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Three concurrent COVID-19 outbreaks now active at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has confirmed a third outbreak of COVID-19 at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops.The outbreak was not included in releases to media on Wednesday (Nov. 10), but is liste...
Nov 11, 2021
Temporary visitor restrictions in place at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has announced temporary visitor restrictions are now in place at Royal Inland Hospital.In a news release, Interior Health says effective Wednesday (Nov. 10), only essential ...
Nov 10, 2021
Government will hire more staff to address veterans' backlog, caseloads: minister
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay says the federal Liberal government will hire more staff to deal with backlogs and overwhelming caseloads at his department. MacAulay made the comm...
Nov 10, 2021
Kamloops Fire Rescue spends overnight hours dousing smouldering fire at Cinnamon Ridge Compost Facility
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue personnel and City of Kamloops staff spent the bulk of the night at the City's Cinammon Ridge Compost Facility after a fire broke out in a large pile of hog fuel.KFR's ...
Nov 10, 2021
Dr. Henry on RIH outbreak: "Certainly, visitors are something we are concerned about. Particularly unvaccinated people."
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has declared a second active COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH). With vaccinated visitors and staff, the health authority is investigating how the virus g...
Nov 09, 2021
Two COVID-19 outbreaks now active at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has declared a second active COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital.In an email to CFJC Today, IH confirms the outbreak has been called on 7 North, a medical unit treati...
Nov 09, 2021
Kamloops saw 15 more overdose deaths in August and September, already second deadliest year in city's history
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Coroners Service reported 15 more deaths due to illicit drug toxicity in Kamloops in August and September 2021, making this year the second deadliest for overdoses in the city's histor...
Nov 09, 2021
Two-vehicle collision at Bruhn Bridge kills Kamloops man, injures another
KAMLOOPS - A 48-year-old Kamloops man died at the scene of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 1 at the Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous Saturday (Nov. 6) evening. The preliminary investigation from Sicamous R...
Nov 07, 2021
One person sent to hospital in critical condition after crash near RW Bruhn Bridge
KAMLOOPS - One person was transported to hospital in critical condition after a vehicle incident near Sicamous.BC Emergency Health Services responded to RW Bruhn Bridge and Old Spallumcheen Road short...
Nov 07, 2021
B.C. government providing $1,300 a month for those in interim housing due to wildfire season
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government announced it's working with the Canadian Red Cross to provide financial assistance to eligible residents who were affected by the 2021 wildfires.Starting December 2021, ...
Nov 07, 2021
