Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Rental fraud scam hits Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - When it comes to renting an apartment, RCMP say if it sounds too good to be true, it just might be. In the last week, Kamloops RCMP received at least two complaints involving people who wer...
Jan 07, 2021

COVID-19 case at Kamloops Seniors Village
KAMLOOPS - It's not considered an outbreak, but officials at Kamloops Seniors Village on Hugh Allan Drive say a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. A message from Manager Lisa Robitaille th...
James Peters Jan 07, 2021

Kamloops sees large COVID-19 spike with 68 new cases last week
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops has experienced an alarming jump in the number of COVID-19 cases recorded over the past week. According to the latest data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) publishe...
James Peters Jan 06, 2021

Despite gathering limitations, Orthodox Christmas perseveres in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Tonight marks Christmas Eve for hundreds of Orthodox Christians around the city. Late-night services and large caroling groups can't be in-person this year, but Orthodox Christmas will stil...
Jan 06, 2021

Managing mental health during grey winter months — and the COVID-19 pandemic
KAMLOOPS - It was a slow spring for Corrinna Douglas' counselling schedule but, by the time fall arrived, therapy bookings began to fill up. "I'd say September-to-October, there was a huge increase in...
Jan 06, 2021

Lillooet RCMP recover tiny home stolen from Boston Bar
LILLOOET, B.C. - RCMP in Lillooet have recovered a stolen house. The tiny home, measuring eight feet by 17 feet and mounted on a flat deck trailer, was reported stolen from a seasonal property in the ...
James Peters Jan 06, 2021

Kamloops Chamber hoping for more predictability with any future COVID-19 restrictions
KAMLOOPS - The current health order on province-wide COVID-19 restrictions is set to end at midnight on January 8. The Kamloops business community is hoping that means a relaxing of restrictions. In N...
James Peters Jan 06, 2021

Merritt teacher seeking federal Liberal nomination
MERRITT, B.C. - Sarah Eves has been a special education teacher for 12 years, and it's helping people, like her students, which she says inspired her to seek the Liberal nomination."I decided to put m...
Jan 06, 2021

'We didn't meet your expectations for snow clearing': City CAO pens open letter to Merritt residents
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt's CAO Sean Smith has penned an open letter to Merrittonians regarding the snow removal process around the City following the storm that hit the region before Christmas."We didn...
Jan 06, 2021

December construction increases record values
KAMLOOPS - While we knew several months ago Kamloops would have a record year for construction and permit values in 2020, final figures from the City show that the values in 2020 were more than 100 mi...
James Peters Jan 06, 2021

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