Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) will have another reason for long surgical wait times at the end of the month.On Sept. 30, the College of Physicians and Surgeons will be stopping in-office surg...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Local Health Area (LHA) saw an increase in weekly COVID-19 cases.According to the latest geographic distribution of COVID-19 by LHA of Case Residence by the B.C. Centre of Dise...

KAMLOOPS - This week, the B.C. government announced enhanced ambulance services for rural and urban communities in the province. The change comes with an ongoing hiring push for more paramedics and di...

MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt has seen an increase in phone scams to residents over the past few weeks.Merritt RCMP say scammers are pretending to be the police and are soliciting funds from the...

WARNING: This story contains disturbing details. BOWDEN, AB. - The man responsible for one of B.C.'s most horrifying mass murders has again been denied parole. In August of 1982, David Shearing, who n...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops saw an increase in bicycle thefts and thefts from motor vehicle this week.According to Kamloops RCMP, there were 58 thefts from motor vehicle (up by 23), and five bicycle thefts (u...

KAMLOOPS - Voters in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo (KTC) riding showed up in droves for advance polling - but that has put Elections Canada officials in a bind for general voting day on Monday (Sept. 20)....

KAMLOOPS - Customers visiting BC Liquor Stores (BCLS) and BC Cannabis Stores (BCCS) donated more than $1.45 million to the Canadian Red Cross to assist B.C. residents affected by this year's wildfires...

KAMLOOPS - The Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) has been called to assist the Merritt RCMP following the discovery of a body in a rural area of Merritt.Just before 8:00 a.m. on September ...

BOWDEN, ALBERTA - A man convicted of the mass murder of a family nearly 40 years ago is to seek his release once again when he appears today before the Parole Board of Canada. David Shearing, who now ...