Author Archives: Aaron Schulze
Establishing motive central focus in fatal library attack in North Vancouver: police
VANCOUVER - Police are working to determine the motive of a series of stabbings that left a woman dead and six others injured inside and around a public library in North Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday. ...
Mar 28, 2021
'Stronger' measures needed across Canada to suppress COVID-19 resurgence: Tam
OTTAWA - As provinces push ahead with plans to reopen their economies, Canada's chief public health officer is warning that current health orders are not enough to stop rapid growth of COVID-19. Dr. T...
Mar 27, 2021
Canadian Blood Services says donations from those who have had COVID-19 are safe
CALGARY - Canadian Blood Services is reassuring the public that blood donated by anyone who has had COVID-19 or who has been vaccinated is safe. "Given that COVID is a respiratory virus, there's no im...
Mar 27, 2021
Kamloops churches gearing up for in-person Easter services
KAMLOOPS - Watching church services online has become part of people's Sunday routines for the better part of a year, but starting as soon as this weekend, churches are allowed to welcome up to 50 peo...
Mar 26, 2021
COVID-19 exposures detected at Westmount Elementary, Dufferin Elementary
KAMLOOPS - As students in the Kamloops-Thompson School District return to class Monday (Mar. 22) after a week's Spring Break, the district is reporting two new exposures to COVID-19.The exposures took...
Mar 22, 2021
Fewer COVID cases in people 80 and up, Tam says as vaccine programs expand
Canada's chief public health officer says the expansion of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has resulted in a drop in the number of infections in people over the age of 80. Dr. Theresa Tam says on Twitter...
Mar 21, 2021
Wildfire near Venables Valley Road
KAMLOOPS - A wildfire south of Cache Creek is the latest in the Kamloops region.On Friday (March 19), a wildfire was discovered approximately two kilometres south of Venables Valley Road. As of Sunday...
Mar 21, 2021
Public health pandemic 'alert' system didn't operate as intended for COVID-19: report
OTTAWA - An interim examination of why the federal government's pandemic early warning system failed to send up a formal alert on COVID-19 has been released. The audit was ordered by federal Health Mi...
Mar 20, 2021
Practice in the bubble -- with one minor hitch.
KAMLOOPS ---- The Kamloops Hubsters --- all three of them --- have hit the ice for their first two practices at the Sandman Centre.That follows a week of self quarantine at home, another five days of ...
Mar 19, 2021
More provinces expanding vaccine rollouts as COVID-19 cases rise nationally
Some provinces are expanding their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts amid what Canada's chief public health officer describes as a recent increase in the number of new cases across the country. Dr. Theresa Ta...
Mar 14, 2021
