Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Slight rebound in Kamloops visitors starting to show in flight, hotel numbers
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Airport has seen travel downturns in the past, but never quite like the last several months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Second-quarter numbers for Kamloops Airport showed onl...
Jul 13, 2020
Stop, Drop and Donate event stocks shelves, raises over $28,000 for Kamloops Hospice Association
KAMLOOPS - A weekend fundraiser for the Kamloops Hospice Association turned out to be a huge success, raising more than $28,000. The Stop, Drop and Donate event saw many Kamloops residents come throug...
Jul 13, 2020
Failed home sale leaves property owner unable to evict occupants
MERRITT, B.C. - A Merritt woman has found herself stuck between a rock and a hard place after the sale of her mobile home fell through. Julie Vankoll sold her property at the Mamette Lake Mobile Home ...
Jul 13, 2020
Revelstoke RCMP, search and rescue crews search for body reported floating in river
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Searchers returned to the Columbia River in Revelstoke Monday morning (July 13) after the reports of a floating body.The reports came in to B.C. Emergency Health Services Sunday eve...
Jul 13, 2020
COVID-19 travel restrictions result in 97 per cent drop in second-quarter passenger traffic at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - Second-quarter numbers released by Kamloops Airport show the dramatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Passenger totals were under 2,500 combined for the months of April, May and June, a 97 ...
Jul 13, 2020
Province to fund 495 new long-term care beds in Interior, including 100 in Kamloops
VICTORIA - The province has announced funding for the creation of 495 new long-term care beds within Interior Health, including 100 beds in Kamloops.Health Minister Adrian Dix made the announcement fr...
Jul 13, 2020
Suspect in Edmonton death found dead in Malakwa
MALAKWA, B.C. - The suspect in a suspicious death in Edmonton Saturday (July 11) has been found dead near Sicamous.Edmonton Police issued a news release Saturday saying it was investigating a suspicio...
Jul 13, 2020
Interior Health reveals businesses, dates related to Kelowna COVID-19 exposure
KELOWNA - Interior Health has released more details relating to its COVID-19 alert for Kelowna issued last Friday (July 10).The health authority has listed two businesses and two venues as possible ex...
Jul 13, 2020
Police search for suspects after shots fired on North Shore
KAMLOOPS - Another incident of shots fired in Kamloops overnight. RCMP Sergeant Kelly Butler says in a release that about 8:30 PM last night, police responded to a report of shots fired in the area of...
Jul 13, 2020
One person to hospital after boating accident
KAMLOOPS - One person taken to hospital by air ambulance Saturday after a boating incident off Tobiano on Kamloops Lake. Indications are that a group were boating on the lake when one person suffered ...
Jul 12, 2020
