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TNRD shutters eco-depots to building materials and yard waste as a result of a spike in dumping
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District is working to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on hundreds of employees and thousands of residents of its geographic area.Interim CAO Randy Diehl says t...
Mar 26, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
More blasting planned at Big Bar landslide site as river levels remain low
KAMLOOPS - The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) says work at the Big Bar landslide site north of Lillooet is going as planned, despite challenging conditions and the recent COVID-19 outbreak. ...
Mar 26, 2020 Work continues to progress on the Big Bar landslide site north of Lillooet (Image Credit: Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
Kamloops Save-On Foods pharmacy has presumptive COVID-19 case: IH
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is advising residents that there is a case of COVID-19 associated to the pharmacy at the Kamloops Sahali location of Save-On Foods.According to the news release from IH, any...
Mar 26, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly)
World leaders vow to co-ordinate virus response in video call
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The head of the United Nations told leaders of the world's 20 major industrialized nations during an emergency virtual summit Thursday that "we are at war with a virus - ...
Mar 26, 2020
FBI chief pledges to find answers on ex-agent Levinson
WASHINGTON - The FBI won't give up on "finding out what happened" to former agent Robert Levinson, who the U.S. government believes died in the custody of the Iranians, according to an email FBI Direc...
Mar 26, 2020
US could get stake in airlines in exchange for virus grants
The Trump administration is raising the possibility of the government getting ownership stakes in U.S. airlines in exchange for $25 billion in direct grants to help the carriers survive a downturn cau...
Mar 26, 2020
None of the 'Big Five' publishers will attend BookExpo
NEW YORK - All of the so-called "Big Five" publishers have dropped out of BookExpo, the industry's annual national convention. Hachette Book Group and Macmillan became the fourth and fifth to announce...
Mar 26, 2020
COVID-19 prompts curtailments at West Fraser
VANCOUVER - The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the forestry industry.West Fraser has announced lumber production at all its sawmills will be curtailed for one week effective March 30.West Fraser says the i...
Mar 26, 2020 Image Credit: CKPG Today
Lululemon withholds guidance for 2020 due to COVID-19 as Q4 profits rise
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it is withholding its financial outlook for 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The retailer has temporarily shuttered all its stores in Nor...
Mar 26, 2020
B.C. steps up emergency response to COVID-19 with co-ordinated supply chain plan
VICTORIA - British Columbia invoked extraordinary emergency powers Thursday to protect consumers from profiteers and to maintain the steady supply of goods and services for those who need them du...
Mar 26, 2020
