Author Archives: James Peters
Federal funding decreases demand for shelter beds in Kamloops during pandemic
KAMLOOPS - When the city announced in April it would be reopening an extra shelter space for the homeless, it was expected to fill up fast. Opening the former Branch on Royal Avenue was meant as a spa...
Jun 17, 2020
Canada buying 140,000 blood tests to begin immunity testing of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Blood samples collected from tens of thousands of Canadians will soon be tested for signs of COVID-19 antibodies as the federal government seeks to learn how many people have already contract...
Jun 17, 2020
City council unanimously approves memorial for snowbirds Capt. Jennifer Casey
KAMLOOPS - From the moment Capt. Jennifer Casey died in the tragic Snowbirds crash last month in Brocklehurst, city residents rallied around her and the entire Snowbirds team. A memorial was set up at...
Jun 16, 2020
No new deaths, 11 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - The province is reporting 11 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (June 16), and a new healthcare outbreak in the Lower Mainland.While ten of those new cases are in people who have tested positive...
Jun 16, 2020
Kamloops Film Society plans pop-up drive-in theatre at McArthur Island
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops hasn't had an operating drive-in movie theatre in more than two decades but, for one weekend only, the 20th Century craze will return. In a news release, the Kamloops Film Society ...
Jun 16, 2020
Longterm recovery improvements and humanization of people who use drugs needed to combat overdose crisis
KAMLOOPS - B.C's opioid emergency health crisis continues to rage amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the B.C Coroners Service, there were 170 illicit drug overdose deaths in the province for the...
Jun 15, 2020
UPDATE: Missing Salmon Arm woman found safe
SALMON ARM, B.C. - UPDATE: RCMP say the woman reported missing June 15 has been found safe and sound.
Jun 15, 2020
Have you registered for any of the government's assistance programs during this COVID-19 pandemic?
Jun 15, 2020
COVID-19 cases up by 36 over three-day period, no new deaths
VICTORIA - Thirty-six more people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in B.C. over the past three days. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry offered the new data in an update Monday (June 15), her...
Jun 15, 2020
Weekend rains not expected to bring flood conditions around Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The province says the soaking received in the B.C. Interior over the weekend will start to come through the major rivers in Kamloops today and tomorrow.According to the B.C. River Forecast ...
Jun 15, 2020
