Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Day One Society offering $20k bonus to nurses
KAMLOOPS- The Day One Society youth detox wing opened its doors back in June, with a date of opening reliant on hiring staff. Six months later, the facility is now looking at February to start taking ...
Jan 4, 2024
Health authorities urging people to get vaccinated amid three influenza-related deaths in children
KAMLOOPS - Influenza activity is at the highest levels recorded in British Columbia since the start of the respiratory illness season. With that in mind health authorities are reminding people to take...
Jan 4, 2024
Monte Creek Fire Hall and Pritchard Water Treatment Plant part of TNRD 2024 capital projects plan
KAMLOOPS - A water treatment plant in Pritchard and a fire hall in Monte Creek are two of the capital projects on the Thompson-Nicola Regional District's (TNRD) list this year.The TNRD Board of Direct...
Jan 4, 2024
UPDATE: Missing man found safe
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say the 21-year-old man last seen on Dec. 8 has been found and is safe. (Please note: for privacy considerations any previous information pertaining to this individual...
Jan 4, 2024
Ashcroft and 100 Mile House volunteers among the recipients of B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship
ASHCROFT, B.C. - A woman in Ashcroft and a woman in 100 Mile House were one of 21 British Columbians honoured by the provincial government for community service.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan...
Jan 4, 2024
Six fireworks calls to KFR on New Year's
KAMLOOPS-Due to the continued drought conditions and lack of snow, Kamloops Fire rescued opted against any fireworks to ring in the new year. In early December, the City of Kamloops announced it was m...
Jan 3, 2024
Operation Red Nose Kamloops gave more than 500 rides home
KAMLOOPS-Operation Red Nose has reined it in for the 27th year in Kamloops. In thirteen nights between Nov. 24 and Dec. 31, 512 rides were given by 92 volunteers. Elsa Poppleton, coordinator for Opera...
Jan 3, 2024
While Sun Peaks hits its stride, valley bottoms face persistent drought concerns
KAMLOOPS - This past year was the driest and warmest year on record for Kamloops. According to Environment Canada's preliminary annual climate statistics for January to December 2023, Kamloops set rec...
Jan 3, 2024
New Year's resolutions: cut back and get active
KAMLOOPS - With the excess of holiday celebrations in the rearview mirror, many folks want to change their habits in the new year. If you, like many others, imbibed too much of the Christmas spirit, M...
Jan 3, 2024
Celebration of Life planned for TRU WolfPack's Owyn McInnis
KAMLOOPS - Next Wednesday, the Thompson Rivers University Athletic Department plans to hold a Celebration of Life for Owyn McInnis, the WolfPack men's volleyball player who was killed in a tragic moto...
Jan 3, 2024
