Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
B.C. government applies for federal funding to assist those who lost property due to wildfires
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government made its plea to the federal government for financial assistance to help those who lost their homes during the wildfire season.Emergency Management BC tells CFJC Today t...
Sep 1, 2021
TNRD gives all clear for nearly 1,000 properties near Merritt and Spences Bridge impacted by Lytton Creek fire
KAMLOOPS -Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) properties near Merritt and Spences Bridge are no longer threatened by the Lytton Creek wildfire.The TNRD rescinded its evacuation alert to all clear...
Sep 1, 2021
TNRD rescinds evacuation alert for 70 properties north of Lytton
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) gave the all clear for 70 properties north of Lytton Wednesday morning (Sept. 1).Properties that were previously impacted by the Lytton Creek wi...
Sep 1, 2021
DECISION 2021: Candidate lists finalized for federal vote
KAMLOOPS - The ballots have been finalized ahead of the Sept. 20 federal election. The central and southern Interior ridings will each have candidates from five federal parties: Conservatives, Green, ...
Sep 1, 2021
Weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes stolen vehicle, assault, firearms and drugs
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 363 calls for service from midnight on Friday, Aug. 27, to 9:00 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Below are some highlights from those calls.Man struck...
Sep 1, 2021
Summer road work projects nearing completion in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - On Monday (Aug. 31), the City of Kamloops reached a milestone on the Tranquille Road Sanitary Main Upgrade project.Phase Two of the project stretched from Southhill Street to 12th Avenue. M...
Aug 31, 2021
A new facility at Gardengate opens doors for Kamloops food businesses
KAMLOOPS - Gardengate is a program that helps individuals with mental health or addiction issues by connecting them with activities around the garden.Late last summer, the program broke ground on a ne...
Aug 31, 2021
Elizabeth May calls Kamloops a 'crucible of climate emergency and truth and reconciliation'
KAMLOOPS - Former federal leader of the Green Party, Elizabeth May, passed through Kamloops on Tuesday (Aug. 31) to show her support for local Green Party candidate Iain Currie.May is currently runnin...
Aug 31, 2021
Kamloops begins one-year trial with Voyent Alert! emergency app
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will begin its one-year trial with the Voyent Alert! smartphone application in late fall.Voyent Alert! is a multi-purpose and multi-platform communication tool to be us...
Aug 31, 2021
BC's chief coroner, Addiction Matters Kamloops call for drug policy changes, coordinated response to overdose crisis
KAMLOOPS - The ongoing overdose crisis in B.C was declared a public health emergency in 2016, yet five years later B.C's chief coroner says the province still doesn't have all hands on deck. In an upd...
Aug 31, 2021
