Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
How to set realistic health goals for 2020
KAMLOOPS - At the start of every New Year, people set out to become happier and healthier versions of themselves. While some will succeed in their efforts, others will struggle to commit to their reso...
Dec 31, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Heavy snowfall leading to chaos on Interior highways
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The Yellowhead Highway is back open at Barriere, according to Drive BC.EARLIER: Highways around the Kamloops area are slick Tuesday after a combination of rain and heavy snow overni...
Dec 31, 2019 Image Credit: Twitter / @kamloopsian1
More than 22,000 BC Hydro customers without power in Thompson, Shuswap
CHASE, B.C. - Heavy and wet snowfall in the region has left thousands of BC Hydro customers without power.BC Hydro says there are extensive outages in the Southern Interior, particularly near Chase, K...
Dec 31, 2019 Image Credit: BC Hydro
UPDATE: Traffic flowing again on Okanagan Connector after early morning closure
MERRITT, B.C. - The Okanagan Connector has re-opened to single lane traffic this hour - after it was closed all morning due to a vehicle fire involving dangerous goods. According to a news release fro...
James Peters Dec 31, 2019 Image Credit: Drive BC
Operation Red Nose looking for more volunteers for New Year's Eve
KAMLOOPS - Operation Red Nose is heading into its busiest night of service tomorrow (Dec. 31) and they could use a little help. The designated driving service is putting out the call for more voluntee...
Dec 30, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
BCLC paid out a record $785 million in 2019
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-based BC Lottery Corporation says it paid out a record amount of winnings in 2019.According to a BCLC news release, the Crown corporation doled out $785 million this year.The b...
Dec 30, 2019 Rowena Inyallie and George Munro after their huge win (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops man injured in North Shore shooting
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are investigating a shooting on the Kamloops North Shore. According to a news release from Staff Sgt. Simon Pillay, police were called to a disturbance in the 300-block of Alexander Av...
Dec 30, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Expected snow dump prompts snowfall warning for North Thompson, Shuswap
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The snowfall warning has now been extended to include the Kamloops and South Thompson regions.EARLIER: The decade is going out like a lion in the B.C. Interior. Environment Canada i...
Dec 30, 2019 File Photo (Contributed / Lyn MacDonald)
Legacy of lifelong volunteer, educator chugs along with 2141 locomotive
KAMLOOPS - One of the many community pillars who helped make Kamloops a tourist destination has died. Bill Abley was 72 years old when he passed away December 19, after decades of volunteer work withi...
Dec 27, 2019 File photo of past interview with Bill Abley (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
17 puppies, two adult dogs surrendered during holiday season to B.C. SPCA
The B.C. SPCA is asking for public assistance following the sudden surrender of 17 husky puppies and two adult dogs during the holiday season.The SPCA isn't saying where the dogs were surrendered, sta...
Dec 27, 2019 One of the 17 husky puppies that was surrendered to RCMP and animal control officers. (Image Credit: BC SPCA)
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