Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
VIDEO: Kamloops residents impacted by Italian-Canadian internment appreciate official apology
KAMLOOPS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an apology Thursday morning (May 27) for wrongdoing against Italian-Canadians during the Second World War. Tens of thousands of Italian-Canadians were l...
May 27, 2021
Tk'emlups confirms bodies of 215 children buried at former Kamloops Indian Residential School site
TK'EMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC - The chief of the Tk'emlps te Secwpemc calls the discovery "unthinkable". The band confirmed Thursday (May 27) it has found the remains of 215 children buried on the site of th...
May 27, 2021
Contract awarded for highway work through Chase
KAMLOOPS - A $32 million contract to four-lane a stretch of the Trans-Canada highway through Chase has been awarded to CIF Construction Ltd. of Prince George.The Ministry of Transportation says 1.6 ki...
May 27, 2021
VIDEO: A Cooney Bay campfire is potentially more dangerous than you might think
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) continues to focus on Cooney Bay as a potential location of dangerous, human-caused fires.Last week, KFR said it would hand out warnings to those using the beach ...
May 27, 2021
Kamloops residents excited for reopening, some will remain cautious as restrictions lift
KAMLOOPS - With Tuesday announcement of B.C.'s reopening plan, there is definite excitement in Kamloops about getting back to normal, but there is also hesitation among some who may feel strange about...
May 26, 2021
Imitation firearms highlight Kamloops RCMP's weekend
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 455 calls for service from midnight on Friday, May 21, to 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Below are some highlights from those calls. Nerf gun g...
May 26, 2021
Kamloops COVID-19 case count dropped to 22 last week: BCCDC
KAMLOOPS - The latest COVID-19 data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) shows a marked decrease in new cases in Kamloops last week.The Local Health Area (LHA) map updated on the BCCDC web...
May 26, 2021
Kamloops tourism-dependent businesses celebrate prospect of COVID-19 restrictions being lifted soon
KAMLOOPS - Many local businesses are starting to plan for post-pandemic life, especially now that B.C. has released its restart plan. One of the industries hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic and res...
May 26, 2021
Gusty wind whips Tk'emlups grass fire before KFR crews bring it under control
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) says a grass fire that ignited on the Tk'emlups Reserve Wednesday morning (May 26) grew to about two hectares before firefighters got a handle on it.RAW VIDEO: (V...
May 26, 2021
UBCIC calls severed bear paws found near Shuswap Lake 'a complete lack of respect for wildlife'
ANGLEMONT, B.C. - Appalled and horrified.That's how the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) reacted to 80 to 100 severed bear paws - approximately 20 to 25 bears in total - being discovered in the Ang...
May 26, 2021
