Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops artists adapt acts for pandemic, hope for return to live events
KAMLOOPS - There's no business like show business. But, since the start of the pandemic, that business has been struggling. It's been nearly 14 months since most theatre and music performances were ca...
May 11, 2021
B.C. records 515 new COVID-19 cases and two more virus deaths
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting 515 new COVID-19 cases today (May 11), with two additional virus-related fatalities. In a release, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports 6,020 active cases of...
May 11, 2021
ASK Wellness pitches in to clean twenty Kamloops streets in twenty days
KAMLOOPS - Each year, when the sun heats up and the snow melts, a bounty of litter is revealed on city streets. Each year, different community organizations step up and clean up much of that litter th...
May 11, 2021
Suspect in police custody after Brocklehurst Middle School threat
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a suspect is in custody following a school threat which resulted in two North Shore schools being placed under a hold and secure order earlier today (May 11). Police were ...
May 11, 2021
Kamloops and District Labour Council: three paid sick days 'a good start, but 10 days would be better'
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops and District Labour Council's president was pleased with the B.C. government's paid sick leave legislation.Lois Rugg said while three paid sick days to support those affected b...
May 11, 2021
Two Brocklehurst schools placed on hold and secure while RCMP investigate threats
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 says Brocklehurst Middle School and Kay Bingham Elementary have both been placed on a hold and secure this afternoon (May 11). Kamloops RCMP media relations officer Cst. ...
May 11, 2021
RCMP seeking wanted man out of P.G. who may be in Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - Mounties are asking for the public's help in locating a man wanted out of Prince George who may be in the Kamloops area. Kamloops RCMP say 25-year-old Sam Anthony Rossetti is wanted on unen...
May 11, 2021
Kamloops Mounties searching for suspect in armed robbery
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking the public to keep an eye out for a suspect involved in an armed robbery Saturday night. Media Relations Officer Cst. Crystal Evelyn says in a release around 8:51 p...
May 11, 2021
TRU offering free menstrual products starting September
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) announced that all washrooms on its Kamloops and Williams Lake campuses will have free menstrual products by September 2021.TRU said it is the first post-se...
May 11, 2021
Paper Excellence announces $3B deal to purchase Domtar
KAMLOOPS - B.C. based Paper Excellence has announced it is has reached a deal to acquire Domtar for approximately $3 billion USD.In a release from Paper Excellence today (May 11), the company says it ...
May 11, 2021
