Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Youth-led summit calls for provincial plan to end youth homelessness
KAMLOOPS - Young adults working with A Way Home Kamloops are continuing their late founder's mission to end youth homelessness. Earlier this month, nine of A Way Home's Youth Advisors hosted a virtual...
Jan 31, 2021
RIH outbreak climbs to 79 total cases Sunday
KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital continues to see steady growth over the weekend - with three new cases identified today (Jan. 31). Interior Health (IH) says as of Sunday ther...
Jan 31, 2021
Kamloops Fire Rescue crews douse Sunday morning bus fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews quickly extinguished a bus fire on the reserve early this morning (Jan. 31). Platoon Captain Wade Lindoff says just before 5 a.m Sunday morning crews were called ...
Jan 31, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital grows to 76 cases
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says the outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital has grown by another 5 cases as of Saturday (Jan. 30). As of this morning the health authority says 27 patients and 49 staff have ...
Jan 30, 2021
Avalanche Canada warns of increased risk of slides in South Coast mountains
KAMLOOPS - On Thursday, Avalanche Canada issued a special public avalanche warning for recreational backcountry users in BC's South Coast region. According to the service, there's a dangerous weakness...
Jan 29, 2021
RIH staff feeling anxious, burned out as a result of hospital outbreak
KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has grown at a rapid pace since it was first declared. As of Friday (Jan. 29), Interior Health confirmed 71 cases total cases, inc...
Jan 29, 2021
Kamloops Broncos head coach out for blood... donors
KAMLOOPS - When former WolfPack soccer player turned nurse Kelsey Thorkelsson fell ill last September, she and her partner, Kamloops Broncos head coach Braden Vankoughnett thought there was more to it...
Jan 29, 2021
Royal Inland Hospital COVID-19 outbreak did not grow from Thursday to Friday
KAMLOOPS - There is positive news related to the Royal Inland Hospital COVID-19 outbreak. Interior Health says the outbreak did not grow from Thursday to Friday. According to the epidemiology report t...
Jan 29, 2021
Merritt-area mine strikes three-year ore deal with New Afton of Kamloops
MERRITT, B.C. - The parent company of the Elk Gold Mine southeast of Merritt says it has reached a three-year deal to sell its product to New Gold's New Afton mine outside Kamloops. In a news release,...
Jan 29, 2021
Merritt RCMP boasts 20 per cent drop in crime in 2020
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt RCMP are boasting of a 20 per cent drop in crime in their community.According to a news release from Detachment Commander Staff Sergeant Major Steph Drouin, that's "the largest...
Jan 29, 2021
