Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Report shows childcare shortfall in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A report to Kamloops council has found a huge shortfall in the number of childcare spaces in the city.The report, compiled by a large and diverse group of stakeholders, found while there ar...
May 05, 2020
Spring mosquito control underway in rural Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's early in the season for the usual influx of mosquitoes in urban areas, but mosquito control is well underway in the Kamloops-area grasslands. In the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, ...
May 05, 2020 Cheryl Phippen of BWP Consulting checking out the mosquito population in a Schiedam Flats grassland pond. (Image Credit: Adam Donnelly / CFJC Today)
VIDEO: Badger digs its way into Brocklehurst garden
KAMLOOPS - It appears another critter should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque this week - instead making its way into the garden of a Kamloops resident. A badger dug its way above ground in the b...
May 05, 2020 (Image Credit: Cherie Bitz)
Upper Nicola Band prepares for flooding as Nicola River rises
QUILCHENA, B.C. - The Upper Nicola Indian Band is carefully watching as the Nicola River and nearby lake begin to rise. "We've been preparing," said Chief Harvey McLeod. "For the last ten days or so, ...
May 05, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Officials in Cache Creek lift state of emergency
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Village of Cache Creek has lifted a state of emergency put in place two weeks ago due to rising water.Evacuations followed close behind when the waterway Cache Creek began risi...
May 05, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Massive, year-long Tranquille Road sewer project to begin next week
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says a major utility upgrade project will kick off next Monday.The construction will see a portion of a sewer main along Tranquille Road between 12th Street and Southil...
May 05, 2020 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
Windsor Plywood Foundation chips in $75k for TRU carpentry program
KAMLOOPS - Windsor Plywood is helping Thompson Rivers University inch closer to its $50 million fundraising goal.In a news release this morning, TRU announced the Windsor Plywood Foundation has donate...
May 05, 2020 Bryan and Karie Ghering (Image Credit: Thompson Rivers University)
City of Kamloops, local organizations to start feeling loss of gaming revenues soon
KAMLOOPS - When provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people in March, casinos were among the first major establishments to shut their doors. Nearly ...
May 04, 2020 Casinos in B.C. have been shut down since March due to COVID-19 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Brain Injury Association moves annual Gur Singh Golf Tourney online
KAMLOOPS - Sports, concerts, movies, and fundraisers; popular events have been walloped by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, while many spring and summer events have been cancelled, some scheduled for l...
May 04, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Workers returning from Kearl Lake outbreak site reminded of B.C's self-isolation requirement
KAMLOOPS - Health authorities are reminding workers to self-isolate when they return to B.C after working at the Kearl Lake oil sands site in Alberta. In a joint release from Provincial Health Service...
May 04, 2020 File photo (Image Credit: Mbax1979 | Dreamstime.com)
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