Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Snowfall Warning Ended
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The first significant snowfall of the year made roads a treacherous mess this morning - inside and outside of the City of Kamloops. Environment Canada has now ended its previous sno...
James Peters Nov 11, 2019
Environment Canada warns of freezing rain for B.C. Interior
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued weather warnings for much of the B.C. Interior Monday (Nov. 11), including the 100 Mile, Chilcotin and Cariboo regions. In addition, special weather statements...
Dave Barry Nov 11, 2019 Image Credit: Environment Canada
Kamloops Remembers at Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents took part in Remembrance Day events Monday morning at the cenotaph in Riverside Park. Dozens of active military personnel stood alongside veterans, first responders, and ...
Dave Barry Nov 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
VIDEO: Kamloops students put together impactful Remembrance Day ceremony
KAMLOOPS - Alongside many schools throughout the city, students at the Kamloops School of the Arts held a Remembrance Day ceremony today. The performances put on by the K through 12 students aimed to ...
Nov 08, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Local lawyers working on proposal for mental health, community-conscious court system in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Several lawyers in Kamloops and law professors at Thompson Rivers University have banded together to propose a different kind of court system. The proposal is geared towards serving individ...
Nov 08, 2019 (Image Credit: Dreamstime.com)
19-year-old Kamloops student takes protest to ICBC HQ, says youth getting ‘screwed’
NORTH VANCOUVER - They were few in numbers, but the small size of a protest outside ICBC's head office in North Vancouver drew plenty of honks of support.Austin Kovacs, a 19-year-old Thompson Rivers U...
Nov 08, 2019 Image Credit: Global News
Police release surveillance photos, description after crime spree that spanned Kamloops, Merritt, Kelowna
KAMLOOPS - Southeast District RCMP are releasing more information and surveillance photos as they try to track down a suspect and vehicle believed to be responsible for a crime spree through the South...
Nov 08, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Indefinite shutdown at Kelowna lumber mill to become permanent: Tolko Industries
Kelowna's lone lumber mill, which was indefinitely shut down in September, will be permanently closed come January.On Friday, Tolko Industries announced the decision on its website, stating the mill w...
Nov 08, 2019 Image Credit: Global Okanagan
Telkwa couple turns $20 Lotto Max win into $20 million
KAMLOOPS - A couple from Telkwa, near Smithers, made the trek down to Kamloops Friday.But for Ken and Susan Salter, the trip wasn't to visit the B.C. Wildlife Park or stock up on groceries at Costco.T...
Nov 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
TNRD Chair, Vice-Chair re-elected
KAMLOOPS - Ken Gillis will serve as the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Chair for a second term.Gillis represents Pritchard South-Monte Lake and Westwold, and was first elected as chair last Novembe...
Nov 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
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