Emergency medical care restored in Merritt after latest ER shutdown
The 21st shutdown of the Nicola Valley Hospital's Emergency Department in 2024 has now wrapped up. The 25 hour shutdown of the Merritt E-R began Monday morning at 7am, and ended at 8am Tuesday. It represents the 2nd shutdown of the Merritt ER since the start of the previous weekend, after an overnight closure from Frid...
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Unseasonable temperatures drawing near-record crowds to BC Wildlife Park
This recent stretch of unseasonably above-average temperatures in Kamloops is being cited as a factor behind a near-record turnout to the BC Wildlife Park on Monday, as the Nature Park and Zoo hits its mid-way point today in the annual Wildlights event. Temperatures -- thanks to a recent push of sub-tropical air which ...
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Rockslide causes train derailment/grain spill near Boston Bar
A derailment has sent rail cars carrying grain plunging into the Fraser River, and CN Rail says it's working to restore the tracks near Boston Bar, B.C. A statement from the provincial government indicates about a dozen cars from a CPKC train on its mainline east of the Fraser Canyon community happened on Sunday, Dec. ...
Dec 23, 2024
Mayor of Kamloops positioned for additional salary cut in early 2025
With no new meetings set on the municipal calendar between now and the end of 2024, it seems as though any punishment dolled out from the latest ruling against Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson will be an issue for early 2025. The Mayor has been found in breach of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Ac...
Dec 23, 2024
"Significant" number of bids submitted for long-anticipated Sun Peaks rental development
A project that was on the mind of the community's late Mayor as he prepared to make his 'final run' is now starting to come into shape. Nine applications have been submitted to the BC Government for a shot at creating the first-ever municipally-controlled rental project for locals in Sun Peaks. "That is a signific...
Dec 22, 2024
Interior Health omits details as 2024 Merritt ER shutdowns hit 20
Emergency medical care is once again available in Merritt, after Interior Health was forced to close the Nicola Valley Hospital's emergency room overnight Friday. "Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20 to 8 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024," said Interior Health on Friday. This re...
Dec 22, 2024
Kamloops Conservative MP Caputo not confident federal election is imminent
"I'm not sure if an election is right around the corner." Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Frank Caputo just doesn't have any confidence in NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's latest comments that he is prepared to scuttle the Liberal Minority. Singh says Justin Trudeau's struggling Liberal government doesn'...
Dec 20, 2024
Evening/Weekend bus service expands to Tk'emlups, Swelaps Market early 2025
BC Transit and the City of Kamloops are set to launch service changes in early 2025 for better access to Tk'emlups. Route 18 Mt. Paul will be expanding service to introduce service into Tk'emlúps on the weekends, and will have later-evening runs during the weekdays -- including stops at Swelaps Market. "The...
Dec 20, 2024
