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Kamloops' Greg Stewart wins gold in men's shot put - F46 at Tokyo Paralympics
KAMLOOPS - A gold medal, a Canadian record, a personal best, and a Paralympics record.Kamloops' Greg Stewart's first throw in the men's shot put F46, 16.75 metres, accomplished all of that as he finis...
Aug 31, 2021
BC's chief coroner, Addiction Matters Kamloops call for drug policy changes, coordinated response to overdose crisis
KAMLOOPS - The ongoing overdose crisis in B.C was declared a public health emergency in 2016, yet five years later B.C's chief coroner says the province still doesn't have all hands on deck. In an upd...
Aug 31, 2021
B.C.'s top doctor says get vaccinated to protect children as school starts
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor is encouraging everyone connected with children under 12 to get vaccinated as the school year begins next week.Dr. Bonnie Henry says about 600,000 kids in that...
Aug 31, 2021
Kamloops records six overdose deaths in June, 32 so far in 2021
VICTORIA - Overdose deaths were down in B.C. in June 2021 compared to the same time last year (185), but the numbers remain grim in the province. B.C. recorded 159 deaths due to drug toxicity, the nin...
Aug 31, 2021
Merritt man guilty of burning Murray Church arrested after allegedly breaching conditional sentence
MERRITT - A Merritt man who pleaded guilty to arson related to the Murray Church's burning, was arrested after allegedly breaching his Conditional Sentence Order (CSO) twice in a week.On August 20, Me...
Aug 30, 2021
Number of B.C. evacuation orders and wildfires tick down
VICTORIA - The number of properties under evacuation orders and alerts because of wildfires in British Columbia ticked down over the weekend. Emergency Management BC says 28 orders were in place today...
Aug 30, 2021
Fires showing little growth
KAMLOOPS - Only one new blaze in the Kamloops Fire Centre over the weekend, out of 233 burning in the province. That one new fire broke out yesterday about 2:00 PM in the Skaha Creek area above Pentic...
Aug 30, 2021 Skaha Creek Wildfire- Credit: Lorraine Collins
B.C. Premier Horgan calls for new approach to fighting wildfires
LOGAN LAKE - B.C.'s Premier is suggesting the time has come to change the way British Columbia approaches wildfires. John Horgan told media in Logan Lake on Friday (Aug. 27) that three of the worst wi...
Aug 27, 2021
Health Canada authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines for kids 12 to 17 years old
OTTAWA - Health Canada has finally given the green light for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to be used to inoculate kids as young as 12. The original approval for Moderna in December 2020 was only for peo...
Aug 27, 2021
Horgan to visit Logan Lake today
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan will be paying a visit to the community of Logan Lake today (Aug. 27).Logan Lake was able to fend off the Tremont Creek wildfire earlier this month with the help of seve...
Aug 27, 2021
