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UPDATE: Missing teen found
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: RCMP say the teen reported missing earlier in the day Wednesday (Feb. 12) has been found.
James Peters Feb 12, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Kamloops Indian Residential School building designated as national historic site by Parks Canada
Support services are in place for residential school survivors and their families here.KAMLOOPS - The former Kamloops Indian Residential School has been designated as a national historic site. In a ne...
James Peters Feb 12, 2025

Kamloops and Merritt get provincial funding for cultural safety during local emergency management
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops, the City of Merritt and Boothroyd Indian Band near Boston Bar received provincial funding to improve cultural safety in local emergency management practices. In a news...
James Peters Feb 12, 2025

Former Mountie Kevin Brosseau named fentanyl czar in reply to Trump's tariff threats
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has named Kevin Brosseau, a former senior Mountie, to be the federal point person on fighting the spread of deadly fentanyl. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Brosseau...
James Peters Feb 11, 2025

BC Watershed Security Coalition keeping watchful eye on snowpack readings
KAMLOOPS - According to the first round of snowpack readings, the province began the winter season in a better place than last year, and there's hope for a trend to start forming, with the second snow...
James Peters Feb 10, 2025

No injuries reported, cause still undetermined after downtown Kamloops fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops firefighters say they're still working to determine the cause of a Sunday (Feb. 9) evening fire at a downtown carriage house."At this point, we can't really speak to the cause," Ka...
James Peters Feb 10, 2025

Would you support installing closed circuit cameras throughout the city to help prevent crime?
James Peters Feb 10, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Institutional permit carries Kamloops building sector through quieter start to 2025
KAMLOOPS - An institutional permit was worth half of the Kamloops building sector's value to start 2025. New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division show nearly $6.8 mill...
James Peters Feb 06, 2025

Kamloops experiences ninth driest month of January: Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops experienced its ninth driest month of January, dating back to 1891. According to Environment Canada, 5.9 millimetres of precipitation was recorded at Kamloops Airport in January 20...
James Peters Feb 05, 2025

B.C. fast-tracking 18 mining and energy projects in face of U.S. tariff threat
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has released a list of 18 critical mineral and energy projects worth roughly $20 billion that it says it's working to accelerate in the face of ongoing tarif...
James Peters Feb 04, 2025

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