Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Kamloops nature parks in high demand with more than 1 million visits in 2020
KAMLOOPS - A winter cold snap has arrived in Kamloops, but there's no shortage of people getting out to enjoy the blue skies and sunshine from city parks. The trail count for 2019 was around 600,000 v...
Feb 09, 2021

Interior Health defends accessibility of PPE at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is responding to concerns raised by the BC Nurses' Union (BCNU) over personal protective equipment. BCNU President Christine Sorensen says nurses are overworked during the C...
Feb 09, 2021

ASK Wellness receives provincial funding for 12 addictions treatment and recovery beds
KAMLOOPS - A portion of 100 addiction recovery and treatment beds announced by the province's Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions Tuesday will come to the Kamloops area.In a news release, the pro...
Feb 09, 2021

Kamloops homeowners facing 0.93 per cent tax increase
KAMLOOPS - Mayor Ken Christian called it Kamloops' lowest tax increase in over a decade.Kamloops council provisionally approved a 0.93 per cent tax increase - $20.72 for an average home - during its C...
Feb 09, 2021

Updated: RCMP have found Michael O'Shea, a well-known presence in the Kamloops downtown
KAMLOOPS - UPDATED 12:57 p.m: RCMP say Michael O'Shea has now been found.
Dylana Kneeshaw Feb 09, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today

Fire at Aspen Planers in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - (Updated as of 10:30 am)Merritt Fire crews are currently on-scene at an active fire at Aspen Planers.Crews arrived on scene shortly after 9:00 am Tuesday morning as smoke billowed from...
Feb 09, 2021

Cold weather putting a strain on Kamloops shelters
KAMLOOPS - Arctic air has moved into B.C., bringing with it much colder temperatures than Kamloops has seen so far this winter. "We do get these ridges of high pressure, these Arctic ridges, throughou...
Feb 08, 2021

Royal Inland Hospital COVID-19 outbreak stable with no new cases Monday
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) says there are no new COVID-19 cases connected to the outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) Monday (Feb. 8).In a news release, IH says there remain 102 cases at RIH -...
Feb 08, 2021

B.C. Nurses Union calling for improved health care worker supports
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Nurses Union says health authorities in the province need to re-evaluate the duties of over-worked nurses and make sure they're equipped to keep working safely. As they work throug...
James Peters Feb 08, 2021

RCMP rush to Ashcroft Indian Band reserve, arrest man after gun complaint
ASHCROFT, B.C. - A weapons sighting resulted in a large police presence in the Ashcroft area Monday morning (Feb. 8).In a news release, Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey says the response began when a caller saw ...
Feb 08, 2021

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