Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Interior Health issues drug alert for Kamloops region
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) is warning people who use drugs of a tainted substance being sold as cocaine in the local area. A drug alert has been issued for Kamloops today (Feb. 5) with a white po...
Dylana Kneeshaw Feb 05, 2021

Province reports 471 new COVID-19 cases; 56 for Interior Health region
VICTORIA - The province announced 471 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday (Feb. 5), which includes 56 new cases in the Interior. The 471 cases bring the B.C. total to 69,716, spread out as follows: 16,042...
Dylana Kneeshaw Feb 05, 2021

Tk'emlups Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir tests positive for COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - Tk'emlups te Secwepemc Kukpi7 / Chief Rosanne Casimir is urging the public to take every safety precaution, after announcing she tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a release, Cas...
Dylana Kneeshaw Feb 05, 2021

RCMP seeking suspects after pair of break-ins at Aberdeen business
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mounties are asking for the public's help in identifying a pair of break and enter suspects. In a release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says an Aberdeen business was broken into twice this ...
Dylana Kneeshaw Feb 05, 2021

David Thompson Elementary added to list of Kamloops school exposures
KAMLOOPS - Another elementary school in the Kamloops region has been flagged for COVID-19 exposures this week. Interior Health has listed David Thompson Elementary for potential exposures on February ...
Feb 05, 2021

Former Kamloops teacher looking for 'Kindest Class in Canada'
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops educator and now clinical counsellor has created a nationwide contest in search of the 'Kindest Class in Canada.' Cole Levitt, who used to be an elementary teacher in the ...
Feb 05, 2021

COVID trending shows both good news and bad
KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s Chief Medical Health Officer says there are some good trends developing regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.In a news briefing today, Dr. Bonnie Henry says there's a slow decline startin...
Feb 05, 2021

Slippery roads causing accidents
KAMLOOPS - The sun is shining, and that has made roads in the City pretty slick. There have been a number of rollovers, multi-vehicle accidents and fender benders this morning. The City is sanding as ...
Dave Barry Feb 05, 2021

Surface work resumes at New Gold
KAMLOOPS - It's back on the job for workers at the New Gold New Afton mine. After an accident that took the life of Ray Rosenberg Monday, operations have resumed at the mine. A mudslide underground ki...
Dave Barry Feb 05, 2021

'The time was right to step aside': MP McLeod reflects on 12 years representing Kamloops region in Ottawa
KAMLOOPS - For the past twelve years, Cathy McLeod has represented the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Riding as our Member of Parliament. On Thursday (Feb. 4), McLeod announced she won't be seeking another...
Feb 04, 2021

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