Author Archives: Doug Collins
Tensions high between vaccinated and unvaccinated in Canada, poll suggests
A new poll suggests tensions over COVID-19 vaccines in Canada are high as frictions grow between those who are vaccinated against the virus and those who are not. The Leger survey, conducted for the A...
Sep 27, 2021
Kamloops RCMP investigate fatal crash in Valleyview area
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE- 5:00 AM - Traffic has returned to normal on the East Trans Canada Highway (ETCH) after a fatal motorcycle crash last night. Police were called to the intersection of the ETCH and Hi...
Sep 26, 2021
White Rock Lake wildfire caused an estimated $77-million in insured damage
The damage caused by the White Rock Lake wildfire this summer is expected to have a price tag of at least $77-million.The insured damage estimate was calculated by Catastrophe Indices and Quantificati...
Sep 23, 2021
Premiers urge Trudeau to meet with them ASAP on health-care funding
CHILLIWACK - Canada's premiers are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to meet with them at his earliest opportunity to discuss long-term, predictable funding for health care. Premiers from all the p...
Sep 23, 2021
With breakthrough COVID-19 cases on the rise, BC Care Providers calls for booster shot for seniors
KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops care homes are battling COVID-19 outbreaks. Overlander Residential Care, Kamloops Seniors Village and The Hamlets all have positive cases of the virus along with ten other ca...
Sep 23, 2021
Turnout down in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo for Monday's federal vote
KAMLOOPS - Voter turnout declined in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo for the second consecutive federal election.Elections Canada has tabulated all of the ballots in the riding from Monday's vote, validatin...
Sep 23, 2021
Parade by emergency vehicles supports frontline workers
KAMLOOPS - It was a big show of support for healthcare workers at Royal Inland Hospital last night (Wednesday). A parade of vehicles including fire trucks, ambulances, RCMP officers, and other first r...
Sep 23, 2021
Prince George bylaw targeting homeless people 'scapegoats' the poor, says expert
PRINCE GEORGE - A northern British Columbia city is enacting new restrictions meant to erase the homeless from its core, intensifying the grief that COVID-19 and the overdose crisis have already infli...
Sep 23, 2021
COVID-19 cases rise is B.C., as 10 more die and 157 are in intensive care
VICTORIA - The COVID-19 death toll in British Columbia jumped to 1,910 as another 10 people died over a 24-hour period. The Ministry of Health says the province recorded 759 new cases of COVID-19, pus...
Sep 22, 2021
McHappy day at McDonald's will support new Ronald McDonald Room at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - McHappy Day is back at McDonald's across Canada - and money raised will support families in Kamloops and its surrounding areas.A portion of the proceeds from all menu items at McDonald's wi...
Sep 22, 2021
