Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
SD73 superintendent worries about COVID-19 spread after upcoming Family Day long weekend
KAMLOOPS - The superintendent of the Kamloops-Thompson School District says he's concerned about the prospect of rising COVID-19 case counts in schools after the upcoming Family Day long weekend.Terry...
Feb 12, 2021
Bookings for City of Kamloops rec facilities at all-time high during pandemic months
KAMLOOPS - Physical activity is an important piece of staying healthy and sane during the pandemic. The restrictions on the number of people have made it harder for citizens to get into some of the Ci...
Feb 11, 2021
Kamloops-Thompson School District to host town hall meeting on COVID-19 in schools
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 is holding a virtual town hall meeting this evening (Feb. 11) with Interior Health Medical Health Officer Dr. Carol Fenton. The school district has experienced an increas...
Feb 11, 2021
COVID-19 outbreaks at Brocklehurst, Westsyde care homes grow
KAMLOOPS - While the COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) has not grown Thursday (Feb. 11), two others have.In an email, Interior Health (IH) says the RIH outbreak remains at 105 cases - 3...
Feb 11, 2021
Track and Field club 'ecstatic' after Kamloops council green-lights $2 million Hillside Stadium track upgrade
KAMLOOPS - A new track at Hillside Stadium is expected to make a clear path for the City of Kamloops to host competitions and encourage running and walking.On Tuesday (Feb. 9), council approved a prop...
Feb 11, 2021
Kamloops Mountie injured, suspect arrested after downtown shoplifting report
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops RCMP member has been injured after responding to a downtown shoplifting report. According to Cst. Crystal Evelyn, RCMP were called to the 400-block of Lansdowne Street at around ...
Feb 11, 2021
Kamloops Mounties cleared of wrongdoing after suspected shoplifter slashed himself with broken liquor bottle
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s police watchdog has cleared Kamloops RCMP officers after they repeatedly used a taser on a suspected shoplifter who had injured himself with a broken liquor bottle. Independent Inves...
Feb 11, 2021
Judge awards Kamloops beating victim nearly $7 million
KAMLOOPS - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has awarded Jessie Simpson and his family nearly $7 million after the 2016 baseball bat beating that left the teen with severe, permanent injuries.On June 19, 201...
Feb 11, 2021
Fatal, chain-reaction Coquihalla crash caused by pickup truck striking stopped semi-truck
HOPE, B.C. - The cause of a fatal crash on Highway 5 north of Hope has been determined.The crash that killed one person and injured approximately 50 others on Feb. 10 began with a report of a semi-tru...
Feb 11, 2021
B.C., Kamloops set records for most overdose deaths in a year
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province recorded the most deaths ever in a single year due to an unnatural cause, with 1,716 lives lost to illicit drug overdoses in 2020.Lisa Lap...
Feb 11, 2021
