Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops rent bank expects greater need beyond COVID-19 pandemic
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Elizabeth Fry Society's rent bank is expecting to see increased traffic as B.C.'s economy gradually re-opens. Elena Markin, the Kamloops Elizabeth Fry Society's fund developmen...
Jun 9, 2021
De Villiers released from custody; IH names Pollock interim replacement
KELOWNA - Interior Health (IH) has confirmed Dr. Sue Pollock will take over as its Interim Chief Medical Health Officer next Monday (June 14).Pollock's hiring comes in the wake of the arrest of Dr. Al...
Jun 9, 2021
Canoe and kayak clubs petitioning for additional safety signage along South Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - A partnership of six different canoe and kayak clubs in Kamloops is calling for additional safety signage along the South Thompson River between Riverside Park and the Highway 5 bridge.A pe...
Jun 9, 2021
One person believed dead after house fire ignites on Hook Road
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say one person is suspected to have died last night (June 8) after a large house fire ignited along Hook Road east of Kamloops. Kamloops RCMP Media Relations Officer Cst. Crys...
Jun 9, 2021
SD58 confirms COVID-19 exposure at Merritt Central Elementary
MERRITT, B.C. - School District 58 Nicola Similkameen has confirmed a COVID-19 exposure among the community at Merritt Central Elementary School.The exposure is stated to have occurred between June 1-...
Jun 9, 2021
Adams Lake Indian Band honouring residential school suvivors with walk from Kamloops to Chase
KAMLOOPS - Over the course of three days, Adams Lake Indian Band members will walk from Kamloops to Chase to honour the Kamloops Indian Residential School survivors and the children who never made it ...
Jun 9, 2021
Large fire burns home east of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There was a major house fire along Hook Road just east of Kamloops Tuesday night (June 8). The Pritchard Volunteer Fire Department was called out to the blaze which was clearly visible from...
Jun 9, 2021
Dr. Albert de Villiers, face of Interior Health pandemic response, arrested for sex crimes
KELOWNA - The chief medical health officer for Interior Health in B.C. has been arrested.Alberta RCMP said Dr. Albert de Villiers was arrested in Kelowna Tuesday (June 8) on one count of sexual assaul...
Jun 8, 2021
Former West Victoria Street security guard involved in assault hoping to return to protecting streets
KAMLOOPS - Rick Eldridge hopes to be protecting the streets of West Victoria Street again soon. It's been three months without a job after a video surfaced of Eldridge assaulting a street person. "It'...
Jun 8, 2021
Métis Nation BC advocates for acknowledgment and education on residential school system impacts
TK'EMLUPS - Out of the recent discovery of more than 200 burial sites at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School grounds, B.C.'s Mtis people are advocating for continued education about the scho...
Jun 8, 2021
