Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
VIDEO: Crews conduct avalanche control work outside of Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE - Following a recent avalanche warning for many areas across B.C., a video has been released showing the work done to reduce avalanche risk and clean the highways impacted. The Rocky Mounta...
Dec 24, 2020
Kamloops church to celebrate Christmas Eve with drive-in services
KAMLOOPS - Many churches in Kamloops will be holding virtual Christmas Eve services, but Motion Church on Fraser Street will be holding a drive-in service. The church will host two services in their u...
Dec 24, 2020
COVID-19 increase in Kamloops, with 35 new cases found last week
VICTORIA - The BC Centre for Disease Control has updated virus mapping for local health areas, with 35 COVID-19 cases identified in Kamloops between December 13-19.That's up from the 21 cases identifi...
Dec 24, 2020
Kamloops family grateful to have father return home from long-term care in time for Christmas
KAMLOOPS - It's an early Christmas gift for Stacie Schanzenbach and her sister Theresa Arksey. Their dad Roger Arksey is back living at Schanzenbach's house after spending five months in long-term car...
Dec 23, 2020
IH doctors explain how COVID-19 vaccine protects against the virus
KAMLOOPS - On Tuesday (Dec. 22), COVID-19 vaccinations began in Kamloops. 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in the city this week, a shipment that is expected to arrive on a weekly basi...
Dec 23, 2020
Province records 518 new COVID-19 cases, with decrease in active cases
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say restriction measures are starting to reduce COVID-19 transmission rates, with 518 new cases reported today in B.C (Dec. 23). Provincial Health Officer ...
Dec 23, 2020
BC Wildlife Park offering virtual Wildlights experience
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildlife Park is offering a COVID-friendly way to tour the holiday displays of Wildlights this year. With current provincial health orders, Wildlights was unable to proceed as an in-...
Dec 23, 2020
Avalanche warning issued for several B.C. regions
REVELSTOKE - A special public avalanche warning has been issued this week for several regions within British Columbia. Avalanche Canada issued the warning today (Dec. 23) for recreational users of bac...
Dec 23, 2020
Harper Mountain open, keeping people safe with new COVID-19 safety protocols
KAMLOOPS - The slopes are open and the locals are carving up the snow at Harper Mountain. "It's amazing to have it open again. I haven't been here in a while, so it's kind of exciting having it open a...
Dec 22, 2020
VIDEO: Long-term care worker becomes first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Kamloops. Tuesday (Dec. 22), a healthcare worker was the first to receive her dose. Kelsey Medhurst is an assisted living care coordinator at the Hamlets...
Dec 22, 2020
