Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'Positions have not been filled': Few paramedics to provide care in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - As Royal Inland Hospital faces severe staffing shortages on many wards, staffing shortages are being felt in emergency care in Kamloops as well.There was only one ambulance team from two in...
Jun 08, 2022
Snowpack spikes in North and South Thompson basins
KAMLOOPS - The North and South Thompson basins both saw substantial snowpack increases as of June 1, 2022, relative to seasonal norms.In an update to B.C.'s map of snow basin indices Wednesday (June 8...
Jun 08, 2022
Ottawa appoints independent interlocutor to help protect potential burial sites near former residential schools
Support services are in place for residential school survivors and their families here.OTTAWA - The federal government appointed an independent special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked g...
Jun 08, 2022
Kamloops city council considers community-wide organics collection midway through 'successful' pilot
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council discussed a community-wide implementation of the curbside organics collection program, midway through a pilot that includes 2,500 homes across five neighbourhoods.City...
Jun 07, 2022
Kamloops facing potential of limited ambulance service overnight Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Paramedics coming off a 12-hour dayshift took up overtime to ensure there will be full ambulance service in the city until 11 p.m. Tuesday (June 7). "Very thankful to all the Kamloo...
Jun 07, 2022
Seventeen of B.C. heat dome deaths in Kamloops; committee formed to address heat issues for seniors
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroner's Service has released a review of heat-related deaths in the province during the summer of 2021. A panel of experts has identified shortfalls and has made the following re...
Jun 07, 2022
Two years later, 2020 TRU graduates walk the stage
KAMLOOPS - It's a moment all students look forward to - walking across the stage, tossing the cap and leaving with diploma in hand. These graduates have been waitings two years for that experience. On...
Jun 07, 2022
Reports of B.C. school capital funding freeze 'problematic and concerning': Milobar
KAMLOOPS - With reports of a freeze in capital funding for new school projects in B.C., the opposition MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson says the government's decision to push ahead with the expensive r...
Jun 07, 2022
High streamflow advisory issued for North Thompson River, Cariboo rivers
KAMLOOPS - As one high streamflow advisory ends, another begins.On Tuesday (June 7) morning, the B.C. River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) issued a high streamflow advisory for the North Thompson River - inc...
Jun 07, 2022
High streamflow advisories for Southern Interior and Cariboo no longer in effect
KAMLOOPS - The Southern Interior and Cariboo regions are no longer under high streamflow advisories.As of Tuesday (June 7) morning, the BC River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) says its high streamflow adviso...
Jun 07, 2022
