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But Blue Grotto owner David “Pup” Johnston still has faith in vaccines and the role they play in not taxing the health-care system

Thanks to his heroic work in defending her from a bruin in 2019, Ashley Gribble's dog, Bane, has been inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame

In the latest weekly tally, there were 118 new cases in the Kamloops area

B.C. has passed the 200,000-case mark of the pandemic, with another 715 cases and four further deaths reported on Thursday. All of the deaths occurred in the Northern Health region. Of the new cases, 137 are in Interior Health.

In Kamloops, three of the four LifeLabs locations are unionized and could be impacted as of 7 p.m. on Oct. 22

A report of a weapon amid a dispute between two people at a Valleyview motel led to a large police response. The weapon in question turned out to be homemade fireworks

This past summer, the regional district’s emergency operations centre issued 293 evacuation alerts and orders compared to 45 alerts and orders issued in 2017

An iPad and other items were taken from a parked car earlier this week, but police have an image of the suspect which they hope someone will recognize.

Animal puppets, a basket and hatchet, colourful First Nations blankets and modern snowshoes were taken from a storage container in North Kamloops earlier this week. Mounties are hoping to track the unique items down.

Museum supervisor Julia Cyr said the materials include photographs, articles, records and notes. She said the work, conducted by archivist Jaimie Fedorak, took two years to complete and culminated in digital versions of the materials sent this week