Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Mother Nature slow to arrive, but Sun Peaks ski season opens on schedule
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Sun Peaks officials say the Kamloops-area ski resort will once again be the first in the B.C. Interior to open for the winter - snow or not.The resort opens Saturday (Nov. 23) with i...
Nov 23, 2019 Sun Peaks, 8:42 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 (Image Credit: Sun Peaks Resort)
UPDATE: Environment Canada ends weather statement, keeps snowfall warning for Shuswap
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: (Nov. 23, 12:00 p.m.) Environment Canada has now ended its weather statement due to freezing rain, but kept the snowfall warning for the Shuswap in place.EARLIER: Environment Canada...
James Peters Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: Environment Canada
RCMP in Barriere warn parents after attempted child abduction
BARRIERE, B.C. - RCMP in Barriere are investigating an attempted child abduction.According to a news release, a 10-year-old girl was walking along Dunn Lake Road at about 3:30 p.m. Friday (Nov. 22) ne...
James Peters Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
100 Mile House area woman pushing for smoother discharge process for emergency rural patients at RIH
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A woman recently discharged from Royal Inland Hospital is raising concerns around how out-of-town patients are sent home. Olivia Fletcher was brought to Royal Inland Hospital th...
James Peters Nov 22, 2019 Pictured: Olivia Fletcher, holding a taxi voucher. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Extreme Excavating says work on West Victoria Street to wrap up for winter by mid-December at latest
KAMLOOPS - Even with the paving complete on West Victoria Street, the contractor Extreme Excavating is still working on the project, taking full advantage of the more mild weather the city's been expe...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops conservation officers free deer trapped in fence in Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Kamloops conservation officers were called to Sun Peaks Resort today to free a deer.The BC Conservation Officers Service says in a tweet that officers got a lift from the ski patrol ...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: Twitter / BC Conservation Officers Service
Coquihalla closed briefly near Merritt Friday after single-vehicle crash
MERRITT, B.C. - The southbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway north of Merritt were closed briefly Friday afternoon (Nov. 22) after a single-vehicle crash.Const. Dane Duford of Merritt RCMP was at th...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Nikki Omen
SD73, CUPE support staff come to three-year contract agreement
KAMLOOPS - Unionized support staff working in the Kamloops-Thompson School District have ratified a new three-year contract with the district.According to a district news release, members of the Canad...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Risk of freezing rain in the South Thompson tonight
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the North Thompson, South Thompson and 100 Mile House.In the statement, Environment Canada says an approaching frontal system c...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Donations pour in at 12th Annual Basics for Babies event
KAMLOOPS - The twelfth annual Basics for Babies event was held at the Delta Hotel on Victoria Street Friday (Nov. 22). Hundreds of people woke up early for a breakfast and donation drive for the Kamlo...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
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