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Community-spread cases of COVID-19 are in Interior Health region: Provincial health officer
KAMLOOPS - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in B.C. is rising daily, and the provincial health officer says community-spread cases are becoming more common.In a news conference Wednesday (March ...
Mar 25, 2020 Image Credit: BC Government
Travellers coming back to Canada will be mandated to isolate, feds say
OTTAWA - Anyone returning to Canada from abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic will no longer just be asked to self-isolate upon their return - that order is now mandatory.Health Minister Patty Hajdu s...
Mar 25, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Liberals rejig benefits for workers affected by COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is repackaging two previously promised benefits for Canadians whose working lives are disrupted by COVID-19. Instead, the Liberals say there will now be one benefit to ...
Mar 25, 2020
145 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. since Sunday
VICTORIA - Since Sunday afternoon (March 22), B.C. has recorded 145 new cases of COVID-19.In her daily news briefing with Health Minister Adrian Dix, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said th...
Mar 24, 2020 Image Credit: Global News
Poor social distancing forces City of Kamloops to close Hillside Stadium
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says many people using Hillside Stadium have not been practising proper social distancing, and that can't continue.So, according to a news release from Mayor Ken Christ...
Mar 24, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops family in quarantine after father's positive COVID-19 diagnosis
KAMLOOPS - If you thought COVID-19 would never reach Kamloops, think again. The virus is here. One confirmed case is Keith Elliott, a 48-year-old man who was in good health prior to March 12. Elliott,...
Mar 23, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed by Dana Elliott
B.C. announces three new COVID-19 related deaths, 48 new cases
VICTORIA - Over the past two days, B.C. has recorded 48 new cases of COVID-19 across the province, including another three in the Interior Health region.In a news conference Monday morning, provinicia...
Mar 23, 2020 Image Credit: Global News
Sun Peaks Health Centre confirms area doctor tested positive for COVID-19
SUN PEAKS - The Sun Peaks Health Centre has added further details into a recent report of one resident testing positive for COVID-19. In a release today (Mar. 22), Sun Peaks Health Centre's Medical Di...
Mar 22, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
What a local state of emergency actually means
KAMLOOPS - On Friday afternoon (March 20), Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian declared a local state of emergency over COVID-19.According to the provincial government, declaring a state of local emergency e...
Mar 20, 2020 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian declares local state of emergency over COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops, Ken Christian, has declared a local state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic.The declaration is effective at 12:00 noon, Friday, March 20, 2020.WATCH: Mayor Ken ...
Mar 20, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
