Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Interior Health explains confusion around false positives and negatives in COVID-19 testing
KAMLOOPS - Some COVID-19 PCR tests have been displaying false positives, while some Rapid tests are showing false negatives. It has Kamloops residents feeling uneasy about results. CFJC News visited d...
Jan 14, 2022
Hospitalizations due to Omicron won't slow down for another two weeks: Dr. Henry
KAMLOOPS - Hospitalization rates in B.C. continue to rise due to the Omicron variant. During a news briefing Friday (Jan. 14), B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the number of people...
Jan 14, 2022
KFR deals with small fire at restaurant on the North Shore
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue was called out to the A&W restaurant on the North Shore early this morning (Jan. 14) to deal with a minor fire. 14 members responded to the call at 12:45 A.M. Upon ...
Jan 14, 2022
Interior Health prioritizing elderly, vulnerable people, and healthcare workers for PCR tests
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) says it is refining the list of people who can get a COVID-19 PCR test.The health authority says people who are at higher risk will be prioritized for PCR testing.This ...
Jan 13, 2022
Interior Health explains the difference in booster shots and how to choose yours
KAMLOOPS - Health authorities across the province are ramping up the administration of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, and confusion around the differences in each vaccine are raising questions. A fir...
Jan 13, 2022
'Cover every single bill': Kamloops gym owner says B.C. should pay if it can't provide evidence of COVID-19 in gyms
KAMLOOPS - Economic recovery minister Ravi Kahlon's hoping the COVID-19 Closure Relief Grant, announced before Christmas that can now be applied for, will help businesses through a tough time. However...
Jan 13, 2022
Senior living in Kamloops owed $200,000 from niece, says he is victim of financial abuse
KAMLOOPS - Christos Raptis once hoped to have family help take care of him in his old age. What he didn't expect was to be living alone in a motel in Kamloops at 86 years old, with $200,000 gone."Now,...
Jan 13, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalizations jump to 534 in B.C.
VICTORIA - B.C.'s health ministry is reporting another sharp increase in the number of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19. In a release issued Thursday (Jan. 13), the ministry says there are 534 pe...
Jan 13, 2022
Suspect arrested, charged after break-in at Kamloops Fire Rescue hall in Dallas
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have arrested a suspect after a break-in at the Dallas Kamloops Fire Rescue station this week.On Wednesday (Jan. 12) at 10:45 a.m., RCMP were called to the fire hall in the 5000-block ...
Jan 13, 2022
Brocklehurst Gemstone sees third COVID-19 outbreak
KAMLOOPS - A Brocklehurst care home is dealing with another COVID-19 outbreak - its third since the pandemic began.Interior Health confirms Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre landed on the outbreak lis...
Jan 13, 2022
