Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Seniors feeling lonely as Kamloops battles COVID-19 outbreaks at care homes
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Seniors Village and The Hamlets at Westsyde long-term care homes have closed their doors to visitors as they battle COVID-19 outbreaks. Les Lambert drops off food and gifts at the ...
Sep 03, 2021
With updated COVID safety plans, School District 73 gears up for potential enrolment increase
KAMLOOPS - Leading up to the first day of school next Tuesday (Sept. 7), the Kamloops-Thompson School District says it's bracing for an enrolment increase. Along with new students, the district will b...
Sep 03, 2021
Final order downgraded near July Mountain
MERRITT, B.C. - An Evacuation Order issued on September 2, 2021 at 1400 hrs has been downgraded to an Evacuation Alert. The Alert remains in effect for 1 property in Electoral Area "N" addressed as:53...
Sep 03, 2021
Poll: majority of Canadians favour vaccine passport for non-essential places
A new poll suggests eight out of 10 Canadians backed the notion of a COVID-19 vaccine passport in the days leading up to this week's rollout of a certificate system in Quebec and news that Ontario wou...
Sep 03, 2021
"Sad and disappointed": Kamloops ER physician reacts to Wednesday protest outside Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - After hundreds of people gathered along Columbia Street on Wednesday (Sept. 1) to protest proof-of-vaccination requirements, Kamloops physicians are speaking up. Dr. Eric Haywood-Farmer is ...
Sep 02, 2021
Province starts collecting fuel price data for Merritt, Williams Lake
MERRITT, B.C. - The British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) is starting a new data collection project for twelve cities in British Columbia (BC) - including Merritt and Williams Lake.The project ...
Sep 02, 2021
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo candidates urge public to stop vandalizing campaign signs
KAMLOOPS - Election signs are being vandalized all over the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding. Local candidates are repairing one another's damaged signs and asking the public to respect their opponent...
Sep 02, 2021
Six more die of COVID-19 in Interior; 801 new cases found in B.C.
VICTORIA - It has been a tragic day on the COVID-19 front within Interior Health.In its daily update, the provincial health ministry is reporting six more deaths from the virus - all of them in IH. Th...
Sep 02, 2021
Health officials expected to declare COVID-19 outbreak at The Hamlets at Westsyde Friday
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) says a COVID-19 exposure at The Hamlets in Westsyde is expected to be declared an outbreak shortly. In an email to CFJC Today, IH says its officials are in the final st...
Sep 02, 2021
Kamloops Seniors Village grows to nine cases, one death
KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 outbreak at Kamloops Seniors Village has grown.An emailed update from Interior Health Thursday (Sept. 2) states the outbreak, which cropped up last week, has expanded to nine c...
Sep 02, 2021
