Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
COVID-19 exposure reported at Kamloops School of the Arts
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops School of the Arts has been added to the Interior Health school COVID-19 exposure website.According to the site, the exposure happened on four days last week - December 7, 8, 9 and...
Dec 16, 2020
Donation drives in Logan Lake, Clinton stock the shelves of local food banks
LOGAN LAKE and CLINTON, B.C. - Cram the Cruiser drives in Logan Lake and Clinton will help keep food banks in those communities well-stocked through the holiday season.Logan Lake RCMP's Cram the Cruis...
Dec 16, 2020
Crash slows traffic along Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS - There was a fiery crash along the Coquihalla highway near the Lac Le Jeune turnoff this morning (Dec. 16). Kamloops Fire and Rescue (KFR) was called out after a truck's axle broke away, cro...
Dec 16, 2020
Legalized: A look at the retail cannabis industry in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - On October 17th, 2018, Canada became the first G7 country in the world to legalize recreational and medicinal cannabis. While other provinces were more prepared for the rollout of legal wee...
Dec 15, 2020
Group of Kamloops boys collecting chocolates to sweeten Christmas for seniors
KAMLOOPS - There will be few family gatherings this Christmas thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. There also won't be any visitation at care homes. However, a group of Kamloops boys is trying to brighten...
Dec 15, 2020
More than 500 care package purses collected for women's shelter donation
KAMLOOPS - For the past three years, a Kamloops woman has collected purses filled with essential items for women in need - and this year's campaign has gathered more than 500 of the stylish care packa...
Dec 15, 2020
Kamloops council to Trudeau government: deem overdose crisis a national public health emergency
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council will put pen to paper and formally request that the federal government declare the overdose crisis a national public health emergency. Councillors Dale Bass, Sadie Hun...
Dec 15, 2020
Lose a wedding ring? It may be at the Kamloops RCMP detachment
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops would like to reunite a lost wedding ring with its owner.In a news release, the local detachment says the ladies wedding ring was turned in to the local detachment Monday e...
Dec 15, 2020
UPDATE: Missing women found
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say the two women reported missing Dec. 15 have been located.
Dec 15, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / File
Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre gets piece of $10 million provincial grant
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre (KSACC) is one of 23 organizations in B.C. to benefit from a three-year, $10 million provincial grant program.The successful recipients were a...
Dec 15, 2020
