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Kamloops property owners will be limited in getting help to protect against flooding, amid pandemic
Your best protection this year if you need to sandbag your property from potential flooding might be to have a family of five. City of Kamloops utility services manager Greg Wightman says people often...
Apr 19, 2020
B.C. closely watching work camps for COVID-19, Dr. Henry says
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says she trusts the processes in place when it comes to limiting and preventing the spread of COVID-19 out of work camps. That's after a dozen cases have bee...
Apr 19, 2020
Kamloops staff and Trans Mountain hoping to avoid spring flooding at Noble Creek
Kamloops city staff say they are working with Trans Mountain to prepare for a chance of spring flooding at Noble Creek. The creek blew its banks in 2017 during the spring snow melt, and the city's uti...
Apr 18, 2020 Aerial map showing land irrigated by the Noble Creek Irrigation System
Update: B.C.'s top doctor says large scale events won't happen this summer
UPDATE: B.C.'s provincial health officer has unofficially called off large events and gatherings for the summer because of COVID-19. Speaking to media this afternoon, Henry says large weddings and gat...
Apr 18, 2020 Photo via BC Government
Interior Health warns residents of COVID-19 outbreak at oil sands work camp in Alberta
People in the Interior Health region are being warned about a COVID-19 outbreak at a work camp north of Fort McMurray. The warning from the IHA comes after an outbreak was declared on Wednesday at the...
Apr 18, 2020
Kamloops fire crews called to report of North Shore house fire
(Photo: Nathan Ritchie) Kamloops Fire Rescue is on scene of reports of a fire in a home on the North Shore. The fire is at 659 Belmont Crescent, and crews were called there at about 4:30 p.m. Belmont ...
Apr 17, 2020
B.C. health officials hope to partially ease restrictions later this spring, but indicate 'normal' is a long way off
Health officials in B.C. are hoping that some restrictions in place because of COVID-19 could start to be eased in about month from now. New data from officials show that B.C. has had success in flatt...
Apr 17, 2020 Photo via BC Government
Retail liquor sales back to 'seasonal' levels after spike in sales when pandemic began
It appears many people in Kamloops and B.C. now have their liquor cabinets fully stocked. The Liquor Distribution Branch says sales have now leveled off to "seasonal" levels, after a 40 per-cent spike...
Apr 17, 2020
First COVID-19 long-term care home outbreak reported in Interior Health, in Cranbrook
The first outbreak at a long-term care home in B.C. outside of the Lower Mainland has now been reported, in the Interior Health region. A staff member at the Kootenay Street Village care home in Cranb...
Apr 16, 2020
Schools working to help disadvantaged students during closures caused by pandemic, Dr. Henry says
B.C.'s top doctor says some students "may never catch up in their lifetime" after having their regular schooling disrupted by this pandemic. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says that can be...
Apr 16, 2020 xMizLitx / CC
