Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
IH announces COVID-19 vaccination clinics for all adults in rural communities
KAMLOOPS - Logan Lake won't be the only rural community on Interior Health's (IH) 18-plus vaccination clinic.IH listed communities such as Ashcroft and Cache Creek, Barriere, Clearwater and Vavenby, a...
Mar 24, 2021
VIDEO: Help make Clearwater's Parker Thomas a viral star
CLEARWATER, B.C. - It's been a difficult year for all of us, but it has been particularly rough on 18-year-old Parker Thomas of Clearwater. Parker lives with Down Syndrome and, while his speech is typ...
Mar 24, 2021
B.C. records 155 more overdose deaths in February; four more in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - B.C. has recorded its 11th consecutive month with more than 100 deaths due to illicit drug overdoses, and its highest total ever for the month of February.New figures released by the B.C. C...
Mar 24, 2021
Small wildfire sparks along Highway 5 north of Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service is currently working on a small spot fire that has sparked along the Coquihalla.The fire is located approximately 10 kilometres North of Merritt along Highway 5...
Mar 24, 2021
Police watchdog clears Chase RCMP officer who spoke to teen moments before her suicide attempt
CHASE, B.C. - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) has cleared a Chase RCMP officer who spoke briefly to a teenaged girl just before she attempted to die by suicide last fall. The incid...
Mar 24, 2021
RCMP seize 700 cartons of illegal cigarettes in Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A van stopped for going 150km/h on Highway 1 east of Revelstoke lead to an illegal tobacco seizure.B.C. RCMP Traffic Services arrested two men - one in their thirties and another in...
Mar 24, 2021
Justice Len Marchand Jr. of Kamloops appointed to B.C. Court of Appeal
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops-based B.C. Supreme Court judge has earned a promotion.Federal Justice Minister David Lametti announced the appointment of Len Marchand Jr. to the B.C. Court of Appeal Wednesday (...
Mar 24, 2021
B.C.'s Jobs Critic happy business relief deadline extended, disappointed in total funding given out
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s Official Opposition Critic for Jobs, Economic Recovery, and Innovation is happy the Small and Medium Sized Business Recovery Grant program was extended to August 31.While Kamloops-So...
Mar 24, 2021
A Way Home Kamloops triples Camp Out fundraising goal, grateful for community's generosity
KAMLOOPS -The fundraising totals are in for the 2020 edition of A Way Home Kamloops' (AWHK) annual Camp Out to End Youth Homelessness.This year Camp Out raised over $150,000 which is earmarked to supp...
Mar 24, 2021
Merritt development receives third reading
MERRITT- Merritt City Council has approved the third reading of the proposed Spring Bank Development following a public hearing. The third reading was approved by a 4-3 vote Tuesday night. Councillors...
Mar 24, 2021
