Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Safety tips to keep the holidays merry
KAMLOOPS - Christmas is one week away. Most people have already trimmed the tree and strung their lights. Some have begun their Christmas baking. While these activities bring joy to many, there are as...
Dec 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Fourth Colombo Cares dinner supports Kamloops BC SPCA
KAMLOOPS - The Colombo Lodge is hosting its fourth Colombo Cares - Take Home Dinner today (Dec. 18), with proceeds going to support the Kamloops BC SPCA. Large portions of pasta and sausage have been ...
Dec 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Silent Night Memorial Tree lit up to remember lives claimed by overdose
KAMLOOPS - A new display has been set up at the Thompson Nicola Regional District's North Kamloops Library, as a way to remember loved ones lost to an overdose. The white and purple tree was brought i...
Dec 18, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Donations to toy houses meet need at Christmas Amalgamated, food for hampers still needed
KAMLOOPS - For more than 20 years, B-100 has set up toy houses in the city. Thousands of toys for underprivileged children and teenagers have been collected during the last two decades with all the gi...
Dec 18, 2019 On-air personalities from B-100 and CIFM collected hundreds of toys for Christmas Amalgamated on Wednesday (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Special weather statement issued for mountain passes in Southern Interior including Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS - Up to 25 centimetres of snow is in the forecast for area highways Thursday night.In a special weather statement, Environment Canada says heavy snow over the Southern Interior mountain passe...
Dec 18, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today).
Valleyview Secondary placed on hold-and-secure while police search neighbourhood for suspicious person
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say they are in the Valleyview area searching for a suspicious person.Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says out of an abundance of caution, Valleyview Secondary has been pl...
Dec 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
$18,000 has been raised through Operation Red Nose Kamloops; volunteers still needed
KAMLOOPS - It's been a successful start to Operation Red Nose Kamloops's 2019 campaign - but the organization is still hoping to attract more volunteers.In a news release, Operation Red Nose Kamloops ...
Dec 18, 2019 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today).
Kamloops lawyer chosen for Queen's counsel
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops lawyer is one of 26 across the province to be given the prestigious Queen's counsel designation.Brad Smith was called to the bar in 2000 and spent more than a decade as a prosecu...
Dec 18, 2019 Image Credit: Brad Smith
Avalanche control closures and a strange travel advisory on Interior highways
KAMLOOPS - Avalanche control work will result in a pair of closures on the Trans Canada Highway in the Interior Wednesday morning (Dec. 18).The first closure is scheduled for an area west of Revelstok...
Dec 18, 2019
Provincial wildfire service spokesman Skrepnek joining TNRD
KAMLOOPS - The man who was the face of B.C.'s response during some of the worst wildfire seasons in history is moving on.In a social media post, Chief Wildfire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek says ...
Dec 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
