Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
COVID-19 outbreaks at Brocklehurst, Westsyde care homes grow
KAMLOOPS - While the COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) has not grown Thursday (Feb. 11), two others have.In an email, Interior Health (IH) says the RIH outbreak remains at 105 cases - 3...
Feb 11, 2021
Track and Field club 'ecstatic' after Kamloops council green-lights $2 million Hillside Stadium track upgrade
KAMLOOPS - A new track at Hillside Stadium is expected to make a clear path for the City of Kamloops to host competitions and encourage running and walking.On Tuesday (Feb. 9), council approved a prop...
Feb 11, 2021
Kamloops Mountie injured, suspect arrested after downtown shoplifting report
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops RCMP member has been injured after responding to a downtown shoplifting report. According to Cst. Crystal Evelyn, RCMP were called to the 400-block of Lansdowne Street at around ...
Feb 11, 2021
Kamloops Mounties cleared of wrongdoing after suspected shoplifter slashed himself with broken liquor bottle
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s police watchdog has cleared Kamloops RCMP officers after they repeatedly used a taser on a suspected shoplifter who had injured himself with a broken liquor bottle. Independent Inves...
Feb 11, 2021
Judge awards Kamloops beating victim nearly $7 million
KAMLOOPS - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has awarded Jessie Simpson and his family nearly $7 million after the 2016 baseball bat beating that left the teen with severe, permanent injuries.On June 19, 201...
Feb 11, 2021
Fatal, chain-reaction Coquihalla crash caused by pickup truck striking stopped semi-truck
HOPE, B.C. - The cause of a fatal crash on Highway 5 north of Hope has been determined.The crash that killed one person and injured approximately 50 others on Feb. 10 began with a report of a semi-tru...
Feb 11, 2021
B.C., Kamloops set records for most overdose deaths in a year
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province recorded the most deaths ever in a single year due to an unnatural cause, with 1,716 lives lost to illicit drug overdoses in 2020.Lisa Lap...
Feb 11, 2021
COVID-19 spread skyrockets to 161 cases in Kamloops last week
KAMLOOPS - The latest totals from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) show the greatest COVID-19 spread yet in the Kamloops area last week. BCCDC posted the latest case counts broken down by L...
Feb 11, 2021
Public input sought on Kamloops compost collection program
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops continues to explore the possibility of a Curbside Organic Waste Collection program. Right now, city staff are engaging with the public, seeking input from the citizens...
Feb 10, 2021
Lean city budget means a tiny tax increase for taxpayers of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - They say taxes and death are two things you can count on in this life. This year, Kamloops council has kept that count low for city taxpayers."Early on, city council decided we want to be a...
Feb 10, 2021
