Author Archives: James Peters

ASK Wellness calls for new model of complex care housing
KAMLOOPS - About one-in-eight of Kamloops supportive housing clients were evicted due to unmanageable behaviours.Kamloops Supportive Housing Clients Outcome Data stated while 79 per cent (221 of 278) ...
James Peters Mar 09, 2021

About 15,000 COVID-19 shots booked on Day 1 in B.C., more than half in Fraser Health
VICTORIA - British Columbians eligible to make a COVID-19 vaccination appointment are being urged to keep trying if they failed to get through Monday on phone lines overwhelmed by calls. The Health Mi...
James Peters Mar 09, 2021

Another Tournament Inn fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire and Rescue crews were busy at the Tournament Inn in Valleyview overnight. In front of the same unit that was badly damaged by a fire March 2nd, a mini van was destroyed by a b...
James Peters Mar 09, 2021

Trans Canada closed by falling rocks
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE- 7:45 am It looks like the Trans Canada Highway will be closed until at least this afternoon. The road was shut down overnight in both directions after rocks came down on the highway...
James Peters Mar 09, 2021

Are you at all hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine?
James Peters Mar 08, 2021 Image Credit: The Canadian Press

B.C. records 1,462 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend; 79 in Interior Health, 144 variant cases
VICTORIA - As the B.C. government begins to make appointments for those in Phase Two of its COVID-19 immunization plan, the province continues to see elevated spread of the virus. In a briefing Monday...
James Peters Mar 08, 2021
CFJC Midday - Get ready for 8 Days of Boogie! Register for this year's virtual event
Run Club Founder and Boogie Organizer Jo Berry, talks about this year's Boogie event and how important it is for mental and physical health, to get out and move.
James Peters Mar 08, 2021

Potential COVID-19 exposures at Brocklehurst Middle and Kamloops Christian schools
KAMLOOPS - Two additional COVID-19 exposure events transpired in Kamloops last week. Interior Health listed potential exposures for Brocklehurst Middle School on March 1 and 2, and Kamloops Christian ...
James Peters Mar 08, 2021

Kamloops Councillor Denis Walsh positive for COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops councillor has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating at home. Councillor Denis Walsh's says he felt under the weather last Wednesday (Mar. 3). "I woke up and I had a head...
James Peters Mar 08, 2021

Low-wage women hit hardest by COVID-19, report says
OTTAWA - A new report says low-income women are facing the steepest climb out of the economic hole opened by COVID-19 that will need to be addressed by any federal efforts to aid in a recovery. Employ...
James Peters Mar 08, 2021

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