Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Active COVID-19 cases decrease in B.C. and Interior Health; provincial hospitalizations rise
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is continuing to account for a smaller percentage of B.C.'s new COVID-19 cases.Between Sept. 17 and 20, the province is reporting 1,692 new cases of COVID-19 - an average of...
Sep 20, 2021
Rotary Food Drive collects over 22 tonnes of non-perishable items for the Kamloops Food Bank
KAMLOOPS - Over the weekend, the Rotary Food Drive took place across Kamloops. Thousands of yellow bags full of non-perishable food were collected by hundreds of Kamloops Rotary volunteers. "We receiv...
Sep 20, 2021
Volunteers patrol Valleyview parking lot for bait after busy week for thieves
KAMLOOPS - Volunteers with the City of Kamloops and RCMP officers patrolled Valleyview Square on Thursday (Sept. 17) to educate drivers on removing theft bait from their vehicles.The Lock Out Auto Cri...
Sep 20, 2021
One injured, one charged after Saturday stabbing at Sahali motel
KAMLOOPS - One man was injured and another arrested in a stabbing at a Lower Sahali motel Saturday (Sept. 18).In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says police were called ...
Sep 20, 2021
On election day, outgoing MP McLeod reflects on 13 years in Ottawa
KAMLOOPS - There will be a new Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo on Monday night without Cathy McLeod in the race.She announced she wouldn't be running again earlier in February.From ...
Sep 20, 2021
New COVID-19 outbreak with four cases found at Overlander Seniors Care in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A third Kamloops care facility is now dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak.Interior Health says two staff and two patients at Overlander Seniors Centre in Brocklehurst have tested positive for ...
Sep 20, 2021
Province partners with A Way Home Kamloops to build 39-unit apartment for homeless youth and young adults
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government has announced it is partnering with A Way Home Kamloops and a local developer on a proposal to provide 39 new homes for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness ...
Sep 20, 2021
Wildfire season not quite over
KAMLOOPS - It may seem to many that wildfire season is over, but the Wildfire service had to deal with a couple of spot fires on Saturday near Pinantan Lake. Both were held at less than a hectare. One...
Sep 20, 2021
Currie joins Green Party leader in Victoria visit; disappointed in summer of in-party turmoil
KAMLOOPS - Two days before Canadians who hadn't voted during advance polls or via mail-in ballot cast their vote, the leader of the federal Green Party made her way to B.C.Annamie Paul visited Victori...
Sep 19, 2021
TRU named Sierra Club's top Canadian post-secondary institution for environment track record
KAMLOOPS-Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is the only Canadian post-secondary institution included in the top 10 of the Sierra Club's annual Coolest School rankings.TRU placed third in the sustainabil...
Sep 19, 2021
