Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Thousands of Kamloops residents come together to help neighbours during pandemic
KAMLOOPS - A grassroots volunteer group has surpassed 3,500 members eager to help locals during the COVID-19 pandemic.Caremongering-Kamloops is a volunteer team that shares resources and offers help a...
Apr 6, 2020 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
B.C. confirms new COVID-19 death; outbreak at another correctional facility
VICTORIA - A man in his 40s has died as a result of COVID-19.That's according to B.C. provincial health officer Bonnie Henry, who made the announcement during her daily news briefing on Monday (Apr. 6...
Apr 6, 2020 Image Credit: BC Government
Van crashes into North Shore home
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating why a van crashed into a North Shore home Monday (Apr. 6).First responders were called to a home near the intersection of Twelfth Street and Lethbridge Avenue around ...
Apr 6, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
Kamloops-area MP says application system for COVID-19 benefit 'holding up'
KAMLOOPS - The member of parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo says it appears the application system for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) is performing about as well as can be expected...
Apr 6, 2020 Image Credit: Skype / CFJC Today
Sun Peaks urges tourists, seasonal property owners to stay away
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - The municipality of Sun Peaks is urging non-residents to stay home and stay away from the resort town during the COVID-19 pandemic.In a joint news release, Chief Administrative Offic...
Apr 6, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
BC Transit bus routes moving to summer schedule in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - As part of the response to COVID-19, public transit service in Kamloops is switching to the summer operation schedule today (Apr. 5). Given the pandemic situation, BC Transit and the City o...
Apr 5, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Interior Health warns public of virus at Anavets 290 Club
KAMLOOPS - Anyone who visited Anavets 290 Army & Navy Club between March 13 and March 17, may have come into contact with the COVID-19 virus. Interior Health issued a public statement advising peo...
Apr 4, 2020
BC health officials outline COVID-19 research progress, as provincial total climbs to 1,203 cases
VICTORIA - According to provincial health officials, there are now 1,203 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia.In an update today (Apr. 4) Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry stated 2...
Apr 4, 2020 Chief Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry (Image Credit: BC Government)
IHA says exposure risk to general public is low, after Okanagan Correctional Centre inmate tests positive for COVID-19
OLIVER, B.C - Interior Health says the exposure risk to the general public is low, after an inmate at the Okanagan Correctional Centre tested positive for COVID-19. In a release from the health author...
Apr 4, 2020 (Image Credit: Interior Health Authority)
Farm2Chefs wants Kamloops residents thinking local during the pandemic
KAMLOOPS - COVID-19 has affected countless businesses throughout our city, with many closing their doors or vastly changing their operations. However, one local group is encouraging local consumers to...
Apr 3, 2020 Image Credit: Farm2Chefs
