Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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
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
