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Kamloops Y Emergency Women's Shelter managing support needs during pandemic
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Y Emergency Women's Shelter has been busy during the COVID-19 pandemic - offering support and safe spaces for women and children leaving unsafe living situations. Since the sta...
May 06, 2020 File photo / CFJC Today
Ceremony to be held today for service members who died in helicopter crash
CFB TRENTON, Ont. - The Canadian military is to hold a special ramp ceremony today at Canadian Forces Base Trenton to repatriate remains of a service member and honour all six who died in a ...
May 06, 2020
VIDEO: Badger digs its way into Brocklehurst garden
KAMLOOPS - It appears another critter should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque this week - instead making its way into the garden of a Kamloops resident. A badger dug its way above ground in the b...
May 05, 2020 (Image Credit: Cherie Bitz)
National chief calls COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan alarming
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says an outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's far north is alarming.Perry Bellegarde notes there's been a steady rise in cases mainly from in and a...
May 05, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Kamloops Brain Injury Association moves annual Gur Singh Golf Tourney online
KAMLOOPS - Sports, concerts, movies, and fundraisers; popular events have been walloped by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, while many spring and summer events have been cancelled, some scheduled for l...
May 04, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Flooding shuts down Highway 5A section between Merritt and Kamloops
MERRITT - A section of Highway 5A between Kamloops and Merritt has been closed due to flooding this afternoon (May 4). According to Drive BC, the flooding has closed the portion of the road from the j...
May 04, 2020 (Image Credit: Drive BC / Google Maps)
Paddling put on hold, with cancellation of 2020 Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival
KAMLOOPS - Local dragon-boaters will set down their paddles and drums this summer, with the 2020 Dragon Boat Festival officially cancelled. In a release today (May 4), the Kamloops Dragon Boat Festiva...
May 04, 2020 (Image Credit: Kamloops Dragon Boat Festival / Twitter)
BC health officials report 53 new COVID-19 cases since Saturday, three more deaths
VICTORIA - Since Saturday, there have been 53 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in British Columbia, bringing the provincial case-count to 2,224. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says 34 cases we...
May 04, 2020 Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaking at a May 2 update. (Image Credit: BC Government)
BC Transit fare collection and front-door loading to return in June
KAMLOOPS - Starting next month, front door loading, and fare collection will continue with B.C Transit buses- including those in Kamloops. In a release, BC Transit says on June 1, new enhanced safety ...
May 04, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
GINTA: It can be easy to cook up learning opportunities for your child
THE HOME I GREW UP IN had a large garden area. As a kid, I'd join my grandparents or parents there, asking a million questions and indulging in seasonal treats: carrots straight out of the ground, mos...
May 04, 2020 Image Credit: Anna Prosekova
