Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Mental health professional encourages connection, healthy habits during self-isolation
KAMLOOPS - As more people choose to self-isolate, it can begin to take its toll on one's mental health. The Canadian Mental Health Association is encouraging people to find ways to stay connected duri...
Mar 24, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Funerals take new form in era of COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - With strict limitations on the size of gatherings in this province, as well as recommendations to self-isolate as much as possible, large funerals are no longer happening. Drake Smith, owne...
Mar 24, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
London Drugs rolling out exclusive hours for healthcare workers, first responders
KAMLOOPS - Starting Wednesday (March 25), London Drugs will be introducing dedicated shopping hours for those working on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19.In a news release, the company say...
Mar 24, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
RCMP looking for suspect after stabbing in Lower Sahali
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating a stabbing in Lower Sahali.According to a news release from Cpl. Jodi Shelkie, Mounties were called to the incident at about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday (March 24), a...
Mar 24, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed / Nathan Ritchie
City of Kamloops, Tk'emlups say they're working together to curb COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - Mayor of Kamloops Ken Christian and Tk'emlups te Secwepemc Kkpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir have taken to social media to address residents on both sides of the river.In a YouTube video posted...
Mar 24, 2020 Image Credit: YouTube / City of Kamloops
BC SPCA seizes dozens of farm animals from Interior property
B.C. INTERIOR - The BC SPCA has seized a number of animals from a property in the B.C. Interior as part of a cruelty investigation. The organization says on its website that just as the COVID-19 pande...
Mar 24, 2020 Image Credit: BC SPCA
Wildfire near Lytton now under control
LYTTON, B.C. - Wildfire crews have gotten a handle on a fire burning north of Lytton.BC Wildfire Service information officer Taylor MacDonald says after more accurate mapping, the Alkaki Road fire is ...
Mar 24, 2020 Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service
Poor social distancing forces City of Kamloops to close Hillside Stadium
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says many people using Hillside Stadium have not been practising proper social distancing, and that can't continue.So, according to a news release from Mayor Ken Christ...
Mar 24, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops reporter to head home after production of Big Brother Canada cancelled
TORONTO - The eighth season of Big Brother Canada has officially been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.That means Kamloops reporter John Luke Kieper, who works for media site Kamloops Now, will ...
Mar 24, 2020 Image Credit: Big Brother Canada
Williams Lake implements burning restrictions in hopes of freeing up emergency responders
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake is ensuring its first responders are more readily available where they're needed during the coronavirus pandemic by restricting open burning. A city release on Mond...
Mar 23, 2020 Williams Lake is putting burning restrictions in place to ensure first responders are more readily available (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
