Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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
KFR rescue team brings woman to safety after Criss Creek accident
KAMLOOPS- Kamloops Fire and Rescue crews had a rope rescue last night up the Tranquille-Criss Creek Road after a car went over the bank. The incident happened around 10:00 PM Saturday night on Criss C...
Jul 12, 2020
New runoff patterns from Elephant Hill wildfire affecting Bonaparte River at Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Officials in Cache Creek say the behaviour of the Bonaparte River this year may be directly related to the damage done by the massive Elephant Hill wildfire in 2017.The Bonaparte i...
Jul 11, 2020
As erosion near East Shuswap Road worsens, nearby residents call for action
KAMLOOPS - Residents who live along East Shuswap Road are growing more concerned about bank erosion that is compromising the road.East Shuswap Road is now down to one lane as the Ministry of Transpora...
Jul 11, 2020
