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Do you agree with the federal government's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project?
James Peters Jun 18, 2019

Crown appeals six-month sentence of Kamloops man who admitted to luring teenager
KAMLOOPS - Crown counsel in Kamloops has appealed the six-month jail sentence of a man who admitted to luring a child over the internet. Earlier this year, Justin McGowan was given the sentence after ...
James Peters Jun 18, 2019

Kamloops council to keep holding its meetings during the light of day
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has shut down a move to alter the times it holds its regular public meetings and hearings. At a Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday morning (June 18), staff told council...
James Peters Jun 18, 2019

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets second green light from Ottawa
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is giving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion a second lease on life. Tuesday's long-awaited decision to reapprove the contentious project comes nine months a...
James Peters Jun 18, 2019

Nesika Elementary in Williams Lake locked down due to agitated parent
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Nesika Elementary School in Williams Lake was temporarily locked down Tuesday morning (June 18) after an incident with an unruly parent. According to a news release from Williams...
James Peters Jun 18, 2019

CRIME STOPPERS: Crimes of the week — June 18, 2019
KAMLOOPS - Here are the Kamloops Crime Stoppers crimes of the week for June 18, 2019. Crime of the week #1 Kamloops Crime Stoppers is soliciting help from the public tracking down a shoplifter. The wo...
James Peters Jun 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today

Rascal Flatts to visit Kamloops in October
KAMLOOPS - Country group Rascal Flatts is including Kamloops in its fall tour. The group has added six Western Canada dates, beginning October 24 in Medicine Hat. The Kamloops date is Tuesday, October...
James Peters Jun 18, 2019 Image Credit: Michael Bush / Dreamstime.com

Province seeks input on improving Trans Canada in the Shuswap
SORRENTO, B.C. - B.C.'s transportation ministry is inviting Shuswap residents to share their input on potential changes to a busy intersection along the Trans Canada Highway. The ministry is looking t...
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Family of missing Kamloops man fans out across city in desperate search
KAMLOOPS - The home of Lorne Hamer-Jackson has become search headquarters for the 57-year-old husband and father. "We've had friends that we know that have airplanes, my brother's got a friend that's ...
James Peters Jun 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds

Decision in Jessup trial expected Friday
KAMLOOPS - A decision in the trial of Nathaniel Jessup is expected this Friday. Jessup is accused of second-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Dylan Judd in November, 2014. Judd's body was foun...
James Peters Jun 17, 2019

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