Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Possible COVID-19 exposure on Kamloops flight
KAMLOOPS - Passengers on a September 16 flight from Calgary to Kamloops may have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus.The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has identified WestJet flight 3111 as a fl...
Sep 25, 2020
CP Cancels Holiday Train for 2020
KAMLOOPS - Another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be no CP Rail Holiday train crossing the country this year. In a news release yesterday, CP said they will donate to local food banks, ...
Sep 25, 2020
Tourism operators calling for more provincial funding as bleak winter awaits some businesses
KAMLOOPS - Tourism operators like the Delta Hotel downtown have been hit hard this summer in the aftermath of COVID-19. After a temporary closure in March, they bounced back, but only up to 50 per cen...
Sep 24, 2020
City of Merritt hopes rain helps ease water restrictions
MERRITT, BC - On Monday, the City of Merritt asked residents to cease watering their lawns or washing their cars after the province declared level four drought conditions on the Coldwater River.The re...
Sep 24, 2020
Merritt's Coldwater Pub confident in cleanliness after COVID-19 exposure over the weekend
MERRITT, BC - The Coldwater Hotel is an institution in Merritt. It's been open for over 110 years and survived the last pandemic back in 1918. So when Krystyna Powell, restaurant manager found out the...
Sep 24, 2020
Province reports daily increase of 148 new COVID-19 cases; five in Interior Health
VICTORIA -The province is reporting 148 new cases of COVID-19 today (Sep. 24). Across B.C., 1,371 cases of the virus are considered active. The Interior Health region has an increase of five cases for...
Sep 24, 2020
TRU students hoping to raise awareness of social issues in BC election campaign
KAMLOOPS - A pair of students who are taking courses in social work and human services fields at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), plan to host an all-candidates forum to discuss social issues in the ...
Sep 24, 2020
McLeod won't support throne speech
KAMLOOPS - The Conservative M.P. for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo may not want to see a federal election this fall, but Cathy McLeod says she can't support Wednesday's Throne Speech. McLeod says the prop...
Sep 24, 2020
IHA notifies public of potential COVID-19 exposure at Coldwater Hotel pub
MERRITT - Interior Health is warning residents who visited a certain Merritt area pub last Saturday (Sept. 19) that they may have been exposed to COVID-19. IH states that anyone who was in the pub ins...
Sep 23, 2020
The end of patio season bring new challenges for Kamloops restaurants and pubs
KAMLOOPS - With an election looming in BC, and uncertainty still surrounding the return students to the province's schools, unease might be the best way to describe how we've entered our first fall se...
Sep 23, 2020
