Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Deputy mayor says potential for Ajax could stall city development in Aberdeen area
KAMLOOPS - A day after Abacus, the Vancouver-based mining company that has 20 per cent share in the Ajax project, announced the copper-gold mining project remains a priority, the deputy mayor says it ...
Sep 25, 2019 The city is hoping to develop land in Upper Aberdeen that's near the mine site (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
No injuries after massive truck fire on Highway 1 west of Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a truck fire that shut down Highway 1 Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 24).In a news release, Revelstoke RCMP say they responded to a semi...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Raise A Reader helping to fund essential literacy programs in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's Raise A Reader day and volunteers were scattered through the city on Wednesday morning, stationed at drive-thrus to collect money for literacy programs in Kamloops. Volunteers, includi...
Sep 25, 2019 CFJC-TV members Chad Klassen (left), Tanya Cronin and Bill O'Donovan were out for Raise A Reader on Thursday morning (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops RCMP searching for stolen motorhome
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for the public's help in finding a stolen motorhome.Early in the morning of Sept. 21, a motorhome was stolen from Salish Road, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. ...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP handout
TNRD Wins UBCM Award
VANCOUVER - The Union of British Columbia Municipalities has presented its 2019 Community Excellence Awards at the UBCM annual convention in Vancouver. The awards showcase municipalities and regional ...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: UBCM
Kamloops church group raising money for solar panel installation at Kenyan hospital
KAMLOOPS - Tens of thousands of patients come through Kapsowar Mission Hospital every year. The 120-bed hospital, located in the highlands of Kenya, serves a relatively poor population using limited r...
Sep 24, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Dr. Gerhard Schumacher
Save some change for Raise a Reader on your morning commute
KAMLOOPS - More than 200 volunteers will fan out across the city early Wednesday morning (Sept. 25) to help raise funds for Raise a Reader. Raise a Reader raises funds for literacy programs in communi...
Sep 24, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Jessie Simpson goes through another surgery, starting to remember horrific attack
KAMLOOPS - It has been more than three years since Jessie Simpson's life changed forever.In the early morning hours of June 19, 2016 - a month before his 19th birthday - Simpson was beaten with a base...
Sep 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops RCMP crackdown includes arrest of man suspected of stealing bike on his wedding day
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops say a recent crackdown on bicycle thefts led to some surprising results, including a suspect accused of stealing a bike on his wedding day.According to a news release, RCMP...
Sep 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Ajax not dead? Minority owner says Kamloops mine still a priority
KAMLOOPS - The Ajax project is not dead, according to its minority owner.The proposed copper-gold mine on the southeast border of Kamloops was denied an environmental assessment certificate by the pro...
Sep 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
