Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Hospice home to receive new equipment thanks to Christmas campaign
KAMLOOPS - Despite a slow start to the Celebrate-A-Life Campaign, the Kamloops Hospice Association has reached a major fundraising goal. The campaign gives people an opportunity to place the name of a...
Kayla Derkach Dec 21, 2016

New Life ready for annual Christmas Eve feast
KAMLOOPS - New Life Community Kamloops is preparing for its annual Christmas dinner on Saturday, and staff say everything is coming together nicely. New Life says it has plenty of volunteers for the d...
Kayla Derkach Dec 20, 2016

Kamloops' homeless seeking shelter from cold and mild weather
KAMLOOPS - Cold weather shelters in Kamloops have been busy in November and December, with frigid temperatures prompting many to look for a warm place to stay. The Out of the Cold program, based out o...
Kayla Derkach Dec 20, 2016

Bald eagle rescued from Revelstoke recovering in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was a heroic rescue with a truly Canadian touch. A juvenile bald eagle was found near a river in Revelstoke on Friday, unable to fly with a broken wing. With the help of locals and a pai...
Kayla Derkach Dec 20, 2016

Rail terminal construction begins on former sawmill site
KAMLOOPS - The company planning to open a rail service terminal on the former Weyerhaeuser sawmill property says it has begun laying track. Cando Rail Services says it plans to begin serving customers...
Kayla Derkach Dec 20, 2016

Will there be a white Christmas in Kamloops?
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada says the chances of a white Christmas in Kamloops this year are very good. Forecaster Ross MacDonald says there may be some snowmelt this week with temperatures slightly ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 20, 2016

Police seek missing 15 year old
UPDATED: Police report this missing person has now been located EARLIER: Kamloops RCMP are looking to locate a missing teenager. 15 year old Merissa Blind was last seen on the weekend. Police believe ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 20, 2016

Overdose prevention sites already making impact in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The record-setting number of overdose deaths across the province and throughout the B.C. Interior is adding to the urgency to find a solution quickly. Interior Health has set up two overdos...
Kayla Derkach Dec 19, 2016

Social agencies provide Naloxone training in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Nine months into the public health emergency prompted by illicit drug overdose deaths the province is still in the grips of the opioid crisis. Now, social agencies are working to educate th...
Kayla Derkach Dec 19, 2016

Police release new CounterAttack stats
KAMLOOPS - CounterAttack operations in the Kamloops area this month have taken a total of 38 impaired drivers off the road. New numbers from Kamloops RCMP show 16 of those drivers were issued 90 day I...
Kayla Derkach Dec 19, 2016

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SOUND OFF
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Labour Day
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COLLINS: Kamloops' Nederpel to play pivotal role in B.C. health care
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