Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Staying inside may have helped spur COVID-19 spread in Kamloops: medical health officer
KAMLOOPS - Almost three weeks into winter, and so far, the weather has been mild. However, the virus that kept us apart over the holidays has been the opposite. The week after Christmas saw a dramatic...
Jan 08, 2021
RCMP say firearms made Thursday drug seizure in Kamloops more significant
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say investigators seized thousands of doses of illicit drugs destined for the streets of Kamloops Thursday, but the most significant impact of the operation may have been the three gun...
Jan 08, 2021
Kamloops businesses disappointed, not surprised by extended COVID-19 restrictions
KAMLOOPS - The provincial health officer announced an extension of current COVID-19 restrictions Thursday (Jan. 8). The news was disappointing for local sectors currently struggling under the restrict...
Jan 08, 2021
New COVID-19 data should increase vaccination rates in long-term care: Lake
KAMLOOPS - At its peak in December, COVID-19 cases at B.C. care facilities reached 485 in a week. In the same period, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control reported 100 deaths. That data will now be mad...
Jan 08, 2021
Interior Health issues four drug alerts for Kamloops after contaminated substances found
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has issued four separate drug alerts for Kamloops. The alerts, all issued on Friday (Jan. 8), are for four distinct substances that may contain fentanyl and benzodiazep...
Jan 08, 2021
More than five kilograms of drugs seized after Valleyview raid Thursday
KAMLOOPS - A police operation in Valleyview Thursday (Jan. 7) ended up yielding guns and a large quantities of drugs from other locations.The Kamloops RCMP Targeted Enforcement Unit (TEU) and Southeas...
Jan 08, 2021
Calendar Club comes through with bears for local trauma victims
KAMLOOPS - A seasonal retail store in Aberdeen Mall is leaving a long-lasting impact on victims of trauma in Kamloops.Calendar Club, which pops up every year in the mall around the holiday season, has...
Jan 08, 2021
Kamloops airport losing two flights a week to Calgary following WestJet cutbacks
KAMLOOPS - The operations manager at Kamloops Airport says there will be minimal impacts on flight schedules after WestJet announced a reduction of 160 domestic flights on Friday (Jan. 8). Ed Ratuski ...
Jan 08, 2021
Public consultation sought on Chase highway widening project
KAMLOOPS - With COVID-19 restrictions preventing traditional public feedback opportunities, the Transportation Ministry is hoping highway users will take a look at some videos explaining the project t...
Jan 08, 2021
Merritt fire hall expansion nears completion
MERRITT, B.C. - The long and winding road that has been the expansion project at the Merritt Fire Department is finally nearing completion.Back in 2012, the results of a fire station location study we...
Jan 08, 2021
