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'Three new doctors scheduled to come to Merritt'; Minister Dix hints help is on the way
MERRITT, B.C. - After 19 separate emergency room closures in 2023, the Nicola Valley Hospital's ER saw it's first two shutdowns of 2024 this past week due to limited physician availability. Over the p...
Feb 16, 2024
Kamloops RCMP looking for two suspects in targeted Aberdeen break-in
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are looking for witnesses and information related to what's believed to be a targeted break-in into an Aberdeen home.At around 11:00 a.m. Thursday (Feb. 15), RCMP say officers...
Feb 16, 2024
Child immunization rates well below recommended level in the Interior
Interior Health says immunization levels in area children are well below where they should be.The health authority stated that, as of Dec. 31, 2023, just 56.3 per cent of seven year olds in the Interi...
Feb 16, 2024
Early pregnancy clinic in Kamloops anxiously awaiting answer to full-time funding request
KAMLOOPS - There's approximately a month-and-a-half left of grant funding to keep its doors open, but the people behind the First Steps Early Pregnancy Triage Clinic are feeling nervous about the impe...
Feb 15, 2024
Falcon says BC United's housing plan includes rent-to-own initiative, drops taxes
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon is pitching a housing plan that aims to get more first-time buyers into homes, and it comes just days after Premier David Eby promised to b...
Feb 15, 2024
Business council forecasts slower growth of 0.7 per cent in B.C. ahead of budget
VANCOUVER - A new report ahead of next week's B.C. budget is forecasting slower economic growth for the province this year. The Business Council of British Columbia says "lacklustre" growth globally, ...
Feb 15, 2024
'A world-class cancer centre'; Philanthropy expected to help Kamloops' cancer centre shine
KAMLOOPS - Last week, the B.C. Minister of Health announced the business case for the $359-million Kamloops cancer centre, to be built on the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) campus and scheduled to open t...
Feb 14, 2024
First meeting with new municipal adviser Braun has Kamloops councillor feeling hopeful
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops councillor is expressing optimism at the prospect of an improved working relationship with the help of a new municipal adviser.Former Abbotsford mayor Henry Braun began in the po...
Feb 14, 2024
Former Abbotsford mayor selected as new municipal advisor for Kamloops council
KAMLOOPS - The former mayor of Abbotsford has been tasked with helping Kamloops city council work together.In an email to CFJC Today Wednesday (Feb. 14) morning, B.C.'s Ministry of Municipal Affairs c...
Feb 14, 2024
Kamloops Minor Hockey bursting at the seams, in need of more ice
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has not increased the number of sheets of ice in the community since the 1990s, when the then-Riverside Coliseum and now-Sandman Centre opened its doors. While the Olym...
Feb 13, 2024
