Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
11th annual ICCHA/Wish Fund Gala boosts cardiac care for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops became one step closer to improved cardiac care, after the sold-out ICCHA / Wish Fund Gala over the weekend. Founder Al Patel says the final donation count is not done yet, but the...
May 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Harris
Kamloops RCMP investigating home invasion
KAMLOOPS - Police are looking for suspects, and any information, after an early morning home invasion. In a release today (May 26), Kamloops RCMP say officers arrived at home in the 600 block of Carso...
May 26, 2019
Environment Canada watching for severe thunderstorms in South Thompson
KAMLOOPS - With heavy rain possible in the South Thompson and Interior today (May 25) Environment Canada has now issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the region. Meteorologist Alyssa Charbonneau say...
May 25, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Brewloops welcomes FireFit competition to Spring Festival this weekend
KAMLOOPS - Beer goes with pretty much anything. This weekend, firefighters from across B.C. will gather in Kamloops to prove that point. Brewloops has paired with FireFit Canada to put a new twist on ...
May 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Exploring the potential for a supportive cancer care centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A local group is researching what it would take to bring a supportive cancer care centre to Kamloops. The effort is part of a larger campaign to help cancer patients navigate the care they ...
May 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Accused in 2014 KRCC death facing another murder charge
KAMLOOPS - Nathaniel Jessup will stand trial next week, accused of murdering a fellow inmate in 2014. But the Creston RCMP have now announced a second murder charge against Jessup.The 32-year-old has ...
May 24, 2019
Skeetchestn band pushes for more Indigenous-led prescribed burns
KAMLOOPS - A number of First Nations, including one in the Kamloops area, have joined a recent push to use prescribed burns as a wildfire prevention method. Controlled burns are one of the recommendat...
May 24, 2019 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
'Let's get this pipeline built' : Kamloops mayor reacts to court ruling in Trans Mountain case
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops hopes today's B.C. Court of Appeal ruling will bring the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion one step closer to being built. This morning (May 24), five judges ruled the...
May 24, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Court says B.C. can't restrict oil shipments in key case for Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal says the province cannot restrict oil shipments through its borders in a decision that marks a win for the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expans...
May 24, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
West Victoria project moves to 24-hour construction
KAMLOOPS - More changes are coming to the Victoria Street West improvements project.Starting Sunday (May 26), Extreme Excavating will move to a 24-hour construction schedule. That will be in place for...
May 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
