Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops community booster one of four recipients of honourary TRU degrees
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will acclaim four people with honourary degrees as its Spring 2021 Virtual Convocation.One of the recipients is Norman Daley, a chartered professional accou...
May 31, 2021
Search resumes for body of Kamloops firefighter presumed drowned in Okanagan Lake
KELOWNA - Extensive search efforts resumed on Sunday with crews determined to recover the body of an off-duty firefighter presumed drowned in Okanagan Lake. Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) ...
May 31, 2021
Adopt-A-Road/Trail returns for 2021
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops can resume its Adopt-A-Road/Trail program on Tuesday (June 1) after being suspended the previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Since its inception in the 1980s, the...
May 31, 2021
Tourism Merritt continues to promote ‘Dream Now, Visit Later’
MERRITT, B.C. - As the province of BC begins to loosen COVID-19 restrictions, travel and tourism will be looking to quickly rebound from over a year of limited movement."We'll be following the restric...
May 31, 2021
NorKam Secondary added to IH's COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - There are four active potential COVID-19 exposure events in SD73.NorKam Secondary had a potential exposure on May 25 and 26. It joined Sa-Hali Secondary (May 17 to 19), Beattie Elementary (...
May 31, 2021
Missing Penticton woman found safe
KAMLOOPS - Thanks in part to efforts from a number of Search and Rescue groups, as well as police and first responders, a 26-year-old female missing in the Lac La Hache area was located alive and safe...
May 31, 2021
Shtuka family manages expectations as RCMP search for Ryan again at Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS - It's been three years since the RCMP, and Search and Rescue teams, have attempted to locate Ryan Shtuka.The 20-year-old was last seen leaving a party on Burfield Drive at Sun Peaks at arou...
May 30, 2021
IH setting up vaccine clinics for 12 and up in rural communities
KAMLOOPS - Rural communities within Interior Health can expect COVID-19 vaccine clinics for adults receiving their second doses, and residents 12 and up receiving their first.IH listed communities suc...
May 29, 2021
'It's almost like a plane crash': Secwepemc people grieve after remains found near former residential school
TK'EMLUPS - Community members, survivors and chiefs from around Secwepemculew gathered today to honour the hundreds of lives lost - now found in the grounds surrounding the former Kamloops Indian Resi...
May 28, 2021
Kamloops family looking for support for son living with rare muscular degenerative disease
KAMLOOPS - Jude Mitton is just like any other eight-year-old boy, liking what most youngsters do."Listening to music, playing video games, going swimming, riding horses," he said. However, Jude has an...
May 28, 2021
