Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Stolen vehicle leads to Salmon Arm arrests
KAMLOOPS - Police have two suspects in custody following the seizure of a vehicle stolen in Richmond last month. Staff Sergeant Scott West of the Salmon Arm RCMP says they located a stolen Audi on a p...
Nov 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ASK Wellness looking forward to more affordable units, honour Stollery Foundation on Spirit Square project
KAMLOOPS - The number of affordable housing units has taken off in the last year, and despite more coming online in the spring, the executive director of ASK Wellness says it won't be enough. "Just wh...
Nov 05, 2019 This 43-unit affordable housing unit for seniors 55 and older will be ready Mar. 1. The building will be called The Stollery Suites on Spirit Square (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops woman believes Lyme disease more prevalent than doctors know
KAMLOOPS - Lyme disease is a tricky subject. If you speak with health care professionals, it's relatively rare in British Columbia, affecting between 10 and 30 individuals per year. However, when you ...
Nov 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Homeless advocacy group stops in Kamloops to kick off five-day 'Tent City Tour'
KAMLOOPS - A grassroots organization called the Alliance Against Displacement made a stop in Kamloops on a five-day Tent City Tour. The group, hailing from the Lower Mainland, is conducting its own re...
Nov 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops council supports arts centre proposal; referendum on borrowing to be held in 2020
KAMLOOPS - "Right project, right place, right time."That mantra was repeated by several Kamloops councillors Tuesday (Nov. 5) as they voted their support for the Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society a...
Nov 05, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society
Edmonton-based Stollery Foundation donates $750,000 to RIH Foundation for Patient Care Tower
KAMLOOPS - The Stollery Charitable Foundation (SCF) has announced it will make a $750,000 donation to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation.The donation will be spread over the next four years and will...
Nov 05, 2019 Image Credit: Interior Health
Recent local Green candidate says race for new leader may bring more support to party
KAMLOOPS - Elizabeth May's resignation on Monday doesn't come as a surprise to the recent Green Party candidate in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, who says it may help attract more positive attention to th...
Nov 04, 2019 Former Green Party leader Elizabeth May made a stop in Kamloops on Oct. 15, six days before the federal election (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Multi-unit affordable housing project marks new era for Habitat for Humanity
KAMLOOPS - Habitat for Humanity has teamed up with Kamloops Immigrant Services to develop a multi-story commercial and residential building on Tranquille Road. "Habitat for Humanity's values mimic our...
Nov 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Old Navy comes ashore to Aberdeen Mall
KAMLOOPS - The clothing retailer Old Navy is coming to Kamloops.According to City of Kamloops building permit applications listed on its website, Aberdeen Mall applied for a permit on October 31 in or...
Nov 04, 2019 Image Credit: Ken Wolter / Dreamstime.com
RCMP release owner of pickup truck involved in downtown Kamloops crash without charge
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say they have released the registered owner of a pickup truck involved in a fatal collision Sunday morning (Nov. 3) in downtown Kamloops.Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the driver has ...
Nov 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
