Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Update: Power restored for over 1,400 in Barnhartvale area
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE 9:20 AM: As per BC Hydro, power is restored to the Barnhartvale area impacted earlier this morning. Hydro says the outage was caused by a bird contacting the wires. PREVIOUS: ...
Aug 08, 2019 (BC Hydro outage map as of 9:00 a.m Aug. 8 )
Wildfire service asking public to be more careful with outdoor fires
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service has asked the public to be more careful with fire use as the forests dry out. With the hot temperatures this week, it hasn't taken long for conditions to change qu...
Aug 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today- File photo
Smoke-free summer has been a breath of fresh air for residents, some businesses
KAMLOOPS - After back-to-back summers filled with smoke that made it difficult to even walk outside, this summer has been a breath of fresh air - literally. The clear sky has people flocking to the be...
Aug 07, 2019 The Kamloops sky has been smoke-free so far this summer (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
KFR responds to apartment fire on Dalgleish Drive
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue quickly extinguished a fire at an apartment building this afternoon. Smoke could be seen pouring out of an upper floor window at an apartment building on Dalgleish. Ima...
Aug 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Local team ready to ride to conquer cancer
KAMLOOPS - A group of 18 cyclists known as the Melanoma Warriors are preparing to ride from Cloverdale to Hope for The Ride to Conquer Cancer. The ride is a fundraiser put on by the BC Cancer Foundati...
Aug 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Homeless population trying to beat the heat in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's been a relatively cool summer so far, but daytime highs are now reaching the mid 30s - prompting Environment Canada to issue a special weather statement for the first heat wave of the ...
Aug 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops woman seeking donations to help family of Good Samaritan who died after water rescue
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman is hoping local businesses can provide donations to help the family of a man who died after saving a woman from a lake. Melissa Empey says her family is close with the fami...
Aug 07, 2019 Shaun and Lianne Nugent. (Image Credit: Facebook)
West Nile virus most active in August: Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued an advisory around the dangers of the West Nile virus. It says the species of mosquito that is most likely to carry the virus, becomes more active in August.To pr...
Aug 07, 2019 Image Credit: @MarioYordanov
MP McLeod disappointed with Liberal interpretation of Conservative health and social transfer plan
KAMLOOPS - The Conservative MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo is firing back against local Liberal candidate Terry Lake after he voiced his criticisms over the recently released Conservative health and...
Aug 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL: Habitat For Humanity Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - In Part 7 of our series Struggle For Survival, we look at Habitat For Humanity. The international non-profit dates back to 1965 in the U.S. Habitat became well-known in the 1980s when forme...
Aug 06, 2019 Habitat For Humanity has been in Kamloops since 2000 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
