Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops family pledges $500,000 to RIH Foundation
KAMLOOPS - A local family says it will donate $500,000 to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation, supporting the Patient Care Tower Project, which includes a new rooftop helipad.Ralph and Linda Emsland ...
Nov 13, 2019 From left to right: Brad, Aubrey, Dallas, Malonie, Blake, Linda, Ralph, Jeff, Charlene, and Brett Emsland. (Image Credit: Sarah Robillard Photography)
Third person dies following downtown Kamloops hit and run earlier this month
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Coast Hotels has confirmed all three people who died after the November 3 crash in downtown Kamloops worked at the Coast Sundance Lodge in Sun Peaks.In a statement, Coast Director o...
Nov 13, 2019 From left: Feyisola Adebowale, Oluwatosin Adeojo, Daniel Okocha. (Image Credit: Facebook)
Terrace RCMP investigating suspicious death of Kamloops man
KAMLOOPS - Police in Terrace are investigating after the suspicious death of a Kamloops man.In a news release, Terrace RCMP spokesperson Const. Crystal Evelyn says police responded to a report of an i...
Nov 13, 2019 Image Credit: Facebook
No environmental damage from diesel spill Tuesday night
KAMLOOPS - Up to 200 gallons of diesel fuel leaked into a ditch last night when a semi trailer hit a no-post at the Lafarge intersection with the Trans Canada Highway east of town. When the semi hit t...
Nov 13, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops Fire Rescue
B.C. minister of social development hosts roundtable to discuss accessibility legislation
KAMLOOPS --- The B.C. government is going around the province looking for feedback from local officials and people living with disabilities to shape new accessibility legislation it hopes to have pass...
Nov 12, 2019 Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Shane Simpson hosted a roundtable at Lii Michif Otipemisiwak on Tuesday afternoon (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Snowfall puts need for Kamloops shelter capacity in focus
KAMLOOPS - With the first snowfall of the year, non-profits around the city are scrambling to get their shelter services organized for people on the streets.The Mustard Seed New Life is still a couple...
Nov 12, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Snow pushes paving on West Victoria Street to Thursday
KAMLOOPS - Plans to begin paving on the West Victoria Street project have been pushed back slightly due to today's (Nov. 12) snowfall. The City had planned to begin concrete work today and start pavin...
Nov 12, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Aurora Rotarians support A Way Home Kamloops with large donation
KAMLOOPS - Buying groceries. Making a budget. Paying bills on time. They are activities many of us take for granted. However, for youth who experience homelessness, learning important life skills isn'...
Nov 12, 2019 A Way Home
Burglar steals TV from Pacific Way Elementary School
KAMLOOPS - Pacific Way Elementary School fell victim to a burglar over the weekend.According to Kamloops RCMP, staff returned to the school Tuesday morning (Nov. 12) to find a window in a door broken....
Nov 12, 2019 Image Credit: (Kamloops-Thompson School District)
UPDATE: Coquihalla Highway reopened
HOPE, B.C. - The road is reopened after a crash closed the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt. Both lanes are now reopened. According to Drive BC, the incident occurred south of the Carolin M...
James Peters Nov 12, 2019 Image Credit: Google Maps
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