Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops' COVID-19 case count rose modestly last week
KAMLOOPS - The latest breakdown of COVID-19 cases by community shows a modest increase in Kamloops, but more concerning numbers in Kelowna and Revelstoke.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control's Local He...
James Peters Apr 07, 2021
People's Party leader Bernier books tour through B.C. Interior, in Kamloops Friday
KAMLOOPS - Eschewing public health directives advising people against non-essential travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Canada's political party leaders will make a campaign-style swing throug...
James Peters Apr 07, 2021
Brush fire pops up on Tk'emlups Reserve
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) crews are on site of a brush fire along the North Thompson River on the Tk'emlups Reserve.The fire was called in at about 11:00 a.m. Wednesday (Apr. 7) off Chilco...
Apr 07, 2021
Quilchena Creek area wildfire now being held by BC Wildfire Service
MERRITT, B.C. - The B.C. Wildfire Service says a wildfire in the Quilchena Creek area outside of Merritt is now classified as being held. Kamloops Fire Centre information officer Nicole Bonnett says 2...
Apr 07, 2021
Schools in Kamloops and Salmon Arm added to Interior Health’s COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - Arthur Stevenson Elementary in Kamloops had a potential COVID-19 exposure take place between March 29 and April 1. Elsewhere, Salmon Arm Secondary - Jackson Campus, had a potential exposure...
Apr 07, 2021
Merritt Mounties investigating a string of dumpster fires
MERRITT, B.C. - On Tuesday (April 6) morning, the Merritt Fire Department was called out to a fire in a commercial garbage dumpster. The responding crew was able to knock down the fire and prevent it ...
Apr 07, 2021
Kamloops man charged following crime spree across Thompson Nicola region
MERRITT, B.C. - Numerous criminal charges have been approved against a Kamloops man accused of carrying out a crime spree across the Thompson Nicola region at the beginning of the month."On April 1, 2...
Apr 07, 2021
WHL team identifies Shuswap crash victim as player's grandfather
SICAMOUS - A 73-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman tragically died on Highway 1 Tuesday (April 6) afternoon.B.C. RCMP attended the scene of a two-vehicle head-on collision on Highway 1, the main rou...
Apr 07, 2021
Kamloops-based Jim Pattison Broadcast Group announces name change, increased digital focus
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-based Jim Pattison Broadcast Group has announced a name change to reflect a shift in focus toward digital media.In a news release, President Rod Schween says beginning May 1, t...
James Peters Apr 07, 2021
Two believed dead after Shuswap crash
KAMLOOPS - While police haven't said much officially yet, there are reports that two people died yesterday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash near Sicamous. The Trans Canada was blocked for several hour...
Doug Collins Apr 07, 2021
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