Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
A Way Home Kamloops triples Camp Out fundraising goal, grateful for community's generosity
KAMLOOPS -The fundraising totals are in for the 2020 edition of A Way Home Kamloops' (AWHK) annual Camp Out to End Youth Homelessness.This year Camp Out raised over $150,000 which is earmarked to supp...
Mar 24, 2021
Merritt development receives third reading
MERRITT- Merritt City Council has approved the third reading of the proposed Spring Bank Development following a public hearing. The third reading was approved by a 4-3 vote Tuesday night. Councillors...
Mar 24, 2021
Act of kindness from Kamloops dollar store employee comes full circle
KAMLOOPS - A small act of kindness from an employee at a local dollar store has made quite an impact on a teacher at Valleyview Secondary. Dina Chase keeps a collection of snacks in her classroom to t...
Mar 23, 2021
"It is really disappointing": IH Medical Health Officers denounce 'camping music protest' in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health officials were disappointed to hear of a recent party in the Kamloops area that attracted hundreds of participants. Kamloops RCMP say on Friday evening (Mar. 19), more than ...
Mar 23, 2021
McLeod has questions about Liberal COVID-19 spending, ongoing restrictions
KAMLOOPS - When this year's budget is tabled in a month's time, the Liberal government will face many questions.When the last budget was presented in 2019, the projected federal deficit for the 2020-2...
Mar 23, 2021
Adult residents of Logan Lake to receive COVID-19 vaccine in three-day clinic in April
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - The wait time for a COVID-19 vaccine has just decreased significantly for Logan Lake residents. Interior Health has bumped the community up on the list for an ages 18-plus immunizat...
Mar 23, 2021
Six of nine West Columbia hotels removed from City of Kamloops nuisance property list
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has removed six of nine hotel properties along Columbia Street West from the City's nuisance property list. In a news release, the City says the properties that have be...
Mar 23, 2021 Image Credit: Contributed / Mel Rothenburger
Interior Health takes over Merritt's The Florentine after 'ongoing challenges'
MERRITT, B.C. - Interior Health (IH) says it is taking over day-to-day operations of a Merritt long-term care home that recently cleared a COVID-19 outbreak.In a news release, IH says its Board of Dir...
Mar 23, 2021
Lac du Bois Road wildfire extinguished, believed to be human-caused
KAMLOOPS - A wildfire discovered north of Kamloops on Monday (March 22) has been extinguished.The Lac du Bois Road wildfire grew to 0.8 hectares before it was put out, according to Fire Information Of...
Mar 23, 2021
Distribution for Kamloops-shot 'Dangerous' sold to Lionsgate
KAMLOOPS - A star-studded movie that filmed in the Kamloops area a few months ago has some major distribution weight behind it. Dangerous, starring Scott Eastwood and Mel Gibson, has had its distribut...
Mar 23, 2021
