Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
How do you move a 100-year-old, 100-ton rail car? Kamloops Heritage Railway brought in the cranes
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday (Jan. 12) was moving day for the Kamloops Heritage Railway (KHR). The society transferred a passenger car built in the late-1920s from an active line to the static display area. How...
Jan 12, 2021
Kamloops woman not asked for COVID-19 test result when returning from U.S. Saturday
KAMLOOPS - The federal government is now requiring airline passengers to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test prior to boarding a flight back to Canada. According to Transport Canada, air carrier...
Jan 12, 2021
RCMP release photo of Kamloops sex assault suspect, urge potential victims to come forward
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are releasing the identity of a sexual assault suspect in hopes other potential victims might come forward.Cody Joseph, 24, of no fixed address in Kamloops is facing a single ...
Jan 12, 2021
Snow removal to be debated by Merritt council
MERRITT, B.C. - This evening Merritt City Council will have an opportunity to discuss and debate the city's current snow removal procedures.The discussion comes following an open letter by CAO Sean Sm...
Jan 12, 2021
Kamloops Airport to lose Air Canada service indefinitely as of January 23
KAMLOOPS - Starting January 23, Air Canada will suspend flights out of the Kamloops Airport indefinitely.In an email to CFJC Today, Air Canada says "stifled demand from ongoing travel restrictions and...
Jan 12, 2021
School District 73 names Dr. Rhonda Nixon as new superintendent
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District has announced who its new superintendent will be. Dr. Rhonda Nixon was introduced to media via a Zoom call Tuesday morning (Jan. 12). She will begin on...
Jan 12, 2021
Stabbing in Lower Nicola sends one to hospital
LOWER NICOLA, B.C. - The Merritt RCMP has released details into a stabbing incident in Lower Nicola which resulted in one victim being transported to hospital in Kamloops."On January 10, 2021, Merritt...
Jan 12, 2021
Arthur Hatton Elementary joins COVID-19 school exposure list
KAMLOOPS - Yet another school within the Kamloops-Thompson District has been flagged for potential COVID-19 exposure. Interior Health has added Arthur Hatton Elementary to its school exposure list. Ev...
Jan 12, 2021
Positive COVID-19 case identified at South Kamloops Secondary School
KAMLOOPS - The public is being notified of a positive COVID-19 case last week at South Kamloops Secondary School (SKSS). In an email to families, SKSS Principal Walt Kirschner says a member of the sch...
Jan 12, 2021
Government of B.C. delivers first snapshot of alpine snowpack
MERRITT, B.C. - The first snowpack report of the season has been published by the BC River Forecast Centre, and unsurprisingly basins across the province are above normal levels.The report is based on...
Jan 12, 2021
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