Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

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

Dive team to return Tuesday in search for man in North Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Rural RCMP say the search is continuing after a man reportedly entered the North Thompson River last week. The RCMP dive team is expected to return to the river Tuesday (Feb. 2). T...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

Upper Nicola confirms three new COVID-19 cases
UPPER NICOLA, B.C. - The Upper Nicola Band has confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 within the community.According to a letter distributed to band members on Monday, written by Chief Harvey McLeod an...
Feb 01, 2021

Kamloops councillor Hunter to head up A Way Home Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - On Monday morning, A Way Home Kamloops (AWHK) announced they had chosen a new Executive Director. Kamloops Councillor Sadie Hunter is looking forward to continuing the fight against youth h...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

Man wanted in Shuswap stabbing turns himself in to Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - A man wanted in a Shuswap attempted murder has been taken into custody. Kamloops RCMP fanned out a photo and description of Terrance Jones last Wednesday (Jan. 27), saying Jones was again w...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

Steve Robinson named chief of Kamloops Fire Rescue
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has taken the 'interim' tag off of Fire Chief Steve Robinson's title.Robinson has been in the top job at Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) since December, when former chief Mi...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

One lane of Trans Canada closed in Kamloops following morning crash.
KAMLOOPS - The Monday morning (Feb. 1) commute has been snarled by a multiple vehicle crash along the Trans Canada highway in Kamloops.Several vehicles were involved in the crash in the westbound lane...
James Peters Feb 01, 2021

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