Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops to celebrate Remembrance Day at Cenotaph
KAMLOOPS - For a second year in a row, Kamloops' Remembrance Day ceremony will limited to only 100 invited guests because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Normally, the commemoration for Remembrance Day is h...
Oct 18, 2021
City of Kamloops installs four new rapid flashing beacons for pedestrians
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops' Transportation Division is installing four new rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFB) to help people cross the street more safely.These new signals are being instal...
Oct 18, 2021
Lytton residents protest train activity, call to action for climate change
KAMLOOPS - An estimated 140 plus Lytton residents gathered on the railway that runs through the village on Sunday (Oct. 17) as a call to action for climate change.It comes after the Transportation Saf...
Oct 18, 2021
After public dressing-down, Trudeau says government will walk path of reconciliation with Tk'emlups
TK'EMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC - Canada's prime minister met in person with Tk'emlps te Secwpemc leadership today (Oct. 18), after not attending the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Kamloops ...
Oct 18, 2021
B.C. reports 1,846 new COVID-19 cases and 26 deaths over the weekend; Interior Health's active cases drop
VICTORIA - B.C. reported 1,846 new cases of COVID-19 over a three-day period between Oct. 15 and 18, with 322 of those cases in Interior Health.The active COVID-19 case count is 4,917 (down 211 from F...
Oct 18, 2021
Interior Health school COVID-19 exposure list levels off, includes new Kamloops exposures
KAMLOOPS - After nearing 100 school COVID-19 exposures earlier this month, Interior Health has settled into a plateau in the mid-50s.As of Monday afternoon (Oct. 18), there were 57 relevant school exp...
Oct 18, 2021
Tk'emlups Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir chides PM Trudeau for ignoring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation invitations
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The chief in the community where the remains of more than 200 Indigenous children were found publicly rebuked the prime minister for ignoring her first invitations to join the communi...
Oct 18, 2021
Prime Minister Trudeau joins Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir, Tk'emlups community to discuss truth and reconciliation
TK'EMLUPS - A ceremony has begun at the Tk'emlups PowWow Arbour to mark the visit of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It comes 18 days after the first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The...
Oct 18, 2021
Coroners Service, Worksafe B.C. investigating death at Mission Flats business
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroners Service is confirming a person died in an incident at a Kamloops business last week.In an email to CFJC Today, the service confirms it is looking into a fatality at Riverc...
Oct 18, 2021
Interior Savings closing early Thursday for Day of Difference volunteer work
KAMLOOPS - All Interior Savings Credit Union branches in Kamloops will close at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday (Oct. 21), but the employees will be serving the community in a different capacity.Thursday is Int...
Oct 18, 2021
