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B.C. paramedics ratify new collective agreement with over 80 per cent support
VANCOUVER - Paramedics, dispatchers, and call-takers with the Ambulance Paramedics of BC have ratified a new collective agreement with the provincial government that was reached last month.In a statem...
Mar 14, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
North Shore businesses support closure of Pathways shelter; operator calls for collaboration
KAMLOOPS - With the fate of the Pathways North Shore access hub shelter being opened up by council for public submissions, the North Shore Business Improvement Association (NSBIA) has taken stock of t...
Mar 13, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Canada supplying 23.6 million barrels of oil under IEA release plan
OTTAWA - Canada plans to contribute 23.6 million barrels of oil to an International Energy Agency plan to help stabilize energy markets as the war in the Middle East continues to choke off tanker ship...
Mar 13, 2026
No criminality suspected in Columbia Street crash that knocked out power for hundreds, sent two to hospital
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say no criminality is suspected in the collision that knocked out power for more than 1,000 BC Hydro customers Thursday (March 12).BC Emergency Health Services (EHS) received ...
Mar 13, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum/CFJC Today)
Unemployment rate up, 84,000 jobs lost in 'very bad' February jobs report
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada reported a sharp drop in employment Friday that caught economists by surprise. "This was a very bad report on almost every single measure," said CIBC senior economist Kather...
Mar 13, 2026
UPDATE: Power restored after vehicle collision takes out power pole in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 7:25 p.m.): BC Hydro says power has been restored to all customers following the earlier crash along Columbia.According to the online outage list, power was restored to the remainin...
Mar 12, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Curtis Goodrum)
Murder suspect arrested after vehicle gets stuck on Highway 5 near Blue River
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - Police say a person wanted for murder was arrested in the North Thompson after the vehicle they were in got stuck in the ditch along Highway 5 early Thursday (March 12) morning.In a...
Mar 12, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
SD58 board votes to close Merritt's Collettville Elementary at the end of the school year
MERRITT, B.C. - An elementary school in Merritt will be closing at the end of the academic year. During Wednesday's (March 11) regular meeting, the Nicola-Similkameen School District (SD58) Board of E...
Mar 12, 2026 SD58 Board Chair Gordon Swan (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File photo)
Vehicle incident and downed power lines snarl traffic on pair of highways
UPDATE (11:00 a.m. ): There are a pair of closures on Highway 5 North.Traffic is halted in both directions south of Avola due to a police incident that was first reported at around 6:30 a.m. Thursday....
Mar 12, 2026 Highway 5, about 11 kilometres east of Hope at Othello, looking north shortly before 6:00 a.m. Thursday. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Man shot to death outside downtown Kamloops 7-Eleven early Wednesday; RCMP identify victim
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are now confirming a man was shot to death outside the downtown Kamloops 7-Eleven store early Wednesday morning (March 11). In a news release issued Wednesday afternoon, RCMP E-Divisio...
Mar 11, 2026 RCMP examine a crime scene outside downtown Kamloops 7-Eleven Wednesday. Inset shows Emmanual 'Manny' Brooks. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds, Contributed / Kamloops RCMP (inset).)
