Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops retailers expect cannabis edibles to be available before Christmas
KAMLOOPS - It's touted as 'Cannabis 2.0.' Since October 18, 2019, cannabis edibles, topicals, and extracts have been technically legal in Canada. However, those items have taken months to become avail...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Council approves downtown plan in principle, staff feel key projects could spur on growth
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops envisions extensive growth in the downtown core over the next two decades. It includes mixed residential and commercial development on private sites like Kamloops Squar...
Dec 17, 2019 City council approved the downtown plan on Tuesday during its regular meeting (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Man wanted for review of sentence related to firearm offences could be in Kamloops, Merritt: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in B.C. are asking for the public's help in finding a wanted man who could be in Merritt or Kamloops.North District RCMP says in a news release that Jordell Sellars, 30, is wanted for ...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
UPDATE: Missing Kamloops man has been located
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The man reported missing by Kamloops RCMP has been located. All personal information has been removed from this article. EARLIER: Police in Kamloops say a man who was last seen in t...
James Peters Dec 17, 2019
New Chief Financial Officer announced for BCLC in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-based British Columbia Lottery Corporation has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer.Alan Kerr will also serve as the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Services.Kerr wi...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Report into Parkcrest Elementary fire sheds light into cause, origin
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) investigators say they may never know exactly what caused a fire that destroyed Parkcrest Elementary School - but they have a good idea.A report on the Sept. 5 bl...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Passenger Transportation Board gives ride-sharing applicant for Kamloops a 'no'
VICTORIA - B.C.'s Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) has made its first decision involving a company applying to offer ride-sharing in the Kamloops area - and that decision is a firm 'no'.Victoria-b...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: Lucky to Go Canada
Campout raises over $60,000 to help homeless youths in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - On Friday night, A Way Home Kamloops held its third annual Campout To End Youth Homelessness. The event is a fundraiser that helps them pay for essential housing initiatives for many youths...
Dec 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Interior Community Services hoping to Stuff The Stockings for vulnerable youth in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Community Services is trying to make the holidays a little more bright for some of the most vulnerable youth in the city. Employees with the Youth Street Outreach Program are hopin...
Dec 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
More than 300 purses filled with the essentials collected for women's shelter
KAMLOOPS - It started out as a small project - but it's grown into a Christmas tradition for women who are less fortunate in our community. Patti Phillips with the North Shore Business Improvement Ass...
Dec 16, 2019 Image Credit: Patti Phillips
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