Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Colombo Lodge serving RIH staff dinner to show gratitude for their work during the pandemic
KAMLOOPS - It's International Nurses Day, a day that has never been celebrated so much as it is this year with health-care professionals putting their lives on the line to deal with COVID-19. The Colo...
May 12, 2020
Search underway for missing Merritt woman
MERRITT - A search is underway for a missing 44-year-old woman in Merritt. Lalie Honeywell was last seen at the Double D Motel Monday (May 11) at 6:00 pm. Police were alerted to her disappearance this...
May 12, 2020
Ground stability issues lead to closure of Kamloops Home Depot
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Home Depot location on Hillside Drive has closed Tuesday (May 12) due to ground stability concerns.Vehicles are not being allowed into the store's parking lot off of Hillside D...
May 12, 2020
Contractor plans to have Highway 5A at Stump Lake passable before the weekend
MERRITT, B.C. - The contractor in charge of maintaining Highway 5A says crews hope to have traffic flowing through the Stump Lake area later this week.High water has submerged the road surface in thre...
May 12, 2020
City flood preparations in place ahead of North and South Thompson River peak
KAMLOOPS - The city is preparing for the worst flood in more than 20 years. It's contracted Extreme Excavator to put up Hesco baskets along Rivers Trail at Riverside Park. "The key there is we're prot...
May 11, 2020
Multiple construction projects getting underway this week in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is taking advantage of empty facilities and reduced road traffic to tackle some spring construction projects. Work began today (May 11) on the Tranquille Road utility i...
May 11, 2020
Cache Creek compost fire expected to keep smouldering for a few days
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Fire officials say a smouldering pile at a composting facility outside of Cache Creek may continue to throw smoke for a couple of days.Fire Information Officer Kyla Fraser says the...
May 11, 2020
Province ends high water advisory for Cache Creek area
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Cache Creek area appears to be out of trouble from high water.The B.C. River Forecast Centre (RFC) has ended a high streamflow advisory for the Bonaparte River and Cache Creek....
May 11, 2020
Teen recovering in hospital after nearly drowning in North Thompson
KAMLOOPS - A 15-year-old girl is recovering in hospital after collapsing in the North Thompson river Friday evening.RCMP say the girl was rushed to Royal Inland Hospital shortly after 8:00 pm Friday (...
May 11, 2020
Shuswap man with history of bilking investors sentenced to house arrest
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Thirteen years after he was convicted of bilking investors out of millions, a Salmon Arm man has been nabbed once again.In 2007, the B.C. Securities Commission (BCSC) banned Richard...
May 11, 2020
