Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City of Merritt hopes rain helps ease water restrictions
MERRITT, BC - On Monday, the City of Merritt asked residents to cease watering their lawns or washing their cars after the province declared level four drought conditions on the Coldwater River.The re...
Sep 24, 2020
Merritt's Coldwater Pub confident in cleanliness after COVID-19 exposure over the weekend
MERRITT, BC - The Coldwater Hotel is an institution in Merritt. It's been open for over 110 years and survived the last pandemic back in 1918. So when Krystyna Powell, restaurant manager found out the...
Sep 24, 2020
Province reports daily increase of 148 new COVID-19 cases; five in Interior Health
VICTORIA -The province is reporting 148 new cases of COVID-19 today (Sep. 24). Across B.C., 1,371 cases of the virus are considered active. The Interior Health region has an increase of five cases for...
Sep 24, 2020
TRU students hoping to raise awareness of social issues in BC election campaign
KAMLOOPS - A pair of students who are taking courses in social work and human services fields at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), plan to host an all-candidates forum to discuss social issues in the ...
Dave Barry Sep 24, 2020
McLeod won't support throne speech
KAMLOOPS - The Conservative M.P. for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo may not want to see a federal election this fall, but Cathy McLeod says she can't support Wednesday's Throne Speech. McLeod says the prop...
Dave Barry Sep 24, 2020
IHA notifies public of potential COVID-19 exposure at Coldwater Hotel pub
MERRITT - Interior Health is warning residents who visited a certain Merritt area pub last Saturday (Sept. 19) that they may have been exposed to COVID-19. IH states that anyone who was in the pub ins...
Sep 23, 2020
The end of patio season bring new challenges for Kamloops restaurants and pubs
KAMLOOPS - With an election looming in BC, and uncertainty still surrounding the return students to the province's schools, unease might be the best way to describe how we've entered our first fall se...
Sep 23, 2020
BC records 91 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
KAMLOOPS - BC health officials are reporting 91 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today (Sept. 23), with no new deaths. In a release, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there are 1,37...
Sep 23, 2020
Remembering Phil Gaglardi 25 years after his passing
KAMLOOPS - A statue of Phil Gaglardi stands outside St. Andrews on the Square, a tribute to the legacy of the pastor and politician. Today (Sep. 23) marks 25 years since his passing. Gaglardi was know...
Sep 23, 2020
Virtual Raise-A-Reader Day aims to raise funds for literacy programs
KAMLOOPS - Today (Sep. 23) was Raise-A-Reader day. But, unlike previous years, volunteers were not going around town gathering donations. Literacy in Kamloops Outreach Coordinator Fiona Clare says it ...
Sep 23, 2020
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