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Where and when — key details in School District 73 Continuity of Learning plan
KAMLOOPS - Schools in Kamloops will still be closed to the public next week, as School District 73 works on a plan to keep students learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a release to local media, ...
Mar 22, 2020 (Image Credit: SD 73 / CFJC Today)
Clearwater Mayor prepares to declare a State of Local Emergency
CLEARWATER, BC - Monday at noon, the Mayor of the District of Clearwater (DoC) says he plans to declare a State of Local Emergency for the community of 2,300-plus."With the COVID-19 crisis, we obvious...
Mar 22, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo
Donation push keeps food on the table, but supply struggles aren't over for the Kamloops Food Bank
KAMLOOPS - With a drop in regular donations still causing concern at the Kamloops Food Bank, the organization is hoping the public will keep checking their pantries for any spare food. Kamloops reside...
Mar 22, 2020 (Image Credit: Jill Sperling / CFJC Today)
Nations's capital trying to keep crowds from cherry blossoms
WASHINGTON - As signature cherry blossom trees go through peak bloom in the nation's capital, officials in the District of Columbia are resorting to mass street closures to keep large crowds away in t...
Mar 22, 2020
Paramedics respond to Valleyview crash
KAMLOOPS - At least one person was taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash in Valleyview this morning.It happened before noon, at the intersection of Oriole Road and the East Trans Canada Highway....
Mar 22, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed / Nathan Ritchie
Curlers notified of exposure to COVID-19 at Kamloops Curling Club event
KAMLOOPS - Members of the Kamloops Curling Club have been notified they may have to self-isolate after a bonspiel at the club resulted in exposure to COVID-19.According to the club's website, the 71st...
Mar 22, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
SOUND OFF: Doctors need public cooperation in fight against COVID-19
THE PHYSICIANS OF ROYAL INLAND HOSPITAL AND HILLSIDE TERTIARY CENTER are on the frontlines in the battle against COVID-19. This crisis is unlike anything we have experienced in our lifetime. We are wo...
Mar 22, 2020 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Joyce Milgaard, tireless activist mother of wrongfully convicted son, dies
TORONTO - Joyce Milgaard, who spent decades fighting tirelessly for the exoneration of her wrongfully convicted son, David Milgaard, has died after a lengthy illness, his brother said on Sunday. Milga...
Mar 22, 2020
Blue Jays Shapiro says players, staff have not needed testing for COVID-19
Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro says none of the team's players or staff have had symptoms that warranted being tested for COVID-19. Shapiro spoke to media Sunday afternoon on a confe...
Mar 22, 2020
Rand Paul is 1st senator to report positive test for virus
WASHINGTON - Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says he has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. The Republican is the first member of the Senate to report testing positive. He said i...
Mar 22, 2020
