Author Archives: Doug Collins
Amid B.C.'s vaccination progress, advocates call for gradual opening of long-term care visitation
KAMLOOPS - With the majority of the province's long-term care residents and staff now vaccinated - some with two doses - B.C's Seniors Advocate is hoping visitation rules will be adjusted. "I think we...
Mar 22, 2021
‘We need to change’: MP McLeod echoes CPC Leader O’Toole’s message at convention
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo's Member of Parliament (MP) believes the way for her party to win the next federal election is to offer a positive alternative to the Liberal government.Exiting th...
Mar 21, 2021
Conservatives to debate ethics, foreign affairs, environment on Day 2 of convention
OTTAWA - Card-carrying federal Conservatives are heading into Day 2 of a virtual convention aimed at getting the party ready for the next election. But while they heard from officials on Thursday that...
Mar 19, 2021
B.C. judge dismisses churches' petition against COVID-19 rules: lawyer says
VANCOUVER - A legal advocacy group that challenged COVID-19 rules in British Columbia says its argument that the restrictions unjustifiably infringed on religious freedoms has been dismissed by a judg...
Mar 18, 2021
Interior Health preparing for vaccination ramp-up for essential and at-risk workers
KAMLOOPS - As more age groups become eligible to get vaccinated, health authorities will be using a portion of vaccine supplies for industrial worksites, food processing facilities and workers in at-r...
Mar 18, 2021
ICBC says COVID-19 rebate cheques delayed after cyberattack on third party
VANCOUVER - The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia says it's temporarily delaying the delivery of COVID-19 rebate cheques due to a cyberattack on a third-party vendor contracted to provide prin...
Mar 17, 2021
Kamloops back in the yellow range, with 42 COVID-19 cases recorded last week
KAMLOOPS - Recent data from the BC Centre for Disease Control shows a significant drop in COVID-19 cases for the Kamloops area last week. In the BC CDC's weekly regional map, it shows 42 cases were re...
Mar 17, 2021
Wildfire on Strawberry Hill brings back memories
KAMLOOPS - A new fire in our area broke out yesterday in the same general area where a serious wildfire broke out in 2003. The fire is burning in the Strawberry Heights Road area east of Rayleigh. The...
Mar 17, 2021
Avalanche control work to briefly close section of Coquihalla Highway
HOPE, B.C - Drivers taking the Coquihalla this afternoon (Wednesday) can expect delays with avalanche control work planned. Drive BC says the work will take place along a 9km stretch of Highway 5 nort...
Mar 17, 2021
Plans readied by B.C. and Washington state to wipe out invasive giant hornet
VANCOUVER - Officials in British Columbia and Washington state will release their battle plan today to try to wipe out Asian giant hornets. Also dubbed the murder hornet, the invasive wasps have been ...
Mar 16, 2021
