Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
BC SPCA fundraiser moves online
KAMLOOPS - The BC SPCA is hoping to raise money for animals in need through its Lock-In for Love fundraiser. Because of COVID-19, the fundraiser has moved online. In the past, participants have been l...
May 13, 2020
Serious crash backs up traffic on Halston Avenue
KAMLOOPS - There is a word a crash at Halston Avenue and the Yellowhead Highway may have turned tragic Wednesday afternoon (May 13).The crash between a motorcyclist and a cube van took place just befo...
May 13, 2020
Financial fallout from pandemic threatens jobs at TRU
KAMLOOPS - The president of Thompson Rivers University (TRU) says the institution is facing the possibility of issuing layoffs as it attempts to deal with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.In a l...
May 13, 2020
Premier says B.C. WHL rinks could help NHL finish its season
VICTORIA - Could we see NHL hockey at Sandman Centre before long? That seemingly absurd notion is not out of the question, according to Premier John Horgan.During his media availability Wednesday (May...
May 13, 2020
Shuswap officials ask tourists to consider staying home this long weekend
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Anyone planning to spend the long weekend with a road trip to Shuswap Lake or other areas in the Columbia Shuswap, is being encouraged to stay home.Columbia Shuswap Regional Distric...
May 13, 2020
Elective surgeries resume in Interior Health May 19
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has begun contacting patients who had their elective surgeries postponed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to try to reschedule their procedures.In a media tel...
May 13, 2020
Firefighters douse landscape fire near Heffley Creek
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews have a landscape fire in the Heffley Creek area under control.The blaze broke out mid-afternoon Tuesday (May 12).Assistant Chief Ryan Cail says the fire grew to a...
May 12, 2020
Services returning in Phase Two of B.C. Restart Plan waiting for PPE requirement specifics
KAMLOOPS - Should transmission rates continue to lower, the B.C. Government's second phase of re-opening services and businesses will begin next week. More people will be going out to stores and appoi...
May 12, 2020
Paid on-street parking in downtown Kamloops to return next week; lots and parkades to remain free
KAMLOOPS - Paid on-street parking will return to downtown Kamloops next Tuesday.Fees for downtown parking were lifted on March 20 in order to encourage shoppers to patronize businesses hard hit by the...
May 12, 2020
Airtankers return to Kamloops for the wildfire season
KAMLOOPS - Every spring, Kamloops residents notice a new presence in the skies above the city. Airtankers are back at the Provincial Wildfire Coordination Centre in Kamloops and they are ready for use...
May 12, 2020
