Tag Archives: Community
COVID-19 outbreak at Gemstone Care Centre grows to 18 cases
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says 18 people at the Gemstone Care Centre in Brocklehurst have tested positive for COVID-19. IH says 14 residents and four staff members have been infected at the long-term...
Jan 18, 2021
Kamloops man dies after being pulled from river Saturday
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a man died on Saturday (Jan. 16) after emergency responders pulled him out of the South Thompson River. In a release, Cst. Crystal Evelyn says around 11:34 a.m a call came...
Jan 18, 2021
Week in Review — Week of January 11, 2021
Welcome to Week in Review.This week - a COVID-19 outbreak at Gemstone Care Centre. Failure to enforce - Kamloops woman concerned over international travel regulations. And checking in with S.D 73 with...
Jan 18, 2021
SKSS notifies families of additional COVID-19 case
KAMLOOPS - South Kamloops Secondary School (SKSS) is advising staff, students, and parents of another positive COVID-19 case at the school.In an email to families this weekend (Jan. 17), SKSS Principa...
Jan 17, 2021
New programs from Kamloops Music Collective starting soon
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Music Collective (KMC) is gearing up to provide several new programs for the city's youth this month. KMC says starting January 19 it will be hosting "Super Happy Awesome News"...
Jan 17, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Arjun Singh’s valiant, short-lived plan to get something done
THERE ARE ALWAYS GOOD REASONS not to do something. Coun. Arjun Singh heard a lot about that this week.Singh put together a notice of motion asking City staff to look into fast forwarding plans for an ...
Jan 16, 2021
Kamloops arts organizations pivot, look ahead to the end of the pandemic
KAMLOOPS - We've now surpassed the ten-month mark of the COVID-19 pandemic in B.C. While there is hope that a vaccine could bring life back to some sort of normalcy within the calendar year, it will b...
Jan 14, 2021
Kamloops businesses hope NHL season brings benefits amid the pandemic
KAMLOOPS - The sound of steel on a sharpening wheel will be heard in NHL arenas across the continent Wednesday (Jan. 13). The best players in the world will lace up their skates, as the National Hocke...
Jan 13, 2021
Updated: Power restored for majority of BC Hydro customers hit with morning outages
KAMLOOPS - UPDATED 6:57 a.m : BC Hydro says power is back on for the Upper Sahali, Aberdeen, Knutsford, and Valleyview areas that were impacted by morning outages today (Jan. 13). PREVIOUS 6:07 a.m : ...
Jan 13, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Air Canada’s suspension of Kamloops service should be no surprise
WHY IS ANYONE SURPRISED that Air Canada is suspending flights to and from Kamloops effective Jan. 23?All the travel restrictions, including the requirement for COVID tests, quarantines and a general i...
Jan 13, 2021
