Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Two Kamloops schools, one Merritt school added to COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - Two more Kamloops schools have been added to the Interior Health (IH) COVID-19 exposure list.IH says Beattie Elementary had an exposure on Wednesday and Thursday of last week (Feb. 17 and 1...
Feb 24, 2021
Kamloops partaking in Pink Shirt Day to bring an end to bullying
KAMLOOPS - Many throughout the City of Kamloops are wearing pink and joining the stand against bullying.Kamloops students, school staff, sheriffs and police officers partook in Pink Shirt Day on Wedne...
Feb 24, 2021
Embattled Gill resigns from TRU Board of Governors
KAMLOOPS - Sukh Gill has tendered his resignation to the Thompson Rivers University Board of Governors after a damning report on his spending during his former term as CAO of the Thompson-Nicola Regio...
Feb 24, 2021
"We didn't know what we were going to do": Kamloops non-profits navigate pandemic trials, triumphs
KAMLOOPS - Charitable organizations have been on the frontlines for helping people in need over the last year. The pandemic arrived as a great unknown. As Kamloops businesses closed their doors and st...
Feb 23, 2021
Political experts in Kamloops feel Canada needs more allies in fight against cultural genocide in China
KAMLOOPS - The atrocities happening in China are finally coming to light after Canadian parliament declared the treatment of the Uyhurs - a minority group of Muslims in the northwest province of Xinji...
Feb 23, 2021
Kamloops Food Policy Council awarded $750,000 grant for Food Hub project
KAMLOOPS - Thanks to $750,000 from the province, the Kamloops Food Policy Council will be able to purchase food processing equipment for a new food hub in the local area. The non-profit will use a net...
Feb 23, 2021
Social agencies, Interior Health working to contain COVID-19 increase in Kamloops homeless population
KAMLOOPS - As seen with community transmission case counts, the Kamloops homeless population is also dealing with an increase in COVID-19 infections. More people experiencing homelessness in Kamloops ...
Feb 23, 2021
Suspected impaired driver flees after leaving car door embedded in Kamloops RCMP cruiser
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Mountie was hurt after a hit-and-run crash last weekend.In a news release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says the incident happened Friday evening (Feb. 19) as the RCMP member was driving ...
Feb 23, 2021
Man arrested for trying to enter vehicle in Kamloops traffic
KAMLOOPS - A man was arrested in Kamloops after allegedly trying to get into a vehicle while it was stopped in traffic.Kamloops RCMP were alerted to an unknown man attempting to get into the vehicle o...
Feb 23, 2021
Woman arrested twice, false alarm abduction for Kamloops RCMP over weekend
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 304 calls for service over the weekend, including a possible abduction, a woman who was arrested twice, and numerous arrests on warrants.--A woman w...
Feb 22, 2021
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