Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
B.C. COVID-19 case count at 652 Tuesday; 162 new cases in Interior Health
VICTORIA - There are 652 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Tuesday (Sept. 28), with 162 of them found in Interior Health.The totals are included in an update to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)...
Sep 28, 2021
Skating rink plan shelved as Kamloops council scales down Riverside Park project
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is scaling down a planned revitalization project for Riverside Park.Initially, staff had proposed a project that would see the spray park replaced, an outdoor skating r...
Sep 28, 2021
WildsafeBC warns Kamloops about uptick in local bear activity
KAMLOOPS - WildSafeBC is reminding the City of Kamloops to be aware of the bears. "This year especially we've seen an increase in bear activity. It was a dry spring which means that berry crop wasn't ...
Sep 28, 2021
Twelve-year-old BMX racer raises $8k for children battling leukemia
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops BMX racer has raised nearly $8,000 for children fighting leukemia at the BC Children's Hospital.Twelve-year-old Jacobus Arnold has been gathering bottles with his mother and gran...
Sep 28, 2021
Downtown Kamloops, North Shore patio extensions to remain through next summer
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has voted unanimously in favour of carrying the city's outdoor patio extension pilot program through to next year.At its regular meeting Tuesday (Sept. 28), council voted u...
Sep 28, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Overlander grows by seven in 24 hours
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) says the COVID-19 outbreak at Overlander Senior Centre in Brocklehurst has grown by seven new cases in 24 hours.There are now 21 cases at the facility, up from 14 cases...
Sep 28, 2021
Province to fund 50 per cent of new Westsyde multi-use path
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has received a provincial grant of nearly half-a-million dollars to build a multi-use pathway in Westsyde.In a news release, the City says the pathway will be built alo...
Sep 28, 2021
‘Alleviate some crime fears through volunteering’: Merritt RCMP
MERRITT, B.C. - Recently, a group of Merrittonians held a crime rally outside of City Hall to try to bring more attention to the crime issues around the city. Following the rally, Merritt City Council...
Sep 28, 2021
Grain train derails from CN track north of Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - CN Rail is confirming a derailment on its mainline near Lytton.In an email to CFJC Today, CN confirms it is responding to an incident that took place five miles north of Lytton on its t...
Sep 28, 2021
Valleyview motorcycle crash victim identified; RCMP say rider may have run red light
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a motorcyclist who was killed in a crash in Valleyview Sunday night (Sept. 26) may have run a red light.The rider was travelling eastbound on the Trans Canada Highway Sunday at abo...
Sep 28, 2021
