Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
"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
TNRD issues 'all clear' to hundreds of properties near White Rock Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - A significant portion of Thompson-Nicola Regional District properties bordering the White Rock Lake wildfire have been given the all-clear.Thursday morning (Sept. 2), the TNRD announced 366...
Sep 02, 2021
Kamloops sees another weekly high COVID-19 cases, Central Okanagan decreases again
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Local Health Area (LHA) saw another uptick in weekly COVID-19 cases, its highest amount since data was presented by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.Kamloops saw 249 new cas...
Sep 01, 2021
Man arrested, accused of throwing eggs at Kamloops demonstrators
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man was arrested Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 1) after allegedly throwing eggs at the throng of protesters outside of Royal Inland Hospital.In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Cry...
Sep 01, 2021
Kamloops council approves development permits for rental buildings on Rogers Way and downtown
KAMLOOPS - Two rental buildings consisting of more than 200 units were given development permits by Kamloops council on Tuesday (Aug. 31).An 11-storey, mixed-use development with 115 rental units and ...
Sep 01, 2021
