Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Vehicle fire closes Highway 5 east of Clearwater
UPDATE (11 a.m.): DriveBC says Highway 5 east of Clearwater is fully open.UPDATE (9:30 a.m.): DriveBC says Highway 5 east of Clearwater is now open to single-lane alternating traffic, although there i...
Jan 19, 2023
80 per cent feeling less safe: Kamloops 2022 Citizen Satisfaction Survey
KAMLOOPS - According to the city's 2022 Citizen Satisfaction Survey, eight out of ten people living in Kamloops feel less safe than they did three years ago. "That's a mandate, that is a mandate from ...
Jan 18, 2023
Housing Minister Kahlon visits Kamloops, touts importance of supportive housing
KAMLOOPS - Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 18), B.C.'s Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon was in Kamloops touring a modular building factory. NRB Modular Solutions has four manufacturing plants in Canada, includi...
Jan 18, 2023
Unplug and Play Family Literacy Week returns to Kamloops starting this weekend
KAMLOOPS - Starting Saturday, Kamloops' annual celebration of literacy will make its return. Interior Savings' Unplug and Play Family Literacy Week kicks off this Saturday (Jan. 21) with ABC Family Li...
Jan 18, 2023
Damaged X-Ray machine, CT scanner to be replaced in March: Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - Inside the medical imaging department at Royal Inland Hospital is a clear construction site, where repairs are being made to rooms that were once occupied by an X-Ray machine and CT scanner...
Jan 18, 2023
Vernon chiropractor faces sex assault charges
VERNON, B.C. - A Vernon chiropractor had a court appearance today for sexual assault charges.The BC Prosecution Service said Murray Stephen Kievit will return to provincial court in Vernon March 10 fo...
Jan 18, 2023
Merritt RCMP warn residents to keep their guards up to potential scammers
MERRITT, B.C. - Scammers are very active during the holiday seasons, but Merritt RCMP warn residents they are still prevalent throughout the Nicola Valley in the new year."They're very quick and very ...
Jan 18, 2023
YKA sees 146 per cent passenger increase in 2022, inches closer to pre-pandemic levels
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Airport (YKA) is getting closer to seeing pre-pandemic levels of passengers again.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan. 18), YKA Managing Director Ed Ratuski says, in the fourth...
Jan 18, 2023
Valleyview Arena gets influx of skating equipment thanks to city grant
KAMLOOPS - Local residents who don't have access to skating equipment have had a barrier to that leisure activity removed.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan. 18), PLAYKamloops - a group that comm...
Jan 18, 2023
2022 Campout to End Youth Homelessness raises more than $110,000 for Katherine's Place
KAMLOOPS - The in-person return of the Campout to End Youth Homelessness raised some much-needed funds.In a news release, A Way Home Kamloops - the non-profit organization that aims to eliminate youth...
Jan 18, 2023
