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Interior Health gives first look at the future Patient Care Tower at RIH
KAMLOOPS - For more than 50 years, Royal Inland Hospital has delivered critical care for patients throughout the southern B.C. Interior. However, with the advances in modern medicine and changing heal...
Jul 12, 2019 An artist's rendering of what the $417 million Patient Care Tower at RIH will look like once it's finished. Image Credit: Interior Health
City of Kamloops staff pledge to review court decision after Victoria plastic bag ban struck down
KAMLOOPS - City of Kamloops staff say it's too soon to say whether a court decision quashing Victoria's plastic bag bylaw will alter the development of a similar bylaw for the Tournament Capital.In a ...
Jul 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Province-wide overdose death totals on the decline
VICTORIA - There are some positive signs in the battle against illicit overdose deaths in B.C.New numbers provided by the B.C. Coroners Service show a total of 84 overdose deaths in the month of May.T...
Jul 11, 2019 Image Credit: Global BC
Second BC Cannabis Store opens in Kamloops; 14 private retailers await provincial approval
KAMLOOPS - The second BC Cannabis Store in Kamloops quietly opened its doors today. Located at the Northills Mall on Kamloops's North Shore, the store will run the same days and hours as the Columbia ...
Jul 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops among several B.C. regions under severe thunderstorm watch
KAMLOOPS - Heavy rain and hail is possible for several areas in B.C. today, with Environment Canada issuing a severe thunderstorm watch. With the current weather system, conditions are ripe for severe...
Jul 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
‘Nobody’s lifted a finger’: Frustrated Chilcotin residents appeal for help amid ‘200-year flood’
BIG CREEK, B.C. - A Chilcotin resident is speaking out, saying residents feel ignored by authorities as they grapple with what's being described as a "200-year flood."The BC River Forecast Centre issu...
Jul 09, 2019 Image Credit: Instagram / Kai Nagata
No injuries as fire destroys two travel trailers
KAMLOOPS - Fire inspectors will be on the scene this morning to try and determine the cause of a fire overnight on Salish Road that destroyed two travel trailers.Captain Wade Lindoff of Kamloops Fire ...
Jul 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
After latest settlement, former Kamloops Mountie says plenty more lawsuits to come
KAMLOOPS - A former RCMP officer says the settlement reached for women who worked or volunteered for the national police force is far from the end of legal action against the RCMP. Lawyers for women w...
Jul 08, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Weather conditions pose challenges for officials working on Big Bar slide
BIG BAR, B.C. - Field staff working to create a safe site for potential operations on the Big Bar landslide on the Fraser River are facing weather challenges.In a news release, the Forests, Lands, Nat...
Jul 08, 2019 Image Credit: Submitted / BC Government
Everett Merchants defend title at 46th edition of KIBT
KAMLOOPS - The Everett Merchants have won the 46th edition of the Kamloops International Baseball Tournament. The title is the second in as many years for Everett, as they defeated the Alaska Goldpann...
Jul 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
