Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
NorKam students protest school dress code in support of student sent home
KAMLOOPS - Karis Wilson wore an outfit she felt was appropriate on Tuesday (Feb. 23) at Norkam Secondary. However, she didn't stay long. Citing the outfit was making her and a student teacher uncomfor...
Feb 24, 2021
Kamloops engineer involved in analysis of Tiger Woods' traumatic crash on L.A. highway
KAMLOOPS - The minute Tiger Woods' SUV went off the road, the world stopped to see the fate of the golf legend. Woods is recovering in an L.A. hospital after a traumatic crash that's left him with sig...
Feb 24, 2021
Community COVID-19 data shows decreased spread last week around Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There is good news in the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) community-level COVID-19 map this week. None of the Local Health Areas (LHAs) surrounding Kamloops saw increasing spread.Fo...
Feb 24, 2021
Kamloops restaurants relieved to have permanent wholesale liquor pricing
KAMLOOPS - Bars and restaurants in Kamloops got a silver lining this week, with the province announcing their ability to buy liquor at wholesale prices will be permanent. In June of 2020, liquor servi...
Feb 24, 2021
Kamloops Heritage Railway awarded $80,000 federal grant
KAMLOOPS - A federal grant will help the Kamloops Heritage Railway (KHR) spruce up its offerings this year. According to Executive Director Cory Clark, KHR has received an $80,000 grant through Ottawa...
Feb 24, 2021
Ayesha Mosque aiming to relocate within Kamloops city limits, become closer with community
KAMLOOPS - Knutsford has been home for nearly 14 years, but the Kamloops Islamic Association (KIA) is looking to relocate Ayesha Mosque within city limits.Relocation discussions have been on and off f...
Feb 24, 2021
Kamloops student followed; RCMP encourage street-proof awareness
KAMLOOPS - A student was walking home last week when she noticed a man who appeared to be following her. Kamloops RCMP said a suspicious person near a school on the 900-block of Southill Street was fo...
Feb 24, 2021
RAW VIDEO: Successful hunt for McArthur Island lynx caught on camera
KAMLOOPS - Visitors to McArthur Island Park in Kamloops may have spied a resident lynx over the past few weeks. Usually, a lynx will stay out of the limelight, but a video making the rounds on social ...
Feb 24, 2021
Two Kamloops schools, one Merritt school added to COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - Two more Kamloops schools have been added to the Interior Health (IH) COVID-19 exposure list.IH says Beattie Elementary had an exposure on Wednesday and Thursday of last week (Feb. 17 and 1...
Feb 24, 2021
Kamloops partaking in Pink Shirt Day to bring an end to bullying
KAMLOOPS - Many throughout the City of Kamloops are wearing pink and joining the stand against bullying.Kamloops students, school staff, sheriffs and police officers partook in Pink Shirt Day on Wedne...
Feb 24, 2021
