Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'Failed to meet our standards for health and safety'; Interior Health apologies for 'limited exposure to asbestos' at Overlander Care
KAMLOOPS - The Interior Health Authority has been slapped with a nearly $800,000 penalty, after WorkSafe BC found telecommunications work had taken place at a long term care facility in Kamloops that ...
Jul 11, 2025
Into Thin Air - Bette-Jean Masters | Red Lake toddler missing for 65 years
RED LAKE, B.C. - Theresa Stafford and Phyllis Makarewicz both grew up with stories of their older sister, Bette-Jean, but not memories. Edna Bette-Jean Masters hasn't been seen since July 3, 1960. "I'...
Jul 11, 2025
Step toward scrapping inter-provincial barriers for direct-buy alcohol sales met with relief
KAMLOOPS - Visiting from out of province, and want to ship a case of B.C. wine back home? The cross-province tax mark up will cost you. But that barrier is supposed to be removed next spring. "It is r...
Jul 11, 2025
Nine patients transferred to RIH in Kamloops during height of Kelowna pediatric unit closure
KAMLOOPS - The disruption in pediatric care at Kelowna's hospital is expected to improve as of this week, according to Interior Health. But some patients may still need to be moved to other area hospi...
Jul 11, 2025
WorkSafeBC fines Interior Health $783K for asbestos disturbance at Kamloops long-term care facility
KAMLOOPS - The Interior Health Authority has been slapped with a nearly $800,000 penalty, after WorkSafe BC found asbestos had been disturbed at a long term care facility in Kamloops. The specific fac...
Jul 11, 2025
Construction along Seymour Street linked to Kamloops Centre for the Arts project
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says construction work along a block of Seymour Street downtown is expected to wrap by early next week.Crews are working to install a new duct for Telus and Rogers that...
Jul 11, 2025
Supports available for TRU community as search continues for missing international student in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - As efforts to find a missing Thompson Rivers University student - who is presumed to have drowned - continue, the president of the Kamloops-based institution has reached out to members of t...
Jul 11, 2025
Surging Kamloops NorthPaws hope Sandpipers, Stankoven bring fans to the ballpark
KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops NorthPaws are hosting three games against the Bellingham Bells this weekend at Norbrock Stadium and the local West Coast League (WCL) baseball club is aiming to pack the ballp...
Jul 10, 2025
Build Kamloops recommends $200,000 for upgrades at Kamloops Seniors Community Centre
KAMLOOPS - It was the first Build Kamloops project to open, and now the seniors centre at the Cottonwood Manor is hoping an $200,000 investment from the Build Kamloops Select Committee will help impro...
Jul 10, 2025
North Thompson plans for population swell, as Yellowhead Copper Mine Project enters environmental assessment process
VAVENBY, B.C. - Taseko Mines, a Canadian-based mining company, has just entered the federal and provincial environmental assessment process for its plan to build an open-pit copper mine near Vavenby. ...
Jul 10, 2025
