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Cancel foreign trips because travel rules could change suddenly, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says any Canadian planning an international trip should cancel it. Trudeau is warning that while Canadians have the right to travel, the government could at any ...
James Peters Jan 19, 2021

Several left homeless by overnight apartment fire
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE- 7:30 AM. A major structure fire overnight has left a number of people temporarily homeless.(NOTE: Photos and video from the scene have been posted here.)The fire broke out around mi...
James Peters Jan 19, 2021

Community virus transmission in Kamloops seeps into long-term care system
KAMLOOPS - While the Interior started off the pandemic with modest COVID-19 infection rates compared to other parts of B.C, the region is experiencing a swell of cases.On Monday (Jan. 18), provincial ...
James Peters Jan 18, 2021

B.C. averages 443 new cases of COVID-19 per day over the weekend; 31 more deaths recorded
VICTORIA - B.C.'s COVID-19 pandemic produced 1,330 new cases of the virus over the past three days - an average of about 443 cases per day. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported the new ...
James Peters Jan 18, 2021

Do you support an interprovincial travel ban to stop the spread of COVID-19?
James Peters Jan 18, 2021 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Rescue society praises B.C.'s teens survival skills after he got lost snowmobiling
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The backcountry survival skills of a British Columbia teen who got lost while snowmobiling are being praised by search and rescue volunteers who found him safe. The South Caribo...
James Peters Jan 18, 2021

Lost Cariboo snowmobiler praised for ‘spot-on’ survival response
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A 17-year old snowmobiler in the South Cariboo is being commended by search and rescue crews who found him after he became separated from his group this weekend. Saturday night,...
James Peters Jan 18, 2021 Image Credit: Facebook / South Cariboo Search and Rescue

Pfizer shortage will have 'significant' impact in immediate period, says minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says the reduction in shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to Canada will have a significant effect, but just in the immediate period. Adrian Dix says...
James Peters Jan 15, 2021

TNRD defers decision on supporting ban of commercial trucks on Highway 5A
KAMLOOPS - In December, a presentation was made to the TNRD Board of Directors seeking support in banning commercial truck traffic from highway 5a, between Merritt and Kamloops."Highway 5A is ill-equi...
James Peters Jan 15, 2021

B.C. records 536 cases of COVID-19, including 115 within Interior Health
VICTORIA - The COVID-19 surge within Interior Health is continuing unabated, while case counts in the rest of the province decrease. In a news conference Thursday (Jan. 14), Provincial Health Officer ...
James Peters Jan 14, 2021

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