Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Salmon making good progress around Fraser slide site
KAMLOOPS - Officials say salmon are making good progress migrating past the site of a landslide on the Fraser River that decimated runs last year. Michael Crowe, manager of biological programs for the...
Sep 01, 2020
Snowbirds start to head home
KAMLOOPS - Some of the Snowbirds are heading home today (Sept. 1). The Tutor jets have been parked in Kamloops since May 17th, the day a tragic accident claimed the life of Captain Jennifer Casey when...
Sep 01, 2020
North Thompson communities preparing for Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion impacts
CLEARWATER, BC - The Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project is getting underway, which will bring a huge influx of people into several communities along the route, up and down the Thompson Valley. ...
Aug 31, 2020
Ambulance Paramedics of BC offer health tips for back-to-school
KAMLOOPS - As students prepare to go back to school, the Ambulance Paramedics of BC want to remind parents of the importance of teaching kids good hygiene before class starts.Every year, the paramedic...
Aug 31, 2020
"Let's start being kind to each other": Kamloops woman asks for compassion on International Overdose Awareness Day
KAMLOOPS- In Kamloops, many families have been impacted by losing a loved one to an overdose. These families have been crying out for help and for a change in attitude toward those affected by addicti...
Aug 31, 2020
Four more virus-related deaths, 294 new cases reported over three-day span in B.C
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials have announced 294 new COVID-19 cases in B.C today (Aug. 31), along with four more virus-related deaths. The cases are from a three day reporting period, which a...
Aug 31, 2020
IIO investigating RCMP actions after man injured in head-on collision on Highway 97
ENDERBY, B.C - B.C's Independent Investigations Office is looking into police actions, after a man was injured in a vehicle incident near Enderby yesterday (Aug. 30). In a release, RCMP say just befor...
Aug 31, 2020
Pandemic drives province to $321 million deficit for 2019-2020 fiscal year
VICTORIA - As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province wound up with a $321 million deficit for the 2019/2020 fiscal year. B.C. Finance Minister Carole James laid out the province's 2019-2020 P...
Aug 31, 2020
Kamloops showing support during International Overdose Awareness Day
KAMLOOPS - Tomorrow (Aug. 31) marks International Overdose Awareness Day, and while large in-person gatherings won't be held this year in Kamloops, there are still ways to show support. The global eve...
Aug 30, 2020
Vehicle incident knocks out power to hundreds in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - UPDATED 10:30 a.m : Power has been restored for most of the more than 3,000 people impacted by an outage this morning in Kamloops. BC Hydro says there are still 451 customers without power ...
Aug 30, 2020
