Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
RIH COVID-19 outbreak up to 92 cases, but has not spread beyond sixth floor: Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) says the COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops has grown, but there is no evidence it has spread beyond the two wards where it has been found.In ...
Feb 4, 2021
Monday Westjet flight to Kamloops flagged for COVID-19 exposure
KAMLOOPS - For the second time in a week, a Kamloops flight has seen a COVID-19 exposure.According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, the exposure took place on Westjet Flight 3111 from Calgary t...
Feb 4, 2021
Worker's body recovered after fatal mud-rush incident at New Afton Mine
KAMLOOPS - The body of the man who died in a mud-rush incident at the New Afton Mine has been recovered. Contractor driller Ray Rosenberg has been identified by family as the victim of the incident, w...
Feb 4, 2021
Four-term Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP McLeod announces she will not seek re-election
KAMLOOPS - The four-term MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo has announced she will not seek a fifth.WATCH (Video Credit: Twitter / Cathy McLeod)In a video posted to social media Thursday morning (Feb. 4...
Feb 4, 2021
BCCDC update shows 117 COVID-19 cases in Kamloops last week, high spread rates in Merritt, Cariboo
KAMLOOPS - The latest COVID-19 data broken down by community in B.C. shows a high level of spread continuing in the Kamloops area. The Local Health Area (LHA) map provided by the B.C. Centre for Disea...
Feb 3, 2021
Kamloops businesses get creative to bring the locals in
KAMLOOPS - Travel restrictions and limits on gatherings have hurt many local tourism-dependent and hospitality businesses. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen hotel occupancy decrease significantly and few...
Feb 3, 2021
Spread the Local Love campaign simultaneously supports Kamloops Food Bank, small businesses
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Food Bank has been named as one of ten charitable organizations that will benefit from a new online auction and shopping site sponsored by BCLC. Spread the Local Love is a virt...
Feb 3, 2021
Unique lamp starts small fire in Kamloops home — and electricity was not involved
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) has a warning for the public after a near-catastrophe started by a unique lamp.Earlier in the day Wednesday (Feb. 3), a KFR investigator went into a home where a ...
Feb 3, 2021
Officer bitten, stolen vehicles tracked down in busy weekend for Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - What does a weekend look like for the Kamloops RCMP detachment? Hundreds of calls.According to Cst. Crystal Evelyn, there were 306 calls between midnight Friday and 9:00 a.m. on Monday (Feb...
Feb 3, 2021
Royal Inland COVID-19 outbreak grows by five; Westsyde group home outbreak still growing
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has updated totals for three ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks in Kamloops.Royal Inland Hospital's outbreak has grown by five cases Wednesday (Feb. 3) to 91 cases, including 32 pat...
Feb 3, 2021
