Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Shuswap-area officials plead with cabin owners: stay home this long weekend
SALMON ARM, B.C. - As the first long weekend of spring approaches, residents of the Shuswap are concerned that the call of the lake will drown out the call of this country's health officials.Wednesday...
Apr 08, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops grocery store adjusting to business in COVID-19 era
KAMLOOPS - Grocery stores are as essential as essential gets nowadays. From fresh produce to the pharmacy, people need supplies as they remain at home during the COVID-19 crisis. One store manager at ...
Apr 08, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Majority of Interior COVID-19 cases now from community transmission, unknown exposure
KAMLOOPS - It's been nearly one month since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic.When the virus first began to spread, the majority of cases were attributed to international travel. Now in the Inte...
Apr 08, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Evan Fitzer
B.C. snowpack totals remain above normal, set stage for potential spring flooding
VICTORIA - A larger-than-normal snowpack across B.C. is raising flood fears.According to April 1 totals released by the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, t...
Apr 08, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Mayor of Clearwater expects closure of Wells Gray Park to be a big hit to local tourism sector
KAMLOOPS - Wells Gray Provincial Park draws many tourists to the Clearwater area every year. Mayor of Clearwater Merlin Blackwell is expecting the community to feel the impact of the decision by BC Pa...
Apr 08, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
City parks to remain open as long as people keep their distance: mayor
KAMLOOPS - Even as the B.C. government moves to close provincial parks, City of Kamloops parks remain open, though the mayor of Kamloops says people will need to keep their social distance if they are...
Apr 08, 2020 Kamloops residents have been enjoying Kenna Cartwright Park during the pandemic (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
TRU researcher awarded $1.52 million Indigenous nursing research chair
KAMLOOPS - The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has bestowed a Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researcher with a rare honour.According to a TRU news release, Dr. Lisa Bourque Bearskin is...
Apr 08, 2020 Dr. Lisa Bourque Bearskin (Image Credit: TRU)
Wildfire near Chase being held at two hectares
CHASE, B.C. - Provincial wildfire crews have gained the upper hand on the Chief Jules Way wildfire.BC Wildfire Service says in a tweet that the fire, roughly three kilometres northeast of Chase, is no...
Apr 08, 2020 Image Credit: Facebook / Jade Billy
Kamloops council reconvenes, mulls impact of COVID-19 on 2020 budget
KAMLOOPS - The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every part of the City of Kamloops's operations - and it may blow a multi-million dollar hole in the 2020 budget.Kamloops council held its...
Apr 07, 2020 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
Kamloops advocates finding new ways to support domestic violence victims during pandemic
KAMLOOPS - For people in an unsafe, or violent relationship, self-isolation may help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but the extra time at home together could escalate a tense situation. According to ...
Apr 07, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
