Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Elizabeth Fry Society perseveres amid pandemic
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society wants to remind local residents that its services are still available.According to a news release, the society's offices closed to the public...
Mar 26, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
B.C. steps up emergency response to COVID-19
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is taking what is says are "unprecedented steps'' to protect supply chains for goods and services, and stop the resale of food and medical supplies. Public ...
Mar 26, 2020 Image Credit: BC Government
Kamloops hospice using webcams to allow family to see loved ones under visitor restrictions
KAMLOOPS - Watching a loved one enter hospice is hard enough. But imagine not being able to see them at all. With the doors now locked at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home, that is...
Mar 26, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
VIDEO: What's inside the City of Kamloops Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)?
KAMLOOPS - Ever wonder what the City of Kamloops means when it talks about its EOC?On Wednesday, the City posted a video featuring Mayor Ken Christian in conversation with the person who runs the Kaml...
Mar 25, 2020 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
Former Kamloops resident fears government will fail to get Canadians out of Peru
KAMLOOPS - The federal government has been sending flights to retrieve Canadian citizens abroad, but the reality is, some Canadians will get left behind. Some travellers who began their trip before th...
Mar 25, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed by Kristina Vaillancourt
Kamloops woman happy to be home after struggling to get flight out of Morocco
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops lawyer has quarantined herself at home after a recent trip to Morocco. Kathy Kendall joined a tour group in the African country in early March, not realizing borders would soon c...
Mar 25, 2020 Image Credit: Skype
Former Merritt MLA calls on province to open up residencies for foreign-trained doctors
KAMLOOPS - A former MLA for the Merritt area is calling on the governments of Canada and B.C. to open up more residency spaces for foreign-trained doctors.Harry Lali represented the Merritt area durin...
Mar 25, 2020 Harry Lali (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops small businesses still operating, with uncertain financial future
KAMLOOPS - The local business sector is feeling the impacts of COVID-19 both in revenue, and operations. Provincial health officials have mandated that certain businesses need to close for now, to kee...
Mar 25, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
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
B.C. government announces new supports for renters, landlords
VICTORIA - The provincial government has announced more measures to try to help support residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a news conference Wednesday, Premier John Horgan announced up to...
James Peters Mar 25, 2020 Image Credit: BC Government
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