Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

One dead, several injured after multi-vehicle crash outside of Hope
HOPE, B.C - RCMP say one person has died and others were injured after a multi-vehicle crash outside of Hope today (Feb. 10). The incident occurred in the northbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway ab...
Feb 10, 2021

Outbreak declared at Chartwell Carrington Place in Vernon
VERNON - Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a retirement residence in Vernon today (Feb. 10). In a release the health authority states one resident has tested positive at Carrington P...
Feb 10, 2021

Pacific Coastal Airlines fills Kamloops to Vancouver connection gap
KAMLOOPS - Non-stop service from Vancouver and Kamloops continued this week, with the inaugural flight of Pacific Coastal Airlines to Fulton Field. Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 9) the airline began a new s...
Dylana Kneeshaw Feb 10, 2021

Kamloops nature parks in high demand with more than 1 million visits in 2020
KAMLOOPS - A winter cold snap has arrived in Kamloops, but there's no shortage of people getting out to enjoy the blue skies and sunshine from city parks. The trail count for 2019 was around 600,000 v...
Feb 9, 2021

Interior Health defends accessibility of PPE at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is responding to concerns raised by the BC Nurses' Union (BCNU) over personal protective equipment. BCNU President Christine Sorensen says nurses are overworked during the C...
Feb 9, 2021

ASK Wellness receives provincial funding for 12 addictions treatment and recovery beds
KAMLOOPS - A portion of 100 addiction recovery and treatment beds announced by the province's Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions Tuesday will come to the Kamloops area.In a news release, the pro...
Feb 9, 2021

Kamloops homeowners facing 0.93 per cent tax increase
KAMLOOPS - Mayor Ken Christian called it Kamloops' lowest tax increase in over a decade.Kamloops council provisionally approved a 0.93 per cent tax increase - $20.72 for an average home - during its C...
Feb 9, 2021

Updated: RCMP have found Michael O'Shea, a well-known presence in the Kamloops downtown
KAMLOOPS - UPDATED 12:57 p.m: RCMP say Michael O'Shea has now been found.
Dylana Kneeshaw Feb 9, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today

Fire at Aspen Planers in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - (Updated as of 10:30 am)Merritt Fire crews are currently on-scene at an active fire at Aspen Planers.Crews arrived on scene shortly after 9:00 am Tuesday morning as smoke billowed from...
Feb 9, 2021

Cold weather putting a strain on Kamloops shelters
KAMLOOPS - Arctic air has moved into B.C., bringing with it much colder temperatures than Kamloops has seen so far this winter. "We do get these ridges of high pressure, these Arctic ridges, throughou...
Feb 8, 2021

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