Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

SD73 and Kamloops teachers preparing schools for voluntary, part-time return of students
KAMLOOPS - It was almost two weeks ago Premier Horgan announced that school would re-open to students voluntarily. After a week of little detail from the Province, Horgan and Education Minister Rob Fl...
May 19, 2020

Kamloops businesses take careful approach to reopening
KAMLOOPS - The sleepy streets of Kamloops are beginning to wake up as the province enters Phase Two of its Restart Plan. For Cindy Proznik at the Plaza Barber Shop, her first day back to work has been...
May 19, 2020

Royal Inland Hospital serves as alternative wedding venue for Kamloops nurses
KAMLOOPS - Two Kamloops nurses who had their original wedding plans cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic managed to find their way to the altar this weekend. James Futerko and Amanda McKay (Futerko)...
May 19, 2020

B.C health officials reporting two new COVID-19 cases over last 24 hours
VICTORIA - The province is reporting just two new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, however three more deaths were announced today. In an update today (May 19), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bon...
May 19, 2020

No fatal crashes but plenty of speeders on BC highways
KAMLOOPS - The good news is that no lives were lost on B.C. highways over the Victoria Day long weekend. The bad news is that concerns about excessive speeds across the province are real. In a news re...
Dave Barry May 19, 2020

Kamloops Legion to host tribute ceremony honouring Canadian Forces Snowbirds
KAMLOOPS - Local legion members have organized a tribute ceremony this week to honour Captain Jennifer Casey, and the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, and support the recovery of Captain Richard MacDougall ...
Dylana Kneeshaw May 19, 2020

Kamloops residents come together to honour Capt. Jennifer Casey and Canadian Forces Snowbirds
KAMLOOPS - Drums could be heard all around Fulton Field on Monday, just a few blocks away from where Capt. Jennifer Casey's jet crashed into a Brocklehurst neighbourhood. Hundreds of Kamloops resident...
May 18, 2020

Province reports 16 new COVID-19 cases over last two days
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials announced 16 new COVID-19 positives today (May 18), bringing B.C's total case count to 2,444.8 cases were identified between Saturday (May 16) and Sunday (May 17...
May 18, 2020

Investigation into Snowbird crash underway
KAMLOOPS - An investigative team with the Royal Canadian Air Force will be in Kamloops Monday afternoon to try to determine what was behind Sunday's deadly crash of a Snowbird jet. The RCAF Directorat...
Dave Barry May 18, 2020

One dead in Canadian Forces Snowbird crash in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A Canadian Forces Snowbird jet has crashed into the Brocklehurst residential area in Kamloops. The jet had just taken off from the Kamloops airport around 11:40 am Sunday morning. One membe...
James Peters May 17, 2020

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