Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - The Canada Games Aquatic Centre in the Tournament Capital Centre will welcome general users Friday (Jan 15). The centre closed for a $13.5 million infrastructure improvement project in May ...

KAMLOOPS - We've now surpassed the ten-month mark of the COVID-19 pandemic in B.C. While there is hope that a vaccine could bring life back to some sort of normalcy within the calendar year, it will b...

VICTORIA - The COVID-19 surge within Interior Health is continuing unabated, while case counts in the rest of the province decrease. In a news conference Thursday (Jan. 14), Provincial Health Officer ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone sent a shockwave through his B.C. Liberal party Thursday (Jan. 14), bowing out of consideration for the party's leadership.Stone was a major contender...

KAMLOOPS - The civil trial to determine compensation for Jessie Simpson has concluded and the family is seeking close to $6 million, most of which is dedicated to cost of care. The Simpson family's la...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops hope you can help identify a robbery suspect.At about 8:12 p.m. last Thursday (Jan. 7), officers were called to the report of a theft taking place at a business in the 1000...

WILLIAMS LAKE AND CANOE, B.C. - Schools in the Cariboo and Shuswap are reporting new COVID-19 exposures.According to the Interior Health school exposure website, a new exposure was found at Lake City ...

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre in Kamloops.According to a news release from IH Wednesday (Jan. 13), the outbreak involves four residen...

KAMLOOPS - The sound of steel on a sharpening wheel will be heard in NHL arenas across the continent Wednesday (Jan. 13). The best players in the world will lace up their skates, as the National Hocke...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Airport remains eerily quiet in the face of the pandemic. With hopes of a resurgence in passenger numbers, news of Air Canada's indefinite departure from Fulton Field comes as ...