Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Cool overnight temperature and humidity expected to slow spread of wildfire near Lytton
UPDATE (12:45 p.m.): The B.C. Wildfire Service reports the wildfire is now mapped at 1706 hectares.A map of the Nohomin Creek wildfire as of July 17 at 11 a.m. (Photo credit: B.C. Wildfire Service).Th...
Jul 17, 2022
Cameron Whitcomb of Idol fame delights crowd at Aberdeen Mall concert
KAMLOOPS - The back flipping Kamloops pipeliner who made it to the top twenty on the most recent season of American Idol put on a free concert at Aberdeen Mall Friday (July 15). Around 300 fans turned...
Jul 16, 2022
Kamloops man finishes seventh, walks away with $1.35 million at World Series of Poker
LAS VEGAS - A Kamloops man is leaving the World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas $1.35 million richer.Aaron Duczak busted out of the tournament Friday (July 15) finishing in seventh place.Duczak was...
Jul 16, 2022
Kamloops RCMP detachment prioritizing officers' mental health
KAMLOOPS - "I can tell you policing, much like some of our other emergency services, are careers that will change you for life. You will carry things. It's how we deal with it that is going to be impo...
Jul 16, 2022
Mosquito control season underway; fewer larvae being hatched around Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Many locals have noticed the mosquitoes are out again this year - but Cheryl Phippen with BWP Consulting says there are fewer mosquitoes being hatched.Nearly 450 sites mapped in the TNRD ha...
Jul 15, 2022
At least six homes lost as wildfire near Lytton balloons to 1,500 hectares
LYTTON, B.C. - A wildfire burning less than two kilometres from Lytton, B.C. has ballooned to 1,500 hectares in size and destroyed at least six residential structures, according to local First Nation ...
Jul 15, 2022
BC Nurses' Union pushing for more nursing students, TRU says not enough clinical space at RIH
KAMLOOPS - By 2030, the province needs 26,000 new nurses just to keep up. BC Nurses' Union (BCNU) president Aman Grewal says the B.C. government has known for decades of the pending nursing shortage a...
Jul 15, 2022
Ashcroft emergency department closed for the weekend
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Residents of Ashcroft will spend this weekend with no access to the community's emergency department.Interior Health has announced the ER will be closed, or 'on diversion', throughout...
Jul 15, 2022
RIH Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Tower to open Monday; new access points to open
KAMLOOPS - The Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Tower at Royal Inland Hospital will begin operation on Monday (July 18), and that means new hospital access procedures for the public.In a news release, Interio...
Jul 15, 2022
Decriminalization brings with it a new set of challenges for Kamloops Mounties
KAMLOOPS - On Thursday, the B.C. Coroners Service announced 195 people lost their lives to illicit drugs in the month of May. In part two of our sit down with RCMP Superintendent Syd Lecky, Kamloops' ...
Jul 15, 2022
