Author Archives: James Peters
Merritt could receive drinking water soon, though city likely to remain evacuated
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt's Emergency Operations Centre says engineers are doing a thorough inspection of the wastewater treatment plant and should have a better idea on Wednesday afternoon ...
Nov 17, 2021
City of Merritt officials address those still in Merritt upset by lack of services
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt was put under a full evacuation order on Monday morning, still many in the community made the choice to stay, and now some are apparently angry with City Hall.The c...
Nov 17, 2021
Blazers reschedule Friday home game against Victoria due to highway closures
KAMLOOPS - The highway damage caused by the atmospheric river storm Sunday (Nov. 14) and Monday is starting to play havoc with the Kamloops Blazers schedule.The team was scheduled to play the Victoria...
Nov 17, 2021
Grocery stores cleaned out by panic-shoppers; BC Truckers Association says no need to panic
KAMLOOPS - As highways between the Interior and the Lower Mainland remain closed for repairs, concern is growing about how local grocery stores will receive meat and produce deliveries.Shoppers have a...
Nov 16, 2021
Does it bother you to change time twice a year?
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Kamloops and Vernon see slight increases in weekly COVID-19 cases; larger spikes in Salmon Arm and Kelowna
KAMLOOPS - The week of Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, 2021, was challenging for Local Health Areas (LHA) with higher populations in the Interior when it comes to COVID-19 cases. According to the B.C. Centre for D...
Nov 10, 2021
Government will hire more staff to address veterans' backlog, caseloads: minister
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay says the federal Liberal government will hire more staff to deal with backlogs and overwhelming caseloads at his department. MacAulay made the comm...
Nov 10, 2021
Kamloops councillor calls on province to offer rapid testing to unvaccinated healthcare workers
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops city councillor is calling on the province to offer alternatives to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers. In a letter addressed to Health Minister Adrian Dix a...
Nov 09, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech gets approval for COVID-19 booster vaccine in Canada
OTTAWA - Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18. The booster is designed to help people with their first two COVID-19 vaccine doses ma...
Nov 09, 2021
Coquihalla snowfall warning issued
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Hope.Forecasters expect the highway will see a long period of snowfall which could amount to ...
Nov 09, 2021
