Author Archives: James Peters
West Kelowna COVID-19 outbreak over
KELOWNA - One of the only COVID-19 outbreaks that cropped up within Interior Health (IH) has been declared over.The outbreak at Bylands Nurseries in West Kelowna was first declared on March 28 when tw...
May 11, 2020
UPDATE: Armstrong-area teen located
ARMSTRONG, B.C. - UPDATE: The search for a missing North Okanagan teenager has come to an end after five days. RCMP say the 16-year-old boy who was last seen on May 9 at his residence on Salmon River ...
May 11, 2020
Feds pledge COVID-19 financing help for the country's biggest companies
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will provide loans and financing to the country's largest employers to help them weather the COVID-19 economic crisis. The Liberals are promising bridge financi...
May 11, 2020
Kamloops council to consider reinstating downtown parking fees
KAMLOOPS - The break on parking in downtown Kamloops is about to come to an end.A report coming to Kamloops council next week will recommend reinstating paid parking in two phases.Paid parking was nix...
May 08, 2020
Twenty-nine new COVID-19 cases in B.C.; recovery rate up to 68%
VICTORIA - The health ministry and office of Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry have released the COVID-19 numbers for Friday (May 8). There are 29 new cases today - including one more in the ...
May 08, 2020
NewsAlert: Statistics Canada says nearly two million jobs lost in April
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy lost almost two million jobs in April, a record high, as the closure of non-essential services to slow the spread of COVID-19 devastated the economy and forced businesses...
May 08, 2020
Kamloops restaurant, bar and cafe owners awaiting more guidance ahead of reopening later this month
KAMLOOPS - On Wednesday (May 6), the province unveiled its four-phase plan to reopen many businesses which were closed as a result of COVID-19. Premier John Horgan revealed we're already in Phase One,...
May 07, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
B.C. records 33 new COVID-19 cases, two further deaths
VICTORIA - The province is reporting 33 new cases of COVID-19 across British Columbia, and two more deaths due to the virus. In her Thursday (May 7) update, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry ...
May 07, 2020 Image Credit: Global BC
Conservation Officer service to investigate death of Brocklehurst badger
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Conservation Officer service is not letting the death of Sam the Brocklehurst badger go uninvestigated.In a Facebook post made Thursday morning (May 7), the service says it will co...
May 07, 2020 Image Credit: Facebook / Cherie Bitz
B.C. says clearing surgery backlog will take at least 17 months
VICTORIA - The B.C. government is announcing what it describes as an "ambitious plan" to rescheduled thousands of cancelled surgeries and increase capacity in the health-care system. The governme...
May 07, 2020
