Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
McLeod highlights concerns with decision to keep in-person house sessions to once-a-week
KAMLOOPS - After a unanimous vote to continue, the House of Commons was in session today with a reduced group of about 30 MPs on Parliament Hill. The prime minister has said the house will continue to...
Apr 20, 2020 (Image Credit: Skype / CFJC Today)
Outbreak at Alberta oilsands work camp prompts warning from Interior Health
KELOWNA - Interior Health issued a warning on Saturday of a COVID-19 outbreak at an Alberta oilsands work camp.On Wednesday, Alberta's chief medical officer announced the outbreak, stating three peopl...
Apr 20, 2020 Image Credit: Imperial Oil
Y Dream Home tickets sell out quickly despite website hiccups
KAMLOOPS - Tickets for the 2020 Y Dream Home sold out over the weekend, and 50/50 tickets are expected to do the same soon. This year, due to COVID-19, ticket sales for both the Dream Home and the 50/...
Apr 20, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Flood watch in place for Bonaparte at Cache Creek, much of Cariboo and Chilcotin
VICTORIA - The Province of B.C. is keeping flood watches in place for a large portion of the B.C. Interior, and has instituted warnings further north. According to an update issued at 9:00 a.m. on Mon...
Apr 20, 2020 Flood warnings are in red, watches in yellow (Image Credit: BC River Forecast Centre)
Price-gougers, essential good resellers in B.C now faced with $2,000 fines during COVID-19 pandemic
VICTORIA - Police in B.C now have the ability to issue $2,000 violation tickets for anyone caught price gouging, or reselling medical supplies and essential goods during the COVID-19 pandemic. A BC Go...
Apr 19, 2020 (Image Credit: Government of BC)
Kamloops meal group working with IHA to assist city's homeless with potential virus symptoms
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health will be working with a group of local volunteers today to ensure the city's homeless population with potential COVID-19 symptoms can get medical help, or form an isolation p...
Apr 19, 2020 (Image Credit: Courtesy, Glenn Hilke)
One man arrested following motel stand-off with Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP have one man in custody after a stand-off at a Valleyview motel Saturday evening. In a release, Sgt. Brandon Buliziuk says yesterday (Apr. 18) just after 10 p.m, RCMP responde...
Apr 19, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops pulls off record breaking Rotary spring food drive
KAMLOOPS - Local residents stepped up to the plate for the Kamloops Food Bank today (Apr. 18), making the Rotary spring food drive a record event. Kamloops Food Bank executive director Bernadette Sira...
Apr 18, 2020 (Image Credit: Courtesy of Kamloops Food Bank / Peter Olsen Photography)
29 new COVID-19 cases identified in B.C, as health officials address likelihood of summer event cancellations
VICTORIA - With 29 new cases reported today (Apr. 18) by provincial health officials, there is now a total of 1,647 COVID-19 cases in B.C. In today's update, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry...
Apr 18, 2020 (Image Credit: Government of B.C)
Workers in Interior Health region warned of potential virus exposure from Alberta work camp
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is warning certain residents of potential COVID-19 exposure, after multiple people working at an Alberta-based oil sands project site tested positive. In a release from the ...
Apr 18, 2020 (Image Credit: Interior Health Authority)
