Author Archives: James Peters
CFJC Boogie the Bridge is back after two-year hiatus
KAMLOOPS - Boogie the Bridge is back! Organizers are gathered at Colombo Lodge Tuesday (Feb.1) morning to announce that the run will return after a two-year hiatus."We are so excited and very, very gr...
Feb 1, 2022
MAPS: Thefts from motor vehicles - Weeks of Jan. 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2022
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops thieves have been busy since the calendar turned over to 2022.RCMP have received 89 auto break-in reports in the past four weeks, including 18 during the week of January 24.Take a ...
Feb 1, 2022
TRU professor seeks long-term care resident family members for study into impact of pandemic
KAMLOOPS - A professor in the Thompson Rivers University School of Nursing is looking for relatives of long-term care residents to participate in a study about the impact of COVID-19 restrictions. Dr....
Jan 31, 2022
Are you planning to watch coverage of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games?
Jan 31, 2022 Image Credit: Mirko Kuzmanovic / Dreamstime.com
COVID-19 outbreak at Overlander Residential Care; one dead in Pine Grove outbreak
KAMLOOPS - Overlander Residential Care in Brocklehurst is dealing with its second COVID-19 outbreak.Interior Health (IH) has added the facility to its online list, with a COVID-19 outbreak declared on...
Jan 31, 2022
BC Trucking Association grapples with driver shortage
KAMLOOPS - The British Columbia Trucking Association is suffering from a staffing shortage. "Out of all of the drivers in British Columbia, about 10 to 12 per cent of those positions are vacant. It's ...
Jan 28, 2022
Families in Interior Health encouraged to book COVID-19 pediatric vaccines as second dose eligibility increases
INTERIOR REGION - Pediatricians and Interior Health are encouraging parents to get their households vaccinated against COVID-19 before Family Day in February. So far more than half of children aged fi...
Jan 28, 2022
B.C. could lift more COVID restrictions starting on Family Day: top doctor
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings are expected to be gradually lifted next month, starting on Family Day. Dr. Bonnie Henry says that's possible i...
Jan 28, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalization rises in B.C.; 13 more die
VICTORIA - The province is reporting hospitalization due to COVID-19 back up in B.C. Thursday (Jan. 27), to 977 patients. That's an increase of 28 from Wednesday.In a news release, the provincial heal...
Jan 27, 2022
Canada's top doctor says severe illness trends are still rising in most jurisdictions
Canada's top doctor says even though the average daily COVID-19 case count across the country is down 30 per cent compared to last week, it's not an accurate reflection of the state of the pandemic. D...
Jan 27, 2022
