Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops COVID-19 outbreaks stable; RIH down to ten active cases
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says the four COVID-19 outbreaks in Kamloops remain stable and are winding down.In a Zoom conference with media Thursday afternoon (Feb. 18), Chief Medical Health Officer Dr...
Feb 18, 2021
Kamloops-Thompson School District completion rate neared 90 per cent in 2019-20
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District says its overall completion rate rose last year, but dropped for Aboriginal students.In a news release, Superintendent Terry Sullivan says the number o...
Feb 18, 2021
BC Trucking Association noting increase in commercial traffic during pandemic
KAMLOOPS - Throughout the pandemic, commercial trucking has been deemed an essential service and the province is seeing an uptick in this sort of traffic. While most Canadians are encouraged not to tr...
Feb 18, 2021
Coldest Night of the Year raising money for Men's Sober Living Centre
KAMLOOPS - A fundraiser to help support an organization that looks after Kamloops' homeless and hurting is set to take place in a virtual format Saturday (Feb. 20). The Coldest Night or the Year fundr...
Feb 18, 2021
Shock of million-dollar lotto win shakes up Merritt woman's Saturday night
MERRITT, B.C. - It was a non-descript Saturday night for Natalie Jylha - watching TV and scrolling through Facbook when the Merritt woman's life changed.Seeing there was winning Lotto 6/49 ticket purc...
Feb 18, 2021
Mounties confirm fatal crash on Coquihalla south of Merritt Wednesday
MERRITT, B.C. - The southbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway, between Merritt and Hope, re-opened earlier Thursday morning (Feb. 18) following a deadly crash late yesterday afternoon that prompted t...
Feb 18, 2021
COVID-19 exposure at Valleyview Secondary
KAMLOOPS - Valleyview Secondary School has been added to the Interior Health (IH) school exposure website. IH says a COVID-19-positive individual was present four days last week - February 9 to 12. Th...
Feb 18, 2021
Kamloops Mountie to take a chilly plunge for Special Olympics B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Normally, Kamloops RCMP would advise you to stay out of the river at this time of year. But one local Mountie will take a dip voluntarily - if he reaches his fundraising goal.Sgt. Brandon B...
Feb 18, 2021
Interior Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at The Florentine in Merritt
KAMLOOPS - Privately operated The Florentine long-term care and assisted-living home in Merritt is the site of a declared COVID-19 outbreak.In making the declaration, Interior Health says one resident...
Feb 18, 2021
Crews deal with small fire at Domtar
KAMLOOPS - Fire crews spent several hours overnight keeping an eye on a portion of the Domtar mill where a small fire broke out just before midnight. KFR crews assisted emergency crews from Domtar in ...
Feb 18, 2021
