Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Operation Red Nose Kamloops shifts gears for 2020
KAMLOOPS - Due to COVID-19, Operation Red Nose Kamloops has cancelled the driving component of its annual fundraiser campaign. However, the organization still plans to spread awareness of the dangers ...
Nov 27, 2020
Kamloops paramedics hope to Fill the Ambulance with donations on Saturday
KAMLOOPS - Friday marks four weeks until Christmas. That's right - in the year that seemingly won't end, we have less than one month until Santa Claus visits. His local contingent of elves is working ...
Nov 27, 2020
WATCH: B.C.’s Ryan Reynolds gives birthday wishes to Shuswap boy
CANOE, B.C. - It's a birthday that will never be forgotten for a Shuswap boy, who turned nine years old on Tuesday."No, I wasn't expecting that. Every time I (thought) about my birthday, (I thought) i...
Nov 27, 2020
Chinook's strong winds topple tree onto Aberdeen home
KAMLOOPS - Strong wind gusts early Friday (Nov. 27) toppled a tall tree onto a home in Aberdeen. No one was injured when the tree came down atop 919 Heatherton Court in the Gloaming Ridge subdivision....
Nov 27, 2020
Logan Lake's VisionQuest works to save lives as overdose crisis deepens
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Located just outside of Logan Lake, VisionQuest Recovery Society is trying to help stem the tide of the province's ongoing overdose crisis, which has only worsened due to the pandem...
Nov 26, 2020
"An absolute tragedy": Kamloops mayor calls for change in response to opioid crisis
KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 pandemic is one of two major health crises in British Columbia. The province has been engaged in a battle against illicit drug overdoses for years, racing to save peoples' live...
Nov 26, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine could be available for some Interior residents as early as January
KAMLOOPS - A COVID-19 vaccine could be ready for limited distribution within Interior Health as early as January. This according to Interior Health's Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Albert de Villier...
Nov 26, 2020
Kamloops Snow Angels program in need of volunteers
KAMLOOPS - The Snow Angels program is gearing up for another Kamloops winter. The program recruits volunteers to shovel the driveways and sidewalks of senior citizens throughout Kamloops. While there ...
Nov 26, 2020
Many Kamloops Christmas parties cancelled due to COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - Christmas party season is nearly upon us - or, would be, if not for COVID-19. Across the city, hundreds of workplaces will be cancelling their annual Christmas parties as a result of the pa...
Nov 26, 2020
Interior Health monitoring community COVID-19 cluster in Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Interior Health (IH) says a cluster of COVID-19 cases in Revelstoke is showing a concerning increase. In a news release, IH says there have been 22 new cases of the virus in Revelst...
Nov 26, 2020
