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Wildfire Service boot camp proves valuable for new recruits
MERRITT, B.C. - Every spring, the Provincial Wildfire Training Centre in Merritt hosts the newest B.C Wildfire Service recruits for a round of physically and mentally demanding boot camp training sess...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Milobar
Provincial crews watch Savona fire, contemplate burning ban for Kamloops Fire Centre
SAVONA, B.C. - Provincial wildfire crews have returned to the site of a grassfire near Savona Thursday. The human-caused fire was ignited yesterday near the Savona dump. Fire Information Officer Jody ...
May 09, 2019 Savona Dump Fire (Image Credit: Contributed / Karen Lachance)
Trade dispute with US a political challenge for China's Xi
BEIJING - The tariff war between Washington and Beijing poses one of the biggest challenges yet for Chinese President Xi Jinping, potentially exposing his political vulnerabilities at a time when the ...
May 09, 2019
McHappy Day helps families stay together through thick and thin
KAMLOOPS - Volunteers from the community are helping out at McDonalds on a day when a small purchase can make a big difference."Today we are donating one dollar from the proceeds from a Big Mac, a cof...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
B.C. premier asks utilities commission to probe the high price of gasoline
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan has asked the British Columbia Utilities Commission to investigate why gasoline in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island is so much more expensive than the rest of the co...
May 07, 2019
B.C. Forest Minister confident appeal process on recent WTO ruling will be successful
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Forest Minister says the province is pushing back against a World Trade Organization ruling last month in favour of the American government using a long-outlawed practice of 'zeroi...
May 06, 2019 B.C. government feel it can prove it doesn't subsidize lumber exported to the U.S. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Emergency crews searching North Thompson for missing man
KAMLOOPS - The search is on for a 23-year-old man who was swept away in the North Thompson River this morning. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says around 6:30 this morning, three friends went swimmin...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Traffic changes coming to West Victoria Street
KAMLOOPS - Traffic changes are coming to West Victoria Street today as part of the ongoing improvement project. The City of Kamloops says in a news release that the changes will help increase traffic ...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Man pleads guilty, sentenced for 2017 Coquihalla crash that killed international student
VANCOUVER - A guilty plea and a fine for the man behind the wheel in a deadly crash on the Coquihalla.In April, 2017, Melissa Mimura, a 21-year-old UBC-Okanagan international student from Japan was on...
May 01, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed
Motorcyclist dead after collision on Highway 1 in Shuswap
MALAKWA, B.C. - A 53-year-old Shuswap woman has died after a collision on Highway 1.Yesterday (April 30), at roughly 3:40 p.m., Sicamous RCMP and emergency services received a report of a fatal collis...
May 01, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
