Author Archives: James Peters
UPDATE: East Kamloops power outage ends
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (1:55 p.m.): BC Hydro's website no longer lists this outage, though it is not listed as restored. EARLIER (11:50 a.m.): The power is out for thousands of Kamloops-area residents. Acc...
Apr 23, 2020 Image Credit: BC Hydro
Feds pour $1.1B into COVID-19 vaccine development, tracking of cases
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend more than $1 billion to help develop, test and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as to determine how widely the virus has spread through Canada, Prime ...
Apr 23, 2020
COVID-19 cases remain static in Interior Health, 25 new cases in B.C. Tuesday
VICTORIA - "We will find our new normal in the coming weeks, but is not yet the time to lessen our guard." Those are the words of B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry as she provided the la...
Apr 21, 2020
A look at some of the lives lost in Nova Scotia mass shooting
PORTAPIQUE, N.S. - The victims in one of Canada's worst mass killings include an RCMP officer, a teacher, two nurses, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their home. Here...
Apr 21, 2020
Province issues flood warning for Cariboo, Chilcotin including Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The entire Cariboo and Chilcotin regions are now subject to a flood warning.The B.C. River Forecast Centre instituted the warning Tuesday morning (Apr. 21), and maintained an earli...
Apr 21, 2020 The fast-flowing Cache Creek (Image Credit: Dylana Kneeshaw / CFJC Today)
Feds announce $350M fund for charities sector hurt by COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government plans to provide $350 million to Canada's charities sector.Charities have seen a severe drop in donations since the COVID-19 pandemic...
Apr 21, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
One property under evacuation order, 11 others under alert due to rising Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - One Cache Creek property was placed under evacuation order and another 11 are under an alert after the creek of the same name rose quickly over the weekend.The impacted properties ...
Apr 20, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Outbreak at Alberta oilsands work camp prompts warning from Interior Health
KELOWNA - Interior Health issued a warning on Saturday of a COVID-19 outbreak at an Alberta oilsands work camp.On Wednesday, Alberta's chief medical officer announced the outbreak, stating three peopl...
Apr 20, 2020 Image Credit: Imperial Oil
Provincial health officer says anyone in B.C. experiencing COVID-19 symptoms can now be tested
VICTORIA - Provincial officials say anyone who has COVID-19 symptoms can now get tested for the virus. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry made the announcement during her daily briefing Monday...
Apr 20, 2020 Image Credit: Facebook / Government of BC
Has COVID-19 resulted in changing your holiday plans this year?
Apr 20, 2020
