aug 23, 2021
Kamloops SPCA’s evacuated animal load lightens, still in need of items for those who can’t go home
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops SPCA Branch and temporary evacuation centre has seen 172 evacuated animals come through its doors since wildfire activity increased in early July.As of Monday (Aug. 23), 37 ani...
Aug 23, 2021
City shuts down Music in the Park
KAMLOOPS One of the City's most popular summer events has been shut down early because of the escalation of cases of COVID-19. Music in the Park had been already shortened this year because of COVID r...
Aug 23, 2021
B.C. holding COVID-19 vaccination update; premier attending
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan, along with the health minister and provincial health officer, will be holding a briefing on COVID-19 vaccinations in British Columbia this afternoon. Specific details o...
Aug 23, 2021
DriveBC: Vehicle on fire partially blocking southbound lane of Coquihalla south of Merritt
MERRITT - A reported vehicle on fire is partially blocking the southbound lane of the Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt.DriveBC announced on Sunday (Aug. 22) near noon that emergency crews have been...
Aug 22, 2021
