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Airlines slam 'confusion' new COVID-19 testing rules create for carriers, passengers
OTTAWA - Airlines say a slew of questions remain about the federal government's decision to require passengers returning to Canada to show negative results on COVID-19 tests taken abroad. Transport Mi...
Jan 04, 2021
Kamloops mayor offers hopeful look past COVID-19 pandemic into 2021
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops is taking a positive approach to the new year after a tumultuous 2020. In a year-end interview with James Peters of CFJC Today, Ken Christian says the City will come t...
Jan 03, 2021
Politicians across Canada under fire for international travel during the holidays
VANCOUVER - Health experts are calling on Canada's elected officials to practise what they preach, after several politicians were discovered to have travelled over the holidays despite telling Canadia...
Jan 03, 2021
B.C ends 2020 with 51,983 total COVID-19 cases, 901 deaths
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia ended 2020 with 683 new cases of COVID-19, according to provincial health officials. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix provided an u...
Dec 31, 2020
COVID-19 arrives in North Thompson, with 27 cases identified in Kamloops last week
KAMLOOPS - After managing to escape official infections for months, the first recorded cases of the COVID-19 virus have shown up in the North Thompson region. The case data was revealed as the BC Cent...
Dec 31, 2020
Province announces one-day liquor sales pause to deter New Year's Eve parties
VICTORIA - B.C,'s provincial health officer issued new orders today which will halt liquor sales for New Year's Eve (Dec. 31). In an update today (Dec. 30), Dr. Bonnie Henry announced concerns around ...
Dec 30, 2020
Canada Games Pool to slowly reopen as renovation work wraps up
KAMLOOPS - Major renovations to the Canada Games Aquatic Centre at the Tournament Capital Centre are nearly complete. The City closed the Centre last spring to begin work on a $13.5 million infrastruc...
Dec 30, 2020
Federal officials to deliver briefing on COVID-19 as case counts increase
OTTAWA - Health Canada says it needs more information before it can make a decision on a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by AstraZeneca. The agency says in a statement this morning it is working with in...
Dec 30, 2020
Canada surpasses 15,000 deaths related to COVID-19 with 37 new deaths in Quebec
Canada has surpassed 15,000 deaths related to COVID-19.The grim milestone was reached with the reporting of 37 new deaths in Quebec.A total of 15,001 Canadians have now died from COVID-19 since the pa...
Dec 28, 2020
Four Sun Peaks Grand staff test positive for COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - Four employees at the Sun Peaks Grand hotel are in self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. Others who were in close contact with the employees are also self-isolating to prevent...
Dec 27, 2020
