Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Save-On Foods to start selling Girl Guides cookies on organization's behalf
KAMLOOPS - If you shop at Save-On Foods in Kamloops, you will notice extra selection in the cookie aisle. The grocery store chain has promised the Girl Guides of Canada it will sell its famous chocola...
Mar 27, 2020 Image Credit: Girl Guides
What do B.C.'s COVID-19 numbers actually reflect?
KAMLOOPS - Earlier today (March 27), provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix made a presentation on COVID-19 projections in the province.Officials from the B.C. ...
Mar 27, 2020 Image Credit: Flickr / BC Government
Kamloops Airport screeners, management spar over additional cleaning
KAMLOOPS - The United Steelworkers Local 1-417, which represents security screening personnel at the Kamloops Airport, has concerns the airport is not doing enough to contain the spread of COVID-19. I...
Mar 27, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
City of Kamloops lays off 100 part-time staff in response to COVID-19 pandemic
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is issuing layoff notices in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian says 100 layoff notices have been distributed to part-time staff as the City ...
Mar 27, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Employee who left Sun Peaks has tested positive for COVID-19: Resort
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Sun Peaks Resort says one of its employees who recently left the mountain to return home has tested positive for COVID-19.In a news release, the resort says it feels it's important t...
Mar 27, 2020 Image Credit: Sun Peaks Resort
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
