Tag Archives: Community
Interior Health clarifies COVID-19 testing procedures in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) is clarifying details around COVID-19 testing in Kamloops, after changes were made to testing locations. Interior Health says the booking delay last weekend was a uniqu...
Sep 23, 2020
A Way Home Kamloops hopes for longterm plan to follow extension of support for youth in care
KAMLOOPS - Youth in government care who were going to be aging out now have more time to live in their placements. The B.C government recently announced youth who will be turning 19 can remain in thei...
Sep 22, 2020
Archaeological work in Riverside Park digs for better understanding of Secwépemc cultural heritage
KAMLOOPS - Archaeology teams are getting a deeper look into Riverside Park this month, ahead of construction of the City of Kamloops flood protection project. The park is situated right near the confl...
Sep 22, 2020
Six-year-old Kamloops boy with cancer raises thousands in Terry Fox Run donations
KAMLOOPS - 40 years later, Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope lives on in Kamloops, with one of its youngest supporters leading by example. Every year, six-year-old Cai McLean and his family take part in th...
Sep 20, 2020
Kamloops Naturalist Club working towards wildlife viewing platform for Tranquille wetlands
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Naturalist Club has set a plan into motion to bring a new wildlife viewing platform to the Tranquille wetlands. In a release, the club (KNC) says they've outlined three phases ...
Sep 20, 2020
Rotary Fall Food Drive stocks shelves of Kamloops Food Bank with 57,000 lbs of donations
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Food Bank is feeling the community's support today, after a successful Rotary Fall Food Drive. Food bank executive director Bernadette Siracky says volunteers and Rotarians gat...
Sep 19, 2020
Week in Review — Week of September 14, 2020
Welcome to Week in Review. This week, wildfire smoke settles over Kamloops. RCMP investigate the murder of a 33-year-old Kamloops man. And the Kamloops Food Bank becomes the victim of vandalism. WATCH...
Sep 19, 2020
Mustard Seed inviting Kamloops residents to 'Camp at Home for Hope'
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed is inviting Kamloops residents to help less fortunate community members by camping from home this weekend. For the first time, the non-profit is hosting a Camp At Home for ...
Sep 19, 2020
RIH Patient Care Tower construction progresses to full nine-storey height
KAMLOOPS - Construction on the new patient care tower at Royal Inland Hospital reached a milestone in progress this week. The concrete phase is now complete, and the tower has reached its full nine-st...
Sep 19, 2020
Partial closure of Canada-U.S. border extended to Oct. 21
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the partial closure of the border with the United States is being extended another month, to Oct. 21. Crossings of the border have been largely restrict...
Sep 18, 2020
