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More people thinking about immigrating to Canada as COVID-19 cases surge in the USA
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on in the United States, it appears a growing number of Americans are thinking about moving to Canada. "Generally speaking, I think people are looking at the political s...
Jul 27, 2020
Updated: One taken to hospital after marina fire in Salmon Arm
One person was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries today in Salmon Arm, after a fire at the Captains Cove Marina on Shuswap Lake. It broke out at 12:55 p.m., and photos showed thick b...
Jul 27, 2020
Some surprising results in latest Kamloops Chamber of Commerce survey
The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce has taken another survey among it's members to see how they're coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. About 80 owners responded to the survey designed to take the pulse of...
Jul 27, 2020
Updated: Pedestrian struck and killed on Trans Canada Highway in Valleyview
One person is dead after a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway in Kamloops this morning in the eastbound lanes between Tanager Drive and Grand Boulevard in Valleyview. Police say at about 4:20 a.m., the...
Jul 27, 2020
Ahead of Blue River rally on Saturday, UBCIC appealing for peace and non-violence
Ahead of a rally in Blue River this weekend, the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is appealing for peace and non-violence. "The Tiny House Warriors have experienced repeated incidences of misogyny,...
Jul 24, 2020
Environment Canada warning of heatwave in Kamloops early next week
Its about to get very hot in Kamloops. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Southern Interior for what it says will be the 'first heat of the season' starting on Monday, J...
Jul 24, 2020
SD73 Board Chair Kathleen Karpuk stepping down on Monday
The chair of the Kamloops-Thompson School District will be stepping down from the role on Monday. Kathleen Karpuk has been the board chair since November 2018, but she will continue on as a trustree. ...
Jul 24, 2020
Fire bans to be reinstated across the Kamloops Fire Centre effective July 29
About one month after some open burning restrictions were eased, the BC Wildfire Service is reinstating the ban to prevent human-caused wildfires as temperatures warm up. The ban will come into effect...
Jul 24, 2020
Kamloops woman wins $675,000 on a scratch ticket
A Kamloops woman is $675,000 richer after scratching three identical cash symbols on her Set for Life ticket, according to a release from the British Columbia Lottery Corporation. "I turned to [my boy...
Jul 24, 2020
City to remove flood protection measures at Riverside Park as flood risk subsides
The city of Kamloops has begun to remove flood barriers around the city as water levels on the Thompson River continues to go down. As previously reported by NL News, the Hesco baskets at McArthur Isl...
Jul 24, 2020 Temporary flood protection measures set up at Riverside Park in 2020. (Photo via Colton Davies)
