Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

UPDATE: Napier Lake-area residents can return home after brief evacuation
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (8:00 p.m.): The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has lifted the evacuation order for the Napier Lake area, but has kept the properties listed below on evacuation alert. That means ...
James Peters Jul 07, 2021 Napier Lake Fire (Image Credit: Bernie Hudyma)

Brief flare-up, heavy wind near Juniper-Valleyview fire site
KAMLOOPS - There were an anxious few moments for some Juniper Ridge and Valleyview residents Wednesday afternoon (July 7) after a very small holdover fire from Canada Day restarted briefly. The single...
James Peters Jul 07, 2021

Dragonfly sighting convinced Kamloops $35M winner good fortune was on the way
KAMLOOPS - Wednesday (July 7), BCLC revealed the identity of the Kamloops man who won half of the $70 million Lotto Max jackpot."...I looked at the ticket and looked at the numbers and fell on the bed...
Jul 07, 2021

Royal Inland COVID-19 outbreak grows to nine; 17 new cases in IH Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) says the COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital has grown to nine cases.The outbreak, declared June 30 on 6 South, has been contained to patients and has not spread...
Jul 07, 2021

Wildfire evacuees need monetary donations more than physical items: United Way
KAMLOOPS - As wildfire evacuees from Lytton and other communities begin to put their lives back together, the generosity of B.C. Interior residents is once again being shown in spades.However, that ge...
Jul 07, 2021

Drought an early concern after heatwave, hay production reduced
KAMLOOPS - The President of the B.C. Cattlemen's Association says the recent heatwave that scorched the province has adversely affected rangeland, where cattle herds spend the summer. Kevin Boon says ...
James Peters Jul 07, 2021

Horgan acknowledges challenges around wildfires, no provincial state of emergency coming yet
KAMLOOPS - The Sparks Lake wildfire is now close to 40,000 hectares in size and has ranchers in the area concern about their properties and livestock. Many say they're protecting their properties with...
James Peters Jul 07, 2021

BCLC introduces Kamloops winner of $35 million Lotto Max jackpot
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops' newest multi-millionaire is Gary Hill. WATCH: (Video Credit: CFJC Today / Amandalina Letterio) B.C. Lotto Corporation introduced Hill as the co-winner of the $70 million jackpot f...
James Peters Jul 07, 2021

A LOOK BACK: CFJC profiled the Kamloops Can Man in 2004
KAMLOOPS - The beloved Can Man of Kamloops, Wayne Brennan, passed away last week.Wayne was a friendly fixture of the local streets, collecting bottles and cans to supplement his disability support.CFJ...
Jul 07, 2021

Missing Kamloops man found dead; criminal activity not suspected
KAMLOOPS - The search for a missing Kamloops man has come to a sad end. In a news release, RCMP say the body of a man who went missing on June 28 was found Tuesday (July 6). Mark Foan had last been se...
James Peters Jul 07, 2021

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