Author Archives: James Peters
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
Feds to partly cover 'top ups' for front-line workers on minimum wage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says th...
May 07, 2020
VIDEO: Kamloops firefighters scramble to North Shore house fire
KAMLOOPS - Firefighters are attacking a house fire on the North Shore.At about 4:10 p.m. Wednesday (May 6), Kamloops Fire Rescue personnel were called to a fire at a home in the 600-block of Carson Cr...
May 06, 2020 Image Credit: Ryan Armand
Twenty-three new positive COVID-19 cases Wednesday; three more deaths
VICTORIA - The province is reporting 23 new positive cases of COVID-19 today. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry gave the update ahead of a technical briefing into B.C.'s plans to begin loosen...
May 06, 2020 Image Credit: Flickr / Government of BC
Sam the Brocklehurst badger has died
KAMLOOPS - A sad end to an odd tale in Brocklehurst. Yesterday, Cherie Bitz told CFJC Today about a badger that popped up in her garden. Badgers are endangered in B.C., and experts from the B.C. Wildl...
May 06, 2020
Man with weapon arrested on Tk'emlups reserve Wednesday; chief concerned about increase in crime
KAMLOOPS - The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc are informing their membership that a man with a weapon was arrested on the Tk'emlups reserve Tuesday night (May 5).In a news release issued Wednesday, Chief Rosa...
May 06, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
