Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
ASK Wellness calls for new model of complex care housing
KAMLOOPS - About one-in-eight of Kamloops supportive housing clients were evicted due to unmanageable behaviours.Kamloops Supportive Housing Clients Outcome Data stated while 79 per cent (221 of 278) ...
Mar 09, 2021
BC Wildfire Service details planned burns in Merritt area
MERRITT, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service plans to burn 520 piles of wood debris in three locations in the Merritt area over the next week to help manage wildfire risk, rehabilitate the landscape, and r...
Mar 09, 2021
Another Tournament Inn fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire and Rescue crews were busy at the Tournament Inn in Valleyview overnight. In front of the same unit that was badly damaged by a fire March 2nd, a mini van was destroyed by a b...
Mar 09, 2021
Trans Canada closed by falling rocks
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE- 7:45 am It looks like the Trans Canada Highway will be closed until at least this afternoon. The road was shut down overnight in both directions after rocks came down on the highway...
Mar 09, 2021
Barriere Mayor becomes fourth candidate for CPC Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo nomination
BARRIERE, B.C. - The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) has a plethora of options for nominees in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding.Ward Stamer, mayor of the District of Barriere, became the fourth...
Mar 08, 2021
North Shore BIA collecting donations for women's shelter
KAMLOOPS - The North Shore Business Improvement Association (NSBIA) is collecting clothing items for women and children in need. Throughout the month of March, the NSBIA is asking people to donate pyj...
Mar 08, 2021
Kamloops voices celebrate progress, acknowledge work to be done during International Women's Day
KAMLOOPS - March 8 in International Women's Day, and people around the world are making sure to acknowledge the important women in their lives. In Kamloops, local voices are celebrating how far societ...
Mar 08, 2021
Lynx, other local wildlife at risk of habituation around humans
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents may have noticed more wildlife coming into town in recent weeks. The warmer weather usually brings with it an increase in sightings of bears, deer and coyotes. This year,...
Mar 08, 2021
B.C. records 1,462 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend; 79 in Interior Health, 144 variant cases
VICTORIA - As the B.C. government begins to make appointments for those in Phase Two of its COVID-19 immunization plan, the province continues to see elevated spread of the virus. In a briefing Monday...
Mar 08, 2021
Worker suffers burns at construction site downtown after electrical explosion
KAMLOOPS - A construction worker is being treated at Royal Inland Hospital for burns after a small electrical explosion at a construction site in the 400-block of St. Paul Street downtown.Kamloops Fir...
Mar 08, 2021
