Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Lynx returned to the wild after short stay at BC Wildlife Park
KAMLOOPS - A lynx that was taken in for treatment at the BC Wildlife Park late last month has been released. Conservation officers brought the lynx to the Fawcett Family Wildlife Health Centre after i...
Nov 13, 2020
Third employee at Kamloops Home Hardware positive for COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Home Hardware location has reported a third employee has tested positive for COVID-19.In a notice posted to Facebook, Owner Rick Kurzac says the employee was last in the store ...
Nov 13, 2020
Brocklehurst man who beat teen with a baseball bat in 2016 denied parole
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man who brutally beat a teenager with a baseball bat in 2016 has been denied parole.In a decision dated October 26, the Parole Board of Canada said Kristopher Teichrieb has not "...
Nov 13, 2020
Gordon Gore remembered as passionate science educator
KAMLOOPS - A man with a passion for science education is being remembered fondly one day after his passing. Gordon Gore passed away Wednesday morning (Nov. 11), a few days short of his 83rd birthday. ...
Nov 12, 2020
Remote WorkSafeBC inspection gives RIH Patient Care Tower the all-clear
KAMLOOPS - WorkSafeBC is not recommending any further measures at the work site for the Patient Care Tower in Kamloops following an outbreak of COVID-19. WorkSafeBC conducted an inspection of the site...
James Peters Nov 12, 2020
Man wanted for Kelowna assault may be in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP hope the public can help them track down a wanted man who is known to spend time in Kamloops. Childe Joseph Czernisz is wanted for assault causing bodily harm after an incident in Kelo...
James Peters Nov 12, 2020
CP Rail begins 2.5-kilometre track build through Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - CP Rail says it has begun exploratory work ahead of laying more than 2.5 kilometres of new track through Kamloops.According to an update to the rail company's website, the company has begun...
James Peters Nov 12, 2020
Spike belt helps nab dangerous driver after Trans Canada tour through Shuswap
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - An early morning spike belt deployment helped put an end to a run from police near Revelstoke Monday (Nov. 9). According to an RCMP news release, a member of the public phoned Chase...
James Peters Nov 12, 2020
RIH laboratory gets $90,000 infusion from philanthropist Ken Lepin
KAMLOOPS - Noted Kamloops philanthropist Ken Lepin has made another generous donation, this time to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation.According to a news release, the local businessman has donated ...
Nov 12, 2020
Snow, wind will make travel dicey in the B.C. Interior Friday
KAMLOOPS - Snowfall will make its return to the Kamloops area beginning this afternoon.Environment Canada's Armel Castellan says flurries are forecast for Kamloops today, and we may see a few centimet...
James Peters Nov 12, 2020
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