Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Arthur Stevenson, Twin Rivers added to COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - Two more schools within the Kamloops-Thompson School District have been added to the Interior Health COVID-19 school exposure list.As of Wednesday morning (Feb. 3), both Arthur Stevenson El...
Feb 03, 2021
Victim of New Gold accident identified
KAMLOOPS - A 35-year old contract driller, Ray Rosenberg, has been identified by his family as the victim of a tragic incident at the New Gold Mine yesterday morning. Rosenberg leaves behind his partn...
Feb 03, 2021
Royal Inland, Westsyde Care Residence COVID-19 outbreaks grow; Gemstone outbreak stable
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health updated the three COVID-19 outbreaks in Kamloops late Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 2).At Royal Inland Hospital (RIH), five new cases were recorded Tuesday - all of them in staff ...
Feb 02, 2021
Search for missing man ends after body recovered from North Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say the search for a man who went missing in the Thompson River last week has now ended after a body was discovered Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 2). On Thursday evening (Jan. 28), ...
Feb 02, 2021
Colombo Lodge cooking up 1,000 thank-you meals for Royal Inland Hospital staff
KAMLOOPS - To give thanks and support to Royal Inland Hospital staff, the Colombo Lodge and Italian Cultural Centre are showing their appreciation through food. President Ross Spina says the community...
Feb 02, 2021
Eighteen staff, 200 students at Sa-Hali Secondary in self-isolation due to COVID-19 exposures
KAMLOOPS - The superintendent of the Kamloops-Thompson School District says about 200 students and 18 staff at Sa-Hali Secondary School are under mandatory self-isolation because of direct contact wit...
Feb 02, 2021
Driver arrested after crash with pedestrian in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a crash involving a pedestrian in downtown Kamloops may have been criminal in nature.The collision took place at around 11:41 a.m. at the intersection of Third Avenue and Nicola St...
Feb 02, 2021
St. Ann's Academy added to COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - St. Ann's Academy in Kamloops has been added to the Interior Health (IH) COVID-19 school exposure list.According to IH, the exposure at St. Ann's took place on Wednesday through Friday of l...
Feb 02, 2021
January 26 Westjet flight to Kamloops flagged for COVID-19 exposure
KAMLOOPS - For the first time in more than a month, a Kamloops flight has had a COVID-19 exposure.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control reports an exposure on Westjet Flight 3111 from Calgary to Kamloop...
Feb 02, 2021
One dead, two injured in mud rush incident at New Afton Mine near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - One person has died in an industrial accident at the New Gold owned New Afton Mine just west of Kamloops.The company says the person was killed in a mud rush incident. Three people were inv...
Feb 02, 2021
