Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Mayor Christian strikes task force focused on post-pandemic economic recovery
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian has introduced a task force to guide the city's economic comeback as the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel comes into view.Christian has asked political, ...
Apr 28, 2020 Physically distanced Kamloops council meeting, Apr. 28 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Kamloops council okays summer utility, road work along McGill Road
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has given the green light to a $1.4 million road and utility project in the area of Thompson Rivers University.The project will see a portion of McGill Road dug up - with u...
Apr 28, 2020 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
TRU lays out plan for virtual convocation
KAMLOOPS - For the class of 2020 at Thompson Rivers University, convocation ceremonies will be virtual. Every June, hundreds of students walk across a stage at the Tournament Capital Centre to receive...
Apr 28, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Workers at risk of COVID-19 exposure top of mind during National Day of Mourning
KAMLOOPS - Honouring those who lost their lives on the job, or became ill due to their profession will be different this year in Kamloops. Usually, a memorial ceremony is held in the city's downtown. ...
James Peters Apr 28, 2020 A wreath placed beside a memorial outside Kamloops City Hall. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Machete-wielding Kamloops theft suspect arrested with help from local vigilantes
KAMLOOPS - A theft suspect was arrested in Kamloops Tuesday (Apr. 28) after the victim of the theft spotted him downtown.According to a news release from Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie, ...
Apr 28, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Asphalt work on Victoria Street West to resume next week
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says its asphalt plant has opened from the season, and one of its first projects will involve a stretch of Victoria Street West.According to a news release, the section...
Apr 28, 2020 Rendering of Victoria Street West (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music called off for 2020
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Music Collective (KMC) has announced the cancellation of the Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music (KISSM) for 2020. This year was to be the 42nd year for the music school. ...
Dave Barry Apr 28, 2020
Quesnel RCMP looking for man who left Logan Lake treatment centre last week
QUESNEL, B.C. - RCMP are asking for help tracking down a man wanted on warrants who left a treatment centre in Logan Lake last week.According to Quesnel RCMP, 20-year-old Kelly Gerk left the treatment...
Apr 28, 2020 Image Credit: Quesnel RCMP
SD73 board able to move money around to enhance support for online learning
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District Board of Education says it has been able to take some of the savings that have accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic and use them to enhance the learnin...
Apr 28, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Flood warnings downgraded to watches in Cariboo, Chilcotin
VICTORIA - The B.C. River Forecast Centre (BC RFC) has downgraded flood warnings in place for the Cariboo and Chilcotin regions as the rate of snowmelt has eased in the area.Both regions are now subje...
James Peters Apr 28, 2020 Cache Creek on Apr. 21 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
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