Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Tk'emlups Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir chides PM Trudeau for ignoring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation invitations
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The chief in the community where the remains of more than 200 Indigenous children were found publicly rebuked the prime minister for ignoring her first invitations to join the communi...
Oct 18, 2021
Prime Minister Trudeau joins Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir, Tk'emlups community to discuss truth and reconciliation
TK'EMLUPS - A ceremony has begun at the Tk'emlups PowWow Arbour to mark the visit of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It comes 18 days after the first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The...
Oct 18, 2021
Coroners Service, Worksafe B.C. investigating death at Mission Flats business
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroners Service is confirming a person died in an incident at a Kamloops business last week.In an email to CFJC Today, the service confirms it is looking into a fatality at Riverc...
Oct 18, 2021
Interior Savings closing early Thursday for Day of Difference volunteer work
KAMLOOPS - All Interior Savings Credit Union branches in Kamloops will close at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday (Oct. 21), but the employees will be serving the community in a different capacity.Thursday is Int...
Oct 18, 2021
BC SPCA says education and neutering can address Kamloops' cat overpopulation problem
KAMLOOPS - Last year, 78 per cent of the BC SPCA's total feline intake came from the City of Kamloops.That's according to a delegation request sent to Kamloops Council from the BC SPCA Kamloops and Di...
Oct 17, 2021
Clearwater RCMP searching for missing man whose rental truck was found in East Blackpool
KAMLOOPS - Clearwater RCMP are seeking public assistance in locating a man whose rental Ford pickup truck was reported abandoned in East BlackpoolDaniel Ritchie, 35, had his truck found about 14 kilom...
Oct 17, 2021
Still "a lot of room for growth" in legal cannabis industry: B.C. solicitor general
KAMLOOPS - Sunday will mark three years since cannabis became legal in Canada.B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth touted huge growth in the retail cannabis sector since the first retail store opened...
Oct 15, 2021
Peace for Pride Gathering at Riverside Park on Saturday
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday (Oct. 16), the community is invited to gather at Riverside Park for Peace for Pride - an event meant to show support for a trans youth who was attacked in the city in September....
Oct 15, 2021
Two more deaths from COVID-19 outbreak at Overlander Long Term Care in Brocklehurst
KAMLOOPS - Two more people have died due to COVID-19 outbreak in Kamloops.According to Interior Health, there have now been a total of five deaths associated with the outbreak at Overlander Long Term ...
Oct 15, 2021
Clearwater emergency room closed for the weekend once again
CLEARWATER, B.C. - The emergency room at the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater will be closed for another weekend.In a news release, Interior Health says the closure will begin Friday after...
Oct 15, 2021
