Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Several left homeless by overnight apartment fire
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE- 7:30 AM. A major structure fire overnight has left a number of people temporarily homeless.(NOTE: Photos and video from the scene have been posted here.)The fire broke out around mi...
Jan 19, 2021
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
