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Unemployment rate defies analyst predictions
OTTAWA - Canada's unemployment rate went up in June.It rose 0.1 points last month to 5.5 per cent as more people sought work according to Statscan, matching estimates.The economy lost 2,200 jobs in Ju...
Jul 05, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Tsilhqot'in First Nation promises peaceful protests as Taseko Mines prepares to start drilling
WILLIAMS LAKE - A First Nations community in British Columbia says its members intend to peacefully take action to protect two lakes with cultural and spiritual significance from drilling by a mining ...
Jul 02, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Canada Day not expected to be rained out in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It looks like Canada Day 2019 in Kamloops won't be washed out by a rainstorm. Environment Canada Meteorologist Chris Emond says today, an unsettled system will bring afternoon clouds and th...
Jun 30, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
MADD Kamloops urging sober driving over long weekend
KAMLOOPS - Mothers Against Drunk Driving is reminding people to drive sober this holiday long weekend. Roxanne Engli of MADD Kamloops urges people celebrating with alcohol, or marijuana this weekend t...
Jun 29, 2019 Image Credit: © Anutr Yossundara | Dreamstime.com
Traffic bottlenecked for kilometres after Trans Canada crash east of Chase
CHASE, B.C. - Traffic is backed up east of Chase after a crash.Photos from the scene show a pickup truck and travel trailer jack-knifed, with the trailer flipped on its side. The location is on the Tr...
Jun 28, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Nathan Ritchie
Habitat Kamloops wins jackpot with $2 million donation by OK Builders
KAMLOOPS - Habitat for Humanity Kamloops feels like it's won the lottery. The non-profit that helps build affordable homes received an incredible gift by a building store that has closed its doors.OK ...
Jun 27, 2019 Habitat For Humanity Kamloops has received construction materials worth more than $2 million from recently-closed OK Builders (Image Credit: Habitat For Humanity)
Human remains discovered during West Victoria Street construction
KAMLOOPS - Tk'emlups te Secwepemc and the City of Kamloops are working together after the discovery of human remains at the site of the Victoria Street West Improvements Project. The city says in a ne...
Jun 27, 2019 A file photo of construction on the Victoria Street West improvements project. This does not indicate the exact location where ancestral remains were found on June 26, 2019. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
DFO responding to 'significant' rock slide in Fraser River
BIG BAR, B.C. - A significant rock slide in the Fraser River could impact the passage of returning salmon. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it's aware of the slide near Big Bar, and is resp...
Jun 26, 2019 Image Credit: Department of Fisheries and Oceans
UPDATE: Crews expected to have Westsyde gas line repaired this morning
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: FortisBC spokesperson Diana Sorace says the gas line was struck early this morning and crews do have the gas under control. She says repairs will be complete at roughly 11:00 a.m. t...
Jun 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops Pride asks council to consider permanent rainbow crosswalk downtown
KAMLOOPS - Thousands of people walk the streets of downtown Kamloops every day. Kamloops Pride feel such a high-traffic area would be ideal for the installation of a permanent rainbow crosswalk. "To u...
Jun 25, 2019 A rainbow crosswalk at the Kamloops Airport (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
