Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
New school exposures in Cariboo, Shuswap
WILLIAMS LAKE AND CANOE, B.C. - Schools in the Cariboo and Shuswap are reporting new COVID-19 exposures.According to the Interior Health school exposure website, a new exposure was found at Lake City ...
James Peters Jan 14, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre in Kamloops.According to a news release from IH Wednesday (Jan. 13), the outbreak involves four residen...
Jan 13, 2021
Kamloops businesses hope NHL season brings benefits amid the pandemic
KAMLOOPS - The sound of steel on a sharpening wheel will be heard in NHL arenas across the continent Wednesday (Jan. 13). The best players in the world will lace up their skates, as the National Hocke...
Jan 13, 2021
City, airport face challenging recovery with Air Canada service suspension in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Airport remains eerily quiet in the face of the pandemic. With hopes of a resurgence in passenger numbers, news of Air Canada's indefinite departure from Fulton Field comes as ...
Jan 13, 2021
'Police are not the proper caretakers for these individuals': Kamloops RCMP pushing for sobering centre
KAMLOOPS - It's been an idea that's been discussed for the last decade, but more recently conversations of a sobering centre in Kamloops have become more lively. Currently, if a person under the influ...
Jan 13, 2021
Fifth alert issued for tainted drugs in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has added a fifth drug alert for tainted drugs in Kamloops. The alert comes after four similar messages were fanned out Friday (Jan. 8).In the fifth alert distributed W...
Jan 13, 2021
Opposition B.C. Liberals, MLA Tegart call for greater COVID-19 transparency in schools
MERRITT, B.C. - The B.C. Liberals are calling on the NDP government to increase transparency around the reporting of COVID-19 cases, especially in schools, long-term care facilities, and hospitals."Ac...
Jan 13, 2021
Police seeking information after worker assaulted on Red Bridge
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops are asking for any witnesses to come forward, after a man was assaulted Monday morning (Jan. 11) by the Red Bridge. In a release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says around 3 a.m Mond...
Jan 13, 2021
City to urge province to support sobering centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Council has voted in favour of a proposal to once again seek provincial approval for a sobering centre in Kamloops. Mayor and council voted on a proposal yesterday (Jan. 12) to send a lette...
Jan 13, 2021
Updated: Power restored for majority of BC Hydro customers hit with morning outages
KAMLOOPS - UPDATED 6:57 a.m : BC Hydro says power is back on for the Upper Sahali, Aberdeen, Knutsford, and Valleyview areas that were impacted by morning outages today (Jan. 13). PREVIOUS 6:07 a.m : ...
Dylana Kneeshaw Jan 13, 2021
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