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Sixteen new COVID-19 cases Friday, including first new case in Interior since May 28
KAMLOOPS - For the first time in more than two weeks, a new COVID-19 case has popped up within Interior Health. According to the latest report from B.C. Public Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, there w...
Jun 12, 2020
Air travellers to be checked for fevers at Canadian airports: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says air travellers will need to have their temperatures checked before they're allowed to board planes. The measure is meant to keep COVID-19 from spreading as ...
Jun 12, 2020
B.C. sets overdose death record in May; Kamloops now fourth in province
VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service has released some disturbing new numbers around drug overdose deaths.In May, the province recorded 170 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths - the highest monthly t...
Jun 11, 2020
Politicians urged to collaborate on pandemic benefit for disabled Canadians
OTTAWA - Federal politicians are being urged to work together to help Canadians with disabilities weather the COVID-19 crisis. This after opposition parties refused Wednesday to give the unanimous con...
Jun 11, 2020
Interior Health goes full incubation period with no new COVID-19 cases
VICTORIA - Interior Health has now gone one full incubation period without recording a new case of COVID-19. In new figures released Wednesday (June 10), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry say...
Jun 10, 2020
Freeland says police must acknowledge racism after senior RCMP officer's denial
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says all federal agencies, including the police, must understand that systemic racism is a problem in Canada. Freeland made the comments at a media bri...
Jun 10, 2020
Lucky 13 days without a new COVID-19 case in Interior Health
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials are reporting ten new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (June 9). Nine of those were from positive tests, while one was epidemiologically linked to another COVID-19-posi...
Jun 09, 2020
Province says alpine snowpack remains higher than normal in Kamloops region
VICTORIA - New snowpack values from the province show there is still plenty of snow that needs to come down from the alpine this spring and summer.According to the B.C. River Forecast Centre's (RFC) J...
Jun 09, 2020
Reopenings and protests have Americans bracing for second wave of COVID-19
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests Americans are more convinced than Canadians are that a second, more powerful wave of COVID-19 is on its way. The online poll by Leger and the Association of Canadian S...
Jun 09, 2020
Province reports 30 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths since Friday
VICTORIA - With their first COVID-19 report in three days, B.C. health officials say the province is continuing its trend of low counts of new cases. Speaking Monday (June 8), Provincial Health Office...
Jun 08, 2020
