Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital grows to 76 cases
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says the outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital has grown by another 5 cases as of Saturday (Jan. 30). As of this morning the health authority says 27 patients and 49 staff have ...
Jan 30, 2021
Avalanche Canada warns of increased risk of slides in South Coast mountains
KAMLOOPS - On Thursday, Avalanche Canada issued a special public avalanche warning for recreational backcountry users in BC's South Coast region. According to the service, there's a dangerous weakness...
Jan 29, 2021
RIH staff feeling anxious, burned out as a result of hospital outbreak
KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has grown at a rapid pace since it was first declared. As of Friday (Jan. 29), Interior Health confirmed 71 cases total cases, inc...
Jan 29, 2021
Kamloops Broncos head coach out for blood... donors
KAMLOOPS - When former WolfPack soccer player turned nurse Kelsey Thorkelsson fell ill last September, she and her partner, Kamloops Broncos head coach Braden Vankoughnett thought there was more to it...
Jan 29, 2021
Royal Inland Hospital COVID-19 outbreak did not grow from Thursday to Friday
KAMLOOPS - There is positive news related to the Royal Inland Hospital COVID-19 outbreak. Interior Health says the outbreak did not grow from Thursday to Friday. According to the epidemiology report t...
Jan 29, 2021
Merritt-area mine strikes three-year ore deal with New Afton of Kamloops
MERRITT, B.C. - The parent company of the Elk Gold Mine southeast of Merritt says it has reached a three-year deal to sell its product to New Gold's New Afton mine outside Kamloops. In a news release,...
Jan 29, 2021
Merritt RCMP boasts 20 per cent drop in crime in 2020
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt RCMP are boasting of a 20 per cent drop in crime in their community.According to a news release from Detachment Commander Staff Sergeant Major Steph Drouin, that's "the largest...
Jan 29, 2021
RCMP dive team to assist search for man in North Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - A search continued Friday (Jan. 29) for a person who reportedly attempted to swim across the North Thompson River but did not make it to the other shore.Cst. Crystal Evelyn of Kamloops RCMP...
Jan 29, 2021
New Gold's contact-tracing device helping mine reduce COVID-19 spread on site
KAMLOOPS - New Gold mine west of Kamloops has implemented a unique contact-tracing device that is already paying dividends as it deals with a small number of COVID-19 cases. There have been seven COVI...
Jan 29, 2021
RCMP, Kamloops Search and Rescue scour North Thompson after report of person in the river
KAMLOOPS - NOTE: This story has been updated here.EARLIER: Kamloops Search and Rescue and RCMP are searching the North Thompson River after the report of a person in the river Thursday night (Jan. 28)...
Jan 29, 2021
