Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
CMHA Kamloops executive director suspended, investigation launched
KAMLOOPS - The executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association Kamloops branch has been placed on paid leave while an investigation gets underway. In an email statement to CFJC Today, CMH...
Oct 21, 2019 File Photo: Christa Mullally (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
How, where, and when to vote on federal election day in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's federal election day across Canada tomorrow (Oct. 21), and voters will be casting their ballots throughout the day.In Kamloops, polls will be open from 7 a.m to 7 p.m for area resident...
Oct 20, 2019 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds)
RCMP investigation into Gold homicide not over, despite 5 arrests made
KAMLOOPS - After nearly a year-long investigation, yesterday (Oct. 19), Kamloops RCMP revealed 5 suspects had been arrested in relation to the 2018 homicide of 35-year-old Troy Gold. 23-year-old Natha...
Oct 20, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Where the business licensing process is at for legal cannabis retail applicants in BC
KAMLOOPS - Having cannabis go from being legal for medicinal use in Canada, and become legal for recreational use means there is a lot to learn when navigating its implementation. Between getting the ...
Oct 20, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Five men arrested and charged with murder in connection to Troy Gold homicide
KAMLOOPS - Five men have been charged with murder in connection to the homicide of Troy Gold in Kamloops last year. John Wade Daviss, 38, Jayden Michael Robert Eustache, 24, Darian Frederick Rohel, 44...
Oct 19, 2019 From left, clockwise: Jayden Eustache, Sean Scurt, John Daviss, Darian Rohel, and Nathan Townsend. (Image Credit: Facebook and Kamloops RCMP)
Expansion of family research project honours Secwépemc veterans
CHASE, BC - Of the approximately 650,000 Canadians who served in World War I, about 4,000 of them were Indigenous. And when 1 million Canadians fought for their country in World War II, over 3,000 Ind...
Oct 18, 2019 Allan and Ethel Manuel (Image Credit: Carryl Coles)
Edibles not likely to hit B.C. cannabis store shelves until 2020: Public Safety Minister
KAMLOOPS - As of yesterday, edibles were made legal across Canada - but that doesn't mean they're readily available. B.C.'s Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth, tells CFJC ...
Oct 18, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
2019 Federal Election Issues: First Nations Reconciliation
KAMLOOPS - In our last issues story leading up to Monday's federal election, we take a look at what parties plan for reconciliation with First Nations people across the country. In June 2015, the Trut...
Oct 18, 2019
TRU, NVIT among recipients of new funding to increase number of trained caregivers in the province
KAMLOOPS - The province has announced new funding to go toward the training of qualified healthcare assistants in B.C.Among post-secondary institutions receiving the funding, Thompson Rivers Universit...
Oct 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Two people charged in connection to erratic driving through Westsyde that ended in fiery crash
KAMLOOPS - Two people are facing charges after a string of bizarre incidents through the city earlier this week.Crystal Rae Dorrington and Derrick Ronald Pearson are both charged with possession of st...
Oct 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
