Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Wells Gray killer asks to delay parole hearing, will request day parole
BOWDEN, ALBERTA - The family of the victims of one of B.C.'s most horrendous mass murders says the killer will be asking for day parole later this year. In 1982 near Wells Gray Provincial Park, David ...
Jun 08, 2021
BCLC raising Progress Pride flag, unveiling updated crosswalk at headquarters
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) is celebrating Pride Month 2021 by raising the Progress flag and unveiling an updated Pride crosswalk at its Kamloops headquarters.The Progress f...
Jun 08, 2021
IH sets dates and times for vaccine clinics 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...
Jun 08, 2021
RCMP swarm Sahali after armed robbery
KAMLOOPS - (NOTE: This story has been updated here.) UPDATE (9:10 a.m.) - RCMP are looking for the suspect in a Sahali armed robbery Tuesday morning (June 8). In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Crys...
Jun 08, 2021
New partnership aims to make university more accessible for future nurses
KAMLOOPS - Post-secondary education is an expensive endeavour. On Monday (June 7), the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) School of Nursing announced a partnership with a local organization that will he...
Jun 07, 2021
Interior Health launches mobile immunization clinics
KAMLOOPS - Two mobile COVID-19 immunization clinics that will travel across the Interior Health region to target rural and remote communities and other hard to reach populations.One mobile immunizatio...
Jun 07, 2021
Residential school survivors fundraiser gaining steam as run begins
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man is amazed at the donations and support he's received as he gets ready to start his fundraising run on Monday night (June 7). Brock Fraser launched Brock's 215km for 215 Child...
Jun 07, 2021
Secwépemc Landmarks celebrates installation of first trailhead post in Shuswap Lakes region
SALMON ARM - The Secwpemc Landmarks project partners announced the installation of the first of nearly 100 trailhead posts on trail systems throughout the Shuswap Lakes region. Shuswap Middle School h...
Jun 07, 2021
Highway repaving projects planned for Thompson and Shuswap throughout summer
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson and Shuswap regions will see multiples kilometres of highways and side roads paved throughout the summer.One of the B.C. government's first resurfacing projects that began in e...
Jun 07, 2021
Dallas Elementary teacher named a top health and fitness leader across the country
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops elementary school won national recognition as a Building Our Kids' Success (BOKS) program leader. Clay Cartie, a Grade 6/7 teacher at Dallas Elementary, won top marks across the ...
Jun 07, 2021
