Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City of Kamloops lays off 100 part-time staff in response to COVID-19 pandemic
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is issuing layoff notices in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian says 100 layoff notices have been distributed to part-time staff as the City ...
Mar 27, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Employee who left Sun Peaks has tested positive for COVID-19: Resort
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Sun Peaks Resort says one of its employees who recently left the mountain to return home has tested positive for COVID-19.In a news release, the resort says it feels it's important t...
Mar 27, 2020 Image Credit: Sun Peaks Resort
Canfor to curtail production at all mills starting Mar. 30 due to impacts from COVID-19
VANCOUVER - Months after shutdowns and curtailments across B.C. mills, putting thousands of people out of work, Canfor is announcing more slowdowns in production as a result of COVID-19. The company s...
Mar 26, 2020
TNRD shutters eco-depots to building materials and yard waste as a result of a spike in dumping
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District is working to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on hundreds of employees and thousands of residents of its geographic area.Interim CAO Randy Diehl says t...
Mar 26, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
More blasting planned at Big Bar landslide site as river levels remain low
KAMLOOPS - The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) says work at the Big Bar landslide site north of Lillooet is going as planned, despite challenging conditions and the recent COVID-19 outbreak. ...
Mar 26, 2020 Work continues to progress on the Big Bar landslide site north of Lillooet (Image Credit: Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
Kamloops Save-On Foods pharmacy has presumptive COVID-19 case: IH
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is advising residents that there is a case of COVID-19 associated to the pharmacy at the Kamloops Sahali location of Save-On Foods.According to the news release from IH, any...
Mar 26, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly)
UPDATE: Missing woman found
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: RCMP say the woman reported missing March 26 has been found.
Mar 26, 2020
United Way's initial Period Promise campaign raises a bounty for Kamloops women and girls
KAMLOOPS - The local United Way is celebrating after its Period Promise campaign raised more than 21,000 menstrual products for women and girls who need them.According to a news release from United Wa...
Mar 26, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
BCCDC says person with COVID-19 landed in Kamloops Saturday
KAMLOOPS - WestJet has confirmed that a flight from Calgary to Kamloops on March 21 had a confirmed case of COVID-19 on board.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control released the information Thursday (Mar...
Mar 26, 2020 Image Credit: Canadian Press
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
