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City of Kamloops ramping up needle collection efforts with provincial grant
KAMLOOPS - Needle disposal and collection will be getting more attention within the City of Kamloops, as the B.C. government recently approved a $45,000 grant for harm reduction initiatives. The fundi...
Mar 10, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
B.C. confirms 7 new COVID-19 cases, 2 of them health-care workers
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has identified seven new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the provincial total to 39. Two of the new cases may be incidents of community transmission.Provincial He...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: Global BC
Liquefied petroleum gas was aboard recently derailed train in northern B.C.: TSB
VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board says seven rail cars that derailed in northern British Columbia last Thursday were filled with liquefied petroleum gas.Board spokesman Alexandre Fournier sa...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: CKPG Today
Plane carrying Canadians from Grand Princess cruise ship arrives in Canada
OTTAWA - A plane carrying Canadians who were on a cruise ship with a cluster of novel coronavirus cases arrived back in Canada this morning. The government-chartered aircraft landed at Canadian Forces...
Mar 10, 2020
Family of Kamloops teen who died at Center of Gravity reacts after music festival cancelled
KAMLOOPS - The family of a 16-year-old aspiring doctor who died of a drug overdose at the Center of Gravity music festival in 2018 is glad the annual event has been cancelled indefinitely.Kamloops res...
Mar 09, 2020 Image Credit: GoFundMe
B.C. confirms first COVID-19 related death in Canada
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has announced the first COVID-19-related death in the country.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the man is one of two people at a North Vancouver care home w...
Mar 09, 2020 Image Credit: Canadian Press
Get ready, Kamloops! Boogie the Bridge training has begun
KAMLOOPS -- There's a sure sign spring is just around a corner in Kamloops: RunClub's Boogie the Bridge training clinic kicked off Sunday morning, as over 100 eager runners of all abilities met at the...
Mar 08, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Outbreak declared at long term care facility as health officials announce six new COVID-19 cases in BC
VANCOUVER - The BC Government has announced six new cases of COVID-19 today (Mar. 7), and declared an outbreak at a long term care facility in North Vancouver. In a statement, Health Minister Adrian D...
Mar 07, 2020 File photo, courtesy of the Canadian Press
SD73 European spring break trips cancelled as a precaution due to COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - Despite stating earlier this week that there were no out-of-country trips booked for School District 73 students over spring break, the district now confirms there were trips planned but th...
Mar 06, 2020
Recognition of title rights 'still a struggle' for First Nation after court win
VANCOUVER - As members of the Wet'suwet'en Nation mull a draft deal over rights and title, another Indigenous community knows what that kind of recognition could look like. The Tsilhqot'in Natio...
Mar 05, 2020
