Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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
B.C. steps up emergency response to COVID-19
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is taking what is says are "unprecedented steps'' to protect supply chains for goods and services, and stop the resale of food and medical supplies. Public ...
Mar 26, 2020 Image Credit: BC Government
Kamloops hospice using webcams to allow family to see loved ones under visitor restrictions
KAMLOOPS - Watching a loved one enter hospice is hard enough. But imagine not being able to see them at all. With the doors now locked at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home, that is...
Mar 26, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
VIDEO: What's inside the City of Kamloops Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)?
KAMLOOPS - Ever wonder what the City of Kamloops means when it talks about its EOC?On Wednesday, the City posted a video featuring Mayor Ken Christian in conversation with the person who runs the Kaml...
Mar 25, 2020 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
Former Kamloops resident fears government will fail to get Canadians out of Peru
KAMLOOPS - The federal government has been sending flights to retrieve Canadian citizens abroad, but the reality is, some Canadians will get left behind. Some travellers who began their trip before th...
Mar 25, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed by Kristina Vaillancourt
Kamloops woman happy to be home after struggling to get flight out of Morocco
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops lawyer has quarantined herself at home after a recent trip to Morocco. Kathy Kendall joined a tour group in the African country in early March, not realizing borders would soon c...
Mar 25, 2020 Image Credit: Skype
Former Merritt MLA calls on province to open up residencies for foreign-trained doctors
KAMLOOPS - A former MLA for the Merritt area is calling on the governments of Canada and B.C. to open up more residency spaces for foreign-trained doctors.Harry Lali represented the Merritt area durin...
Mar 25, 2020 Harry Lali (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops small businesses still operating, with uncertain financial future
KAMLOOPS - The local business sector is feeling the impacts of COVID-19 both in revenue, and operations. Provincial health officials have mandated that certain businesses need to close for now, to kee...
Mar 25, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
