Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Highland Valley workers to vote on new contract
KAMLOOPS - More than 1,000 union workers remain on the job at the Highland Valley Copper mine west of Logan Lake today. Following weekend talks, the United Steelworkers Local 7619 negotiators released...
Jan 17, 2022
Elizabeth Fry Society's Rent Bank providing grants to Merritt and area renters affected by flooding
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry's (Kamloops E Fry) Rent Bank is distributing one-time grants to qualified renters in Merritt and area who have been severely affected by the floods i...
Jan 15, 2022
Hospitalizations up to 646 in B.C., 95 people in intensive care
VICTORIA - Public health officials say hospitalizations in B.C. grew by more than one-hundred cases Friday (Jan. 14). In today's COVID-19 update, BC's Health Ministry states 646 people are in hospital...
Jan 14, 2022
TRUFA wants detailed plans as in-person learning resumes, while students are glad to be back on campus
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University returned to classes this week. Despite other universities switching to online instruction, TRU is staying the course with in-person learning. Rapid testing is sti...
Jan 14, 2022
Dr. Henry says restrictions have helped flatten curve, Blue Grotto doesn't want to re-open with them
KAMLOOPS - Many restaurants, gyms, bars and nightclubs that have been forced to close since before christmas are nervously looking towards Jan. 18. It's when the province will decide whether to lift t...
Jan 14, 2022
Drawing on the walls at the Kamloops Art Gallery
KAMLOOPS - Clement Yeh is putting the final touches on his drawing, Movement in Time and Space. It's part of the Kamloops Art Gallery's latest exhibit, Marks in Progress. The canvas stretches from wal...
Jan 14, 2022
Kamloops needs more local food production, says Food Policy Council
KAMLOOPS - At a Kamloops City Council meeting on Tuesday (Jan. 14), The Kamloops Food Policy Council delivered a presentation that outlines the region's need for more local food production after the c...
Jan 14, 2022
Doctor’s note no longer required for gender marker change in B.C.
VICTORIA - Transgender, two-spirit and non binary people 12 years and older in B.C. will no longer have to supply a note from a medical professional to change the gender marker on their ID as of Jan. ...
Jan 14, 2022
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
