Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - The most recent COVID-19 case count data broken down by Local Health Area in B.C. shows a slight increase last week in the Kamloops area.There were 56 new cases of the virus found in Kamloo...

KAMLOOPS - March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. It's among the most commonly diagnosed cancers in Canada, yet many people struggle to talk about it. Early signs, like bleeding, bloating, pain o...

KAMLOOPS - The owner of Lapper Security says his guard involved in an incident last Thursday, where he's seen on video kicking another person, was pushed to his breaking point after being spat at, swe...

MERRITT, B.C. - The Merritt RCMP weekly media report contains information about a bomb threat to a local convenience store, a Merritt man wanted province wide, and both a sentencing update and new cha...

KAMLOOPS - Logan Lake won't be the only rural community on Interior Health's (IH) 18-plus vaccination clinic.IH listed communities such as Ashcroft and Cache Creek, Barriere, Clearwater and Vavenby, a...

CLEARWATER, B.C. - It's been a difficult year for all of us, but it has been particularly rough on 18-year-old Parker Thomas of Clearwater. Parker lives with Down Syndrome and, while his speech is typ...

KAMLOOPS - B.C. has recorded its 11th consecutive month with more than 100 deaths due to illicit drug overdoses, and its highest total ever for the month of February.New figures released by the B.C. C...

MERRITT, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service is currently working on a small spot fire that has sparked along the Coquihalla.The fire is located approximately 10 kilometres North of Merritt along Highway 5...

CHASE, B.C. - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) has cleared a Chase RCMP officer who spoke briefly to a teenaged girl just before she attempted to die by suicide last fall. The incid...

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A van stopped for going 150km/h on Highway 1 east of Revelstoke lead to an illegal tobacco seizure.B.C. RCMP Traffic Services arrested two men - one in their thirties and another in...