Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL: Kamloops YMCA-YWCA
KAMLOOPS - In the ninth instalment of our series Struggle For Survival, we look at the Kamloops YMCA-YWCA, an organization in the midst of significant changes due to financial challenges. In late July...
Aug 13, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops middle school teacher suspended after kissing former student’s neck
KAMLOOPS - According to the BC Comissioner for Teacher Regulation, it happened when Brett Edward Wasylik was at a Kamloops restaurant in November of 2016.While there, he noticed a hostess was one of h...
Aug 13, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Ribfest numbers expected to be on par with past few years
KAMLOOPS - Despite a little rain on Sunday, thousands of people still poured into Riverside Park for the eighth annual Ribfest. The weather held out for most of the weekend, and Friday saw more visits...
Aug 12, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Injured eagle recovering at BC Wildlife Park
KAMLOOPS - A young bald eagle is recovering at the BC Wildlife Park after injuring itself in one of its first attempts to fly. According to Animal Care Manager at the Fawcett Family Wildlife Health Ce...
Aug 12, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Hot Nite in the City celebrates a quarter century in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Automobiles may be the defining invention of the 20th century. However, personal transportation is currently undergoing a massive change with the switch to electric cars well underway. Desp...
Aug 12, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Chinese tourist drowns after falling in river north of Valemount
MOUNT ROBSON, B.C. - The BC Coroners Service is investigating after a man fell into the Robson River and drowned.North District RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says in a news release that a ...
Aug 12, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Witnesses sought in fatal motorcycle collision
KAMLOOPS - After a fatal motorcycle incident the other night, RCMP Traffic Service officers are looking for any witnesses. In a release today, RCMP say Kamloops RCMP responded on August 9 around 9:45 ...
Aug 11, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops RCMP looking for suspect involved in gas station robbery
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are working to identify a suspect of a late night, gas station robbery. In a release today (Aug. 11), Staff Sgt. Mat Van Laer says officers responded to the robbery on August ...
Dylana Kneeshaw Aug 11, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Upper Clearwater Volunteer Fire Brigade fundraising for equipment boost
CLEARWATER - A grassroots community firefighting group in Clearwater is working to raise money for fire protection equipment.The last two summers have hit the Wells Gray park area hard for fire evacua...
Dylana Kneeshaw Aug 10, 2019 (Image Credit: Facebook / Upper Clearwater Volunteer Fire Brigade)
Severe thunderstorm watch in place for South Thompson & Coquihalla section
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the South Thompson area, and a section of the Coquihalla highway this morning (Aug. 10). Conditions are ripe for severe thunder...
Dylana Kneeshaw Aug 10, 2019 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
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