Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
COVID-19 exposure at Marion Schilling Elementary
KAMLOOPS - Officials at Marion Schilling Elementary have told parents about an exposure to COVID-19 at that school.The exposure happened last Thursday (Jan. 14).This exposure is in addition to three m...
Jan 18, 2021
Increase in Kamloops school exposures a reflection of COVID-19 spread outside of schools
KAMLOOPS - More COVID-19 exposures have been recorded at schools in Kamloops. Over the weekend, the Kamloops-Thompson School District was informed of potential exposure incidents at three schools. "Th...
Jan 18, 2021
Community virus transmission in Kamloops seeps into long-term care system
KAMLOOPS - While the Interior started off the pandemic with modest COVID-19 infection rates compared to other parts of B.C, the region is experiencing a swell of cases.On Monday (Jan. 18), provincial ...
Jan 18, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Gemstone Care Centre grows to 18 cases
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says 18 people at the Gemstone Care Centre in Brocklehurst have tested positive for COVID-19. IH says 14 residents and four staff members have been infected at the long-term...
Jan 18, 2021
Three positive COVID-19 cases at Merritt Secondary School
MERRITT, B.C. - There have been three confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Merritt Secondary School (MSS).SD58 Nicola-Similkameen Superintendent Steve McNiven joined Q101 News Monday Morning to provide clar...
Jan 18, 2021
Kamloops man dies after being pulled from river Saturday
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a man died on Saturday (Jan. 16) after emergency responders pulled him out of the South Thompson River. In a release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says around 11:34 a.m a call came...
Jan 18, 2021
COVID-19 exposures at Juniper Ridge Elementary, Valleyview Secondary, SouthKam Secondary
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson School District is informing the public about three more school exposures to COVID-19 last week.Single-day exposures are listed at Juniper Ridge Elementary and Valleyview ...
Jan 18, 2021
SKSS notifies families of additional COVID-19 case
KAMLOOPS - South Kamloops Secondary School (SKSS) is advising staff, students, and parents of another positive COVID-19 case at the school.In an email to families this weekend (Jan. 17), SKSS Principa...
Jan 17, 2021
Cariboo COVID-19 cases climbed last week, while Kamloops saw slight decrease
KAMLOOPS - While several regions in British Columbia are seeing COVID-19 infection spikes, data recorded for the start of January in Kamloops saw a modest decrease. One of the largest case jumps was s...
Jan 16, 2021
Gemstone denies allegation employee came to work knowingly COVID-19-positive; IH to investigate
KAMLOOPS - Days after a COVID-19 outbreak at Gemstone Care Centre that has seen at least 12 residents and two staff members test positive, Interior Health is looking into the cause. Concerned family m...
Jan 15, 2021
