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Kamloops RCMP investigating assault with baseball bat at bus exchange
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating after an alleged assault at a bus exchange on the city's north shore today (Oct. 31). In a release from Sgt. Jeff Bingley, police say around 1:40 p.m this af...
Dylana Kneeshaw Oct 31, 2020

BC CDC notifying public of potential COVID-19 exposure on flight to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The B.C Centre for Disease Control says passengers on a recent Air Canada flight to Kamloops have potentially been exposed to COVID-19 and should self-monitor for symptoms. On the BC CDC's ...
Dylana Kneeshaw Oct 31, 2020

Families prepare for pandemic-era Halloween with public health restrictions in place
TORONTO - Families across the country have assembled their costumes and stockpiled their candy to celebrate a Halloween unlike any other. Public health restrictions to protect against COVID-19 v...
Dylana Kneeshaw Oct 31, 2020

Canadians need to cut contacts by a quarter to control COVID-19 outbreak: Tam
New federal projections suggest that Canadians need to cut a quarter of their contacts to keep the COVID-19 outbreak from resurging. The modelling indicates that at current rates of in-person socializ...
James Peters Oct 30, 2020

B.C. COVID-19 case count grows by 234, including seven within Interior Health
SURREY - B.C. has seen 234 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday (Oct. 29), including seven within Interior Health. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry held her regular Thursday update from Surrey rat...
James Peters Oct 29, 2020

Province reports 287 new COVID-19 cases, third death within Interior Health
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials report 287 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Wednesday (Oct. 28), including 10 new cases within Interior Health. The Wednesday update also reports two deaths, and In...
James Peters Oct 28, 2020

Long-term care deaths surged in COVID-19 first wave, Tam hopeful it won't repeat
Long-term care deaths accounted for nearly 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Canada during the first wave of the pandemic, but the country's chief public health officer thinks a repeat can be avoided a...
James Peters Oct 28, 2020

Security hired to watch B.C. parents angered by COVID rules at youth soccer games
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A youth soccer club in Chilliwack, B.C., has hired a security firm to patrol the sidelines during games because of what the club describes as "borderline violent" confrontations ove...
James Peters Oct 28, 2020

How Kamloops is keeping up with tightening COVID-19 restrictions
KAMLOOPS - COVID-19 cases are on the rise in B.C., with the province recording 217 positive cases of the virus in the past 24 hours. On Monday (Oct. 26), Dr. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry...
Dylana Kneeshaw Oct 27, 2020

Interior Health records 24 new COVID-19 cases overnight, 217 new cases identified throughout B.C
VICTORIA - B.C has hit another day of more than 200 new COVID-19 cases. In a release today (Oct. 27) provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says 217 new cases have been identified. There are now 2...
Oct 27, 2020

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