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Barriere health centre to close, reduced service in Clearwater, Ashcroft and Lillooet due to COVID staffing challenges
Interior Health has announced some significant "temporary service adjustments" that will impact a number of area hospitals near Kamloops. It includes the total closure of the Barriere Health Centre, w...
Jan 18, 2022
Gyms allowed to reopen on Jan. 20 as B.C. extends COVID-19 restrictions to Feb. 16
While B.C. is extending the public health orders on events and gatherings through to Feb. 16, gyms and other exercise facilities will be allowed to reopen on Thursday, Jan. 20. Provincial Health Offic...
Jan 18, 2022 Nenad Stojkovic / CC
Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt to open to all traffic on Wednesday
B.C.'s Transportation Minster says the section of the Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt will be open to all traffic tomorrow, Jan. 19. It comes a little over two months after sections of the highway...
Jan 18, 2022 Crews paving a section of the Coquihalla on Sunday, Dec. 19, ahead of the opening on Monday, Dec. 20. (Photo via TranBC)
Kamloops developer hoping for approval on new 60-unit Innova on Tranquille building
A Kamloops developer is hoping to get approval on a second large scale housing development on the North Shore this year. Joshua Knaak with Arpa Investments says his company is working on a new 60-unit...
Jan 18, 2022 This empty lot at the intersection of Tranquille and Clapperton is the proposed site for the new Innova on Tranquille. (Photo via Google Maps)
Chase Secondary to reopen Wednesday after one-day 'functional closure' due to lack of staff
UPDATE 2:30 p.m.- In-person classes at Chase Secondary School will resume on Wednesday, Jan. 19, after a one-day functional closure today because of a lack of staff. Parents and guardians were notifie...
Jan 18, 2022
B.C. quietly extends COVID closure orders on gyms, bars, and organized gatherings
The B.C. government has quietly extended the closure order on gyms, dance studios, bars, and nightclubs until further notice, ahead of its weekly COVID-19 update tomorrow. The orders have been in plac...
Jan 17, 2022
Blazers add two more forwards on WHL Trade Deadline day
The Kamloops Blazers were one of the busiest teams on WHL Trade Deadline day, adding another pair of forwards as they look to capture their third successive BC Division Title. In one of three separate...
Jan 17, 2022 The Kamloops Blazers have traded for forwards Drew Englot (left) and Luke Toporowski ahead of the 2022 WHL Trade Dealine.
Kamloops Ribfest to return in 2022 after two-year COVID-19 hiatus
A staple of the Kamloops summer - Ribfest - will be going ahead this summer after two straight years of COVID-19 related cancellations. Currently scheduled for Aug. 5, 6, and 7, organizers say they ar...
Jan 17, 2022 The Kamloops RibFest at Riverside Park. (Photo via Kamloops RibFest)
Blazers trade Josh Pillar to Saskatoon Blades due to private medical situation
The Kamloops Blazers have traded 19-year-old forward Josh Pillar to the Saskatoon Blades because of a private medical situation, one of three trades the team made on WHL Trade Deadline day. The Warman...
Jan 17, 2022
Teck, Highland Valley mine workers at an 'impasse' after mediated talks
Unionized workers at the Highland Valley Copper Mine near Logan Lake will be voting on non-binding recommendations put forward by mediators this week in the hopes of avoiding a strike. Workers remain ...
Jan 17, 2022
