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Fire burning in Chase auto-wrecker yard
KAMLOOPS - A fire has broken out in the yard of an autowrecker in Chase, sending thick clouds of black smoke into the morning sky.The flames were first spotted around 5 A.M. among some cars destined f...
Jan 21, 2022
Rapid tests to be distributed to schools in British Columbia
VICTORIA - Schools in British Columbia will soon get rapid antigen tests as a way to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 among staff, including teachers and administrators. The Education Ministry says...
Jan 20, 2022
Parking fees to return to B.C. hospitals
VICTORIA - Hospitals in B.C. will begin charging for parking for visitors, staff and some patients after waiving fees since April 1, 2020.Free parking at provincial health-care facilities will continu...
Jan 20, 2022
Ottawa inks agreement to share more residential schools records to Winnipeg centre
OTTAWA - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa has reached an agreement with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to hand over more records on residential sc...
Jan 20, 2022
Crash closes eastbound lanes along Trans-Canada on eastern side of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The eastbound lane of the Trans-Canada highway in eastern Kamloops was closed for much of the morning by a collision that spread debris across the two lanes.Kamloops RCMP received a report ...
Jan 20, 2022
Barriere and Ashcroft among Interior communities concerned with staffing-related health service disruptions
KAMLOOPS - A myriad of staffing changes and closures announced by Interior Health (IH) on Tuesday (Jan. 18) were made in response to Omicron-driven staffing impacts. (See previous story here.)Dependin...
Jan 19, 2022
Annual inflation rate rises to 4.8% in December, highest since 1991
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation climbed in December to its highest rate since 1991. The agency says the consumer price index in December was up 4.8 per cent compared with ...
Jan 19, 2022
Barriere Health Centre and inpatient services in Clearwater and Lillooet closed: Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - Services in some Interior Health communities were temporarily closed, reduced, or rescheduled on Tuesday (Jan. 18).The Barriere and District Health Centre was closed to redeploy staff to ne...
Jan 18, 2022
B.C. gyms and fitness facilities can re-open on Thursday, other health orders remain in effect
VICTORIA - Gyms and fitness facilities in B.C. can re-open on Thursday (Jan. 20) with capacity limits in effect. In a provincial COVID-19 update Tuesday (Jan. 18) afternoon, B.C. Provincial Health Off...
Jan 18, 2022
Coquihalla Highway set to reopen to regular traffic Wednesday
VANCOUVER - The Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) is set to reopen to regular vehicle traffic between Hope and Merritt Wednesday (Jan. 19).The planned reopening for the general public is much earlier tha...
Jan 18, 2022
