Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops council to resume sitting next week
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council meetings, placed on hold at the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak, will resume next week.According to a news release from the City of Kamloops, the next council meeting will ...
Apr 01, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops families adjusting to online schooling
KAMLOOPS - This week classes started up again for students in School District 73. Receiving an education in the era of COVID-19 is a new challenge for many students, with classes moving mostly online....
Apr 01, 2020 Image Credit: Jamie Chase
B.C.'s top doctor says more than half of COVID-19 patients in the province have recovered
VICTORIA - The provincial government has provided the latest update on COVID-19 in B.C. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said during her daily news conference Wednesday (April 1) that there ...
Apr 01, 2020 Image Credit: Global News
VIDEO: Kamloops mayor gives update on city's operations during global pandemic
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops has provided an update on operations within the City in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Ken Christian released a YouTube video Wednesday (April 1) detailing changes ...
Apr 01, 2020 Image Credit: YouTube / City of Kamloops
Student presses Thompson Rivers University to offer pass-fail option during pandemic
KAMLOOPS - A fourth-year student at Thompson Rivers University is calling on the school to give students a "pass or fail" option for courses taking place in the second semester of the current school y...
Apr 01, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Ebus suspends B.C. services indefinitely
KAMLOOPS - The charter bus company that serves routes across the province - including the Southern Interior - has suspended its services in B.C.On its website, Ebus says B.C. services will be temporar...
Apr 01, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
B.C. Premier calls on British Columbians to work together
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan went to the airwaves for a province-wide address on the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday evening. John Horgan used the opportunity to ask residents to support the effort t...
Mar 31, 2020
Emergency vehicle parades to show appreciation to Royal Inland Hospital workers
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops ambulance paramedic says he wants to show workers at Royal Inland Hospital that their hard work fighting COVID-19 is not going unnoticed.Terry Jessup has organized what he is hop...
Mar 31, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc working on community connection during pandemic response
KAMLOOPS - Those working within the emergency operations centre for Tk'emlps te Secwpemc have spent the last few weeks focused on COVID-19 prevention efforts in the community. Tk'emlps offices and fac...
Mar 31, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly)
Kamloops Accommodation Association says hotels assessing preparedness for workers, patients during COVID-19 crisis
KAMLOOPS - The president of the Kamloops Accommodation Association says there are a few other hotels in the city that are preparing for potential government requests to utilize their spaces if the COV...
Mar 31, 2020 The Kamloops Accommodation Association says there have been conversations among different hotels in the city to see if they're prepared if the government comes calling for rooms (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
