Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
ELECTION ISSUES: Pandemic Response
KAMLOOPS - The election campaign is being shaped strongly by the COVID-19 pandemic, and in particular the steps the next government will take to help individual and businesses who may be struggling th...
Oct 15, 2020
Mail-in ballot requests increase by 100-fold in B.C.; thousands requested in Kamloops
VICTORIA - Elections BC says the number of voters who requested mail-in ballots has increased by more than 100-fold.According to a news release, the agency has received requests for 710,000 mail-in ba...
Oct 15, 2020
RCMP investigate early morning murder in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - RCMP in Merritt are investigating a murder.According to a news release issued by RCMP Southeast District spokesman Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey, police were called to the report of a shooting...
Oct 15, 2020
VIDEO: CFJC's Election 2020 Kamloops-North Thompson Candidates Debate
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-North Thompson candidates Peter Milobar (B.C. Liberals), Sadie Hunter (B.C. NDP) and Thomas Martin (B.C. Green Party) squared off in a spirited debate ahead of the Oct. 24 provinci...
Oct 15, 2020
Advance polling stations open for provincial vote
KAMLOOPS - Advance voting ahead of the Oct. 24 provincial election begins Thursday (Oct. 15).There will be a total of seven days of early voting - though not at every advance polling location.All adva...
Oct 15, 2020
Kamloops voters split on who won Tuesday's B.C. leaders debate
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday night marked the first and only B.C. leaders debate of the 2020 election campaign. John Horgan, Andrew Wilkinson and Sonia Furstenau took to a stage at UBC to try to convince Britis...
Oct 14, 2020
PREVIEW: Kamloops candidates square off at CFJC studio
KAMLOOPS - The major party candidates in both Kamloops ridings squared off today inside the CFJC studios. Candidates in the Kamloops-South Thompson and Kamloops-North Thompson ridings debated a variet...
Oct 14, 2020
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP elected to Commons committee role
OTTAWA - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod has another job to add to her responsibilities.McLeod announced Wednesday (Oct. 14) that she has been elected as the vice-chair of the House of Commo...
Oct 14, 2020
Surge in COVID-19 testing demand leads to wait time delays in Interior
KAMLOOPS - In recent weeks, the amount of COVID-19 testing inquiries through Interior Health has grown, with more and more residents calling to make a testing appointment. Since the start of the pande...
Oct 14, 2020
Positive COVID-19 test in Merritt School District
MERRITT - School District 58 reports a school community member in Merritt has tested positive for COVID-19. In a letter sent to families this week, Superintendent Stephen McNiven says this person is s...
Oct 14, 2020
