Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Eighteen staff, 200 students at Sa-Hali Secondary in self-isolation due to COVID-19 exposures
KAMLOOPS - The superintendent of the Kamloops-Thompson School District says about 200 students and 18 staff at Sa-Hali Secondary School are under mandatory self-isolation because of direct contact wit...
Feb 02, 2021

Driver arrested after crash with pedestrian in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a crash involving a pedestrian in downtown Kamloops may have been criminal in nature.The collision took place at around 11:41 a.m. at the intersection of Third Avenue and Nicola St...
Feb 02, 2021

St. Ann's Academy added to COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - St. Ann's Academy in Kamloops has been added to the Interior Health (IH) COVID-19 school exposure list.According to IH, the exposure at St. Ann's took place on Wednesday through Friday of l...
Feb 02, 2021

January 26 Westjet flight to Kamloops flagged for COVID-19 exposure
KAMLOOPS - For the first time in more than a month, a Kamloops flight has had a COVID-19 exposure.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control reports an exposure on Westjet Flight 3111 from Calgary to Kamloop...
James Peters Feb 02, 2021

One dead, two injured in mud rush incident at New Afton Mine near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - One person has died in an industrial accident at the New Gold owned New Afton Mine just west of Kamloops.The company says the person was killed in a mud rush incident. Three people were inv...
James Peters Feb 02, 2021

Fifth COVID-19 exposure at Sa-Hali Secondary involves five cases, all five days last week
KAMLOOPS - Sa-Hali Secondary School has sent an email notice home to parents detailing the school's fifth COVID-19 exposure in the past two weeks. The letter from Principal Rachael Sdoutz says the exp...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

PHOTOS: Volunteers build speed skating oval on Inks Lake
KAMLOOPS - A group of volunteers from the Kamloops Outdoor Skating Association and the Kamloops Long Blades skating club got together to create a brand new skating service on Saturday (Jan. 30).More t...
Feb 01, 2021

S.D. 73, Interior Health working to limit uptick in school exposures
KAMLOOPS - There are at least eight different schools within School District 73 identified as having COVID-19 exposures. According to Interior Health, in the last two weeks Marion Schilling Elementary...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

Two new cases reported in COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital has seen steady growth from Sunday (Jan. 31), with two additional cases reported Monday for a total of 81 positives. Interior Health Medical H...
Feb 01, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Westsyde group home; 12 cases identified
KAMLOOPS - The latest COVID-19 outbreak in Kamloops is at a Westsyde group home. Interior Health says an outbreak at Westsyde Care Residences on Westsyde Road includes 12 cases - nine residents and th...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

Our Community
Question of the Week
Has the violence in Mexico changed your opinion about travelling there for a vacation?
Feb 23, 2026

Hot Nite in the City
Hot Nite Overdrive
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: February 23, 2026
Feb 23, 2026
1000 WAYS TO HEAL
1000 WAYS TO HEAL: Understanding the Bully
Feb 23, 2026

Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas: Christmas trees
Week In Review
Week in Review: Week of February 16
Feb 22, 2026
One Man's Opinion
COLLINS: The NDP is kind of a wolf in sheep's clothing
Feb 22, 2026