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After Kamloops waiting room death, Health Minister non-committal on immediate emergency room support
B.C.'s Health Minister is acknowledging that there are challenges in the emergency room in Kamloops, but it is unclear if that will lead to more support for frontline staff. Early Wednesday morning, a...
Sep 09, 2021
UPDATE: Kamloops woman, 70, dies while waiting for care in Royal Inland Hospital emergency room
UPDATE: 1:10 p.m. A 70-year-old Kamloops woman passed away while waiting for care in Royal Inland Hospital's emergency room early this morning. One of the woman's daughters, Amanda Young, said her sis...
Sep 08, 2021
B.C. unveils vaccine status card system, opens registration
Six days before bringing in the vaccine passport system for non-essential businesses, the B.C. government has opened registration and outlined how the process will work. The card will show whether a B...
Sep 07, 2021
B.C. reports 801 new COVID-19 cases, including 237 cases and six deaths in Interior Health
There have been 801 new cases of COVID-19 reported today in B.C., as well as six deaths which were all in Interior Health. For the first time in nearly two months, since early July, Interior Health di...
Sep 02, 2021
Former Kamloops councillor Tom Wallace, 'Mr. Valleyview,' passes away
Members of the current Kamloops council have lamented the loss of former councillor Tom Wallace, who passed away last Wednesday. Wallace was an agrologist by trade who was also an avid fan of the Kaml...
Aug 31, 2021 Tom Wallace, right, with son Greg "Spike" Wallace and the Memorial Cup, in 1994. (Photo by Kamloops Blazers)
Brookmere taken off of evacuation order, south of Merritt
For a second straight day, evacuation orders have been lifted near the July Mountain wildfire south of Merritt. Fifty-eight properties, covering all of Brookmere, had orders downgraded to alert by the...
Aug 31, 2021
Convicted serial arsonist was person found in wildfire-evacuated community near Merritt last week
The man convicted in burning down the Murray Church in Merritt more than two years ago was the person found in Lower Nicola last week when it was on evacuation order. Police had previously said a man ...
Aug 30, 2021
Trip from Kamloops to Lower Mainland on Monday to set world record for longest trip by electric bus
A record setting trip out of Kamloops today. Western-Canada based Traxx Coachlines is running an all-electric bus from Kamloops to Delta. President and CEO Matthew Cox says the bus was made by Winnipe...
Aug 30, 2021 The J4500 Charge electric coach bus, operated by Traxx, that departed Kamloops Monday morning. (Photo by Bill Sarai)
Tranquille Road reopens in Brock with massive construction project almost finished
After months of being closed for construction, Tranquille Road has reopened through part of Brocklehurst as of today. The City of Kamloops says the road is back open to regular traffic between 12th St...
Aug 30, 2021 A traffic camera at the intersection of Tranquille Road and 12th Street on August 30, 2021, looking west.
Emergency room at Ashcroft Hospital to be closed overnight for third straight weekend
For a third straight weekend, staffing shortages are forcing the emergency room to be closed overnight at the Ashcroft Hospital. Interior Health says the ER, and the Ashcroft Community Health Centre, ...
Aug 27, 2021
