Author Archives: James Peters
Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine approved
KAMLOOPS - Health Canada is to announce approval of the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson and Johnson today.The federal regulator has found the evidence shows the vaccine is both safe and effective agains...
Mar 05, 2021
What you need to know about Johnson & Johnson's approved single-dose vaccine
Canada added a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine to its pandemic-fighting arsenal on Friday, approving Johnson & Johnson's product a week after it was authorized in the United States.That gives Canada ...
Mar 05, 2021
B.C. records 564 new COVID-19 cases, including 46 variant cases
VICTORIA - B.C. has recorded 564 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday (Mar. 4), with transmission continuing at a high level in the Lower Mainland. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provided the in...
Mar 04, 2021
Home sales, prices soar during hot February for Kamloops real estate market
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops real estate market leaned distinctly toward the seller in February.New totals provided by the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association (KADREA) show a 37 per cent increase...
Mar 04, 2021
How many teachers have had COVID-19 but didn't know it? Researchers want to find out
OTTAWA - The debate over the safety of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic is coming under researchers' microscopes. Three new projects are aiming determine how many teachers and school staff in Cana...
Mar 04, 2021
Zary first star in Stockton win
KAMLOOPS - Blazers' forward Connor Zary scored his first pro goal last night- two of them. Zary had a pair of first period goals and an assist in the American Hockey League's Sctockton Heat's 4-1 win ...
Mar 04, 2021
COVID-19 case count jumped in Kamloops last week
KAMLOOPS - After an encouraging decline the previous week, Kamloops saw a rising COVID-19 case count again last week.In the latest data broken down by local health area (LHA), the B.C. Centre for Dise...
Mar 03, 2021
Social service agencies unhappy with lack of consultation ahead of Kamloops council decisions
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council had a lengthy discussion about social issues in the City at a special meeting Tuesday (Mar. 2) afternoon. Mindy Sandhu is the co-owner of Stereo Warehouse along West V...
Mar 03, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 case count grows by 542, but active case load shrinks
VICTORIA - B.C. has recorded 542 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday (Mar. 3), including 43 within Interior Health. The numbers are included in an update provided by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie H...
Mar 03, 2021
Kamloops grandson of Toronto van attack victim calls guilty verdict 'a sigh of relief'
KAMLOOPS - A Supreme Court judge has found the man who carried out the 2018 van attack in Toronto guilty on all counts. This morning, Justice Anne Molloy declared Alek Minassian guilty of 10 counts of...
Mar 03, 2021
