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Kamloops Special Olympics basketball tournament is about more than winning and losing
KAMLOOPS - It was a big weekend for Special Olympics basketball players, as they took to the hardwood at NorKam for the Zone 2 Regional Tournament. The tourney brought teams from across the Okanagan, ...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Get ready, Kamloops! Boogie the Bridge training has begun
KAMLOOPS -- There's a sure sign spring is just around a corner in Kamloops: RunClub's Boogie the Bridge training clinic kicked off Sunday morning, as over 100 eager runners of all abilities met at the...
Mar 08, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Canada funds development of COVID-19 'lab-in-a-box'
OTTAWA - Canadian researchers are developing a "lab-in-a-box" that could make it cheaper and faster to diagnose cases of the novel coronavirus, particularly in remote areas of the world.The project re...
Mar 07, 2020
Outbreak declared at long term care facility as health officials announce six new COVID-19 cases in BC
VANCOUVER - The BC Government has announced six new cases of COVID-19 today (Mar. 7), and declared an outbreak at a long term care facility in North Vancouver. In a statement, Health Minister Adrian D...
Mar 07, 2020 File photo, courtesy of the Canadian Press
Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Kenney
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel cornonavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023....
Mar 06, 2020
School District 73 ups hygiene practices, while keeping tabs on COVID-19 development
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 is keeping a close eye on how the COVID-19 situation is developing, and has plans in place in case the virus spreads further. At this time, Assistant Superintendent of El...
Mar 04, 2020 (File photo - Image Credit: CFJC Today)
PM creates COVID-19 cabinet committee to deal with novel coronavirus
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new cabinet committee to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but now has spread around the world. The COVID-19 cabinet c...
Mar 04, 2020
Tips to keep Kamloops travelers safe from the coronavirus
KAMLOOPS - The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, has been a hot topic all across the globe - while the virus has garnered a great deal of attention, the number of people who've contracted the virus is s...
Mar 02, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kenney says frustrating coronavirus stifling oil and gas economy
EDMONTON - Alberta's premier says it's frustrating to see his government doing everything it can to grow the economy only to watch global oil prices fall due to reduced demand tied to the no...
Mar 02, 2020
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