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by Frank Neil
Covid facts
Interior Health is reporting zero new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, July 29, marking the first stagnant day in case growth since July 6. Interior Health sits at 356 total positive cases of the virus since the pandemic began. The two people who were hospitalized in the region have been released, leaving zero COVID-19 patients […]
Long weekend ahead
Fire restrictions went in place across B.C.’s Central Interior this week and for those heading into the bush for the long weekend – campfires are still allowed. As of noon Wednesday, Category 2 and 3 open fires, along with fireworks and sky lanterns, are banned within the Kamloops Fire Centre – a region which […]
MLA Report
Summer has finally arrived and the almost normal amount of traffic and people are enjoying the Region. It may seem it is just as busy as usual but for our struggling small businesses this is a make or break season for the year 2020 and it is not business as usual. Small business retail may […]
Fire dispatch
Busy evening for Oliver Fire Fighters 8:14 pm – called to Coast Oliver Hotel, an alarm sounding – cooking in a room. All patrons evacuated. No smoke detected – cleared stink of burning food. no damage, no injuries 7:49 pm – called to Deer Park to assist an ambulance crew with a patient […]
One person to hospital – after incident at Osoyoos landfill
An employee of the contractor that operates the Osoyoos Landfill was taken to hospital after inadvertently crushing a container of chlorine that had been improperly disposed. On July 28 at 1020am, Osoyoos RCMP responded to a medical emergency at the Osoyoos Landfill. A contractor’s employee compacting freshly dumped waste drove over a container of solid […]