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Plans to ease restrictions being made cautiously: Henry
VICTORIA - B.C.'s provincial health officer says plans are being made to ease restrictions as the rate of new COVID-19 infections slows. But Dr. Bonnie Henry says officials are taking their time to en...
Apr 27, 2020 Image Credit: Facebook / Government of BC
More Evacuation Orders and Alerts issued in Cariboo - Chilcotin
WILLIAMS LAKE - Flooding led to a series of Evacuation Orders and Evacuation Alerts issued by the Cariboo Regional District's Emergency Operations Centre (CRD EOC) Sunday.An Evacuation Order was issue...
Apr 26, 2020 Image Credit: City of Williams Lake
Cariboo Regional District issues evacuation order and alert for Hawks Creek area properties
WILLIAMS LAKE - UPDATED: The Cariboo Regional District has issued an evacuation order for one of the properties that previously received an alert in the Hawk Creek / Likely Road area. The district say...
Apr 26, 2020 CFJC Today file photo
B.C health officials attribute majority of 95 new COVID-19 cases to existing outbreaks
VICTORIA - BC health officials say there have been 95 new cases of COVID-19 identified since Friday, for a total of 1,948 cases in British Columbia. In an update today (Apr. 25), provincial health off...
Apr 25, 2020 (Image Credit: BC Government)
Province reports 29 new COVID-19 cases, four new deaths since Thursday
VICTORIA - New figures from the province show 29 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the province over the past 24 hours, and four new deaths. According to a joint news release from Health Minister Adri...
Apr 24, 2020 File Photo of Dr. Bonnie Henry. Provincial health officials did not hold a news conference Friday (Image Credit: Flickr / Government of BC)
After Wednesday spike, new COVID-19 cases in B.C. back down
VICTORIA - After a spike in new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, provincial health officials say the number of new cases was back down Thursday. In her daily briefing, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bon...
Apr 23, 2020 Image Credit: Facebook / Government of BC
Feds pour $1.1B into COVID-19 vaccine development, tracking of cases
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend more than $1 billion to help develop, test and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as to determine how widely the virus has spread through Canada, Prime ...
Apr 23, 2020
"We have more work to do": B.C health officials reporting 71 new virus cases in the province
VICTORIA - B.C. health officials are reporting 71 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia today (Apr. 22), bringing the provincial count to 1,795 total cases. In an update, Provincial Health Officer...
Apr 22, 2020 (Image Credit: BC Government)
Mayor looking forward to role of Trans Mountain pipeline in economic recovery
KAMLOOPS - A controversial construction project could play a key role in Kamloops` economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Ken Christian says the Trans Mountain pipeline construction will ...
Apr 22, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Police say reported incident near Halston Bridge was unfounded
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a reported hostage incident last night (Apr. 21) near the Halston Bridge turned out to be unfounded. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says Tuesday evening around 7 p.m, Kamloops Rural RC...
Apr 22, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
