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Reopening timeline still unclear for B.C. casinos, now a full year into being closed
Now a full year into being closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BC Lottery Corporation is still in a holding pattern for potentially reopening casinos in 2021. Interim CEO, Lynda Cavanaugh, sa...
Mar 19, 2021
B.C. has done 95 per cent of elective surgeries postponed by COVID-19 pandemic last spring
One year after having to postpone elective surgeries in B.C. hospitals in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials say almost all of those postponed surgeries are now done. The provin...
Mar 19, 2021
Two Kamloops men convicted in gang killing in Brocklehurst from more than two years ago
A first-degree murder conviction was handed down in Kamloops court today after a fatal shooting more than two years ago in Brocklehurst. A jury has found Hugh McIntosh guilty for the death of Jason Gl...
Mar 18, 2021
Health society in Tk'emlúps says COVID-19 vaccine supply will last until end of next week
The Q'wemstin Health Society says 50 elders on the Tk'emlps Indian Band were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Wednesday, the first day it was providing shots to the general public. QMS Health Director C...
Mar 18, 2021
B.C. moving many frontline workers up priority list for COVID-19 vaccines
Teachers, firefighters, and police officers are among many groups of employees in B.C. who will now be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine earlier than first expected. The province says it will receive...
Mar 18, 2021
Ministry of Transportation says banning semi-trucks on Highway 5A would not make route safer
Managers with the Ministry of Transportation say banning commercial trucks on Highway 5A between Kamloops and Merritt would not make the route any safer. Two managers were asked that question point-bl...
Mar 18, 2021 Photo via Lori Brewer
Adults in Interior Health can expect to be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine before July
Interior Health says it hopes to have COVID-19 vaccine doses available to all adults who want one by the end of June. Interim director of clinical operations, Carla Mantie, indicates that second doses...
Mar 17, 2021
B.C. government providing $30 million for businesses to expand online presence
The B.C. government is topping up a grant program that helps businesses set up an online presence to sell their products. The Online Launch Grant program has had $30 million added to it, after $12 mil...
Mar 17, 2021
North Shore BIA plans to host Overlanders Day in Kamloops, in some form, during the fall
A sign that optimism is growing that public events could resume later this year. The North Shore Business Improvement Association is planning to host Overlanders Day and the Tapestry Festival, in some...
Mar 17, 2021
B.C. mining industry, provincial government continue to discuss carbon tax
The BC Mining Association says it continues to present its case to the B.C. government about making changes to the carbon tax. President Michael Goehring says the mining industry supports a carbon tax...
Mar 17, 2021
