Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Snow is expected along the Coquihalla Highway Monday
KAMLOOPS - It's that time of year again. Snow is returning to high-altitude highways in parts of British Columbia as a slow moving arctic front is expected to bring freezing levels down to highway lev...
Dave Barry Oct 22, 2023
KCSC hosts town hall discussion on Kamloops sustainability plans
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Community Safety Committee (KCSC) will be hosting a town hall meeting tonight (Oct. 21) to address issues related to implementing sustainability policies by the city and the Th...
Silvia Senna Oct 21, 2023
Nurse-patient ratio a key to helping fix B.C. healthcare challenges
KAMLOOPS - Improved retention initiatives, reduction of excessive working hours leading to burnout and phasing out reliance on private nursing agencies were atop the list when the provincial nurses un...
Silvia Senna Oct 20, 2023
'It can help us keep the doors open'; Merritt mayor hopes new funding will stabilize ER
MERRITT, B.C. - Closed again for 24 hours, residents in Merritt will be without emergency services until Saturday (Oct. 21) morning. The closure comes mere days after the province announced millions o...
Silvia Senna Oct 20, 2023
Federal regulator says TMX tunnelling through culturally sensitive area near Kamloops would be costly, fruitless
CALGARY - The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has released its reasons for allowing Trans Mountain (TMX) to trench through a culturally significant area near Kamloops, over the objections of local First...
James Peters Oct 20, 2023
Barriere RCMP ask for help locating man wanted on violent charges
BARRIERE, B.C. - RCMP in Barriere are spreading the word about a local man wanted for violent offences.Cameron James Rose, 59, is wanted on unendorsed warrants for assault and assault by choking.Descr...
James Peters Oct 20, 2023
Nicola Valley Hospital emergency department closed until Saturday morning
MERRITT, B.C. - Residents in Merritt and area should prepare for a change in their regularly scheduled health care coverage to start their weekend.Interior Health says the emergency department at Nico...
Aaron Schulze Oct 20, 2023
Multi-vehicle incident impacts northbound traffic on Coquihalla Highway south of Kamloops
UPDATE (7:40 a.m.): In an update more than an hour earlier than anticipated, DriveBC says the northbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway south of Kamloops have reopened.EARLIER: KAMLOOPS - A multi-veh...
Aaron Schulze Oct 20, 2023
Valleyview students get interactive lesson on the horror of the Holodomor
KAMLOOPS - The term Holodomor - or 'death by hunger' in Ukrainian - refers to the starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932 and 1933 as a result of Soviet policies.A Grade 12 class at Valleyview Se...
Aaron Schulze Oct 19, 2023
'Once you've had cancer, you're always aware'; Survivors talk about their journeys with the most common cancer for women
KAMLOOPS - One-in-eight women are likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, making it the most common cancer among women. "Like everyone, it's a shock. You really don't know what to...
Aaron Schulze Oct 19, 2023
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