Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
TRU nursing students able to apply for work on frontlines after practicums cancelled
KAMLOOPS - Healthcare workers are needed more than ever amidst the pandemic. But some of the help provided by TRU nursing students has been missing during a critical time. The COVID-19 pandemic not on...
Apr 09, 2020 Practicums for second and third-year TRU nursing students were cancelled (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C., Alberta health ministers urge citizens to avoid Easter travel temptations
VICTORIA/EDMONTON - The governments of British Columbia and Alberta have released a joint statement urging residents of the two provinces to stay home over the Easter long weekend."Albertans and Briti...
Apr 09, 2020 Image Credit: Wellesenterprises / Dreamstime.com
Wildfire crews battling fires as Easter long weekend nears
KAMLOOPS - A four person crew from the BC Wildfire Service was called out to respond to a wildfire north of Cache Creek late Wednesday afternoon. The fire was spotted burning adjacent to Highway 97, a...
Apr 08, 2020
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)
