Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Power out for nearly 500 BC Hydro customers in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Nearly 500 BC Hydro customers are without power in Kamloops this morning (August 1). According to BC Hydro outage maps, the Batchelor Heights are has been impacted, and there's no cause ide...
Aug 01, 2020
Over a dozen new wildfire starts after lightning storm in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - After plenty of lightning in the region last night (July 31), there have been at least 14 new wildfire starts in the Kamloops Fire Centre. Most of the starts have occurred over the last 24 ...
Aug 01, 2020
Updated: RCMP say woman missing from RIH found safe
KAMLOOPS - Updated: Kamloops RCMP say a woman reported missing on August 1 from Royal Inland Hospital has been located safe and sound in Vernon. (Please note for privacy reasons, all previous informat...
Aug 01, 2020
Local wine industry adapting well to COVID-19 guidelines
KAMLOOPS - Many businesses have struggled to keep afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, but certain businesses have been doing quite well. Local wineries are enjoying a season that nearly resembles sum...
Jul 31, 2020
Updated: Highway 1 reopens near Tappen
TAPPEN, B.C - UPDATED: Drive B.C says the highway has reopened. PREVIOUS: A section of Highway 1 near Tappen is closed in both directions this afternoon. According to Drive B.C., a vehicle incident oc...
Jul 31, 2020
Kamloops Fire Rescue battles house fire in Rayleigh
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews are on the scene of a pair of residential house fires in the Rayleigh area this afternoon (July 31). The first fire appears to have broken out just after 2 pm alo...
Jul 31, 2020
Interior Health COVID-19 case total grows by nine
KELOWNA - Interior Health is reporting nine new cases of COVID-19 today (July 31). The regional total is now at 369 cases. The health authority says there have been 137 cases linked to Kelowna since J...
Jul 31, 2020
David Miller found guilty of second-degree murder at Aberdeen motel
KAMLOOPS - A B.C. Supreme Court has determined David Miller is responsible for killing a Fraser Valley woman in the Aberdeen area of Kamloops in 2016. However, Justice Madam Marguerite Church found Mi...
Jul 31, 2020
Food prices on the rise amid COVID-19 pandemic
KAMLOOPS - At the Wednesday version of the Kamloops Regional Farmers Market, the bounty of local farms is on full display. Consumers were buying up onions, beans, carrots, and beets, keeping local far...
Jul 30, 2020
B.C. reports 29 new cases of COVID-19, four new cases in Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - Provincial health officials report 29 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. today (July 30) for a total of 3,591 cases. This includes four new cases in Interior Health since Wednesday, for a total ...
Jul 30, 2020
