Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City of Kamloops feels ready for potential emergencies during upcoming wildfire season
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops and Kamloops Fire Rescue say they've prepared in case of another big wildfire season, like the ones the province has experienced in each of the last two years. Emergenc...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Victoria Street West project set to move to second phase
KAMLOOPS - The city's biggest road and infrastructure project is moving into its next phase. Milling will begin for Stage Two of the Victoria Street West Improvements Project on Sunday (May 12). That ...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Wildfire Service boot camp proves valuable for new recruits
MERRITT, B.C. - Every spring, the Provincial Wildfire Training Centre in Merritt hosts the newest B.C Wildfire Service recruits for a round of physically and mentally demanding boot camp training sess...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Milobar
Mounties recover stolen property in Brocklehurst
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops have recovered a large amount of stolen property.Investigators searched a home in the 2000-block of Parkcrest Avenue this morning. Builders tools, survey equipment and stol...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP
RCMP look into strange encounter involving teenage girl in Upper Sahali
KAMLOOPS - RCMP investigators are looking for surveillance footage from some Upper Sahali residents as they try to solve a strange occurrence from a few weeks back. According to spokesperson Cpl. Jodi...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops RCMP collar armed robbery suspect
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have nabbed a suspect in an April armed robbery in the Kamloops downtown. According to spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie, the incident happened at 3:15 a.m. on April 19, near the intersec...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
RCMP push 529 Garage app to help return stolen bicycles
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are encouraging Kamloops bicyclists to take a few steps toward making sure their bicycles stay in their possession. The annual Emergency Services Day runs this Saturday (May 11) at Abe...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: 529 Garage
McHappy Day helps families stay together through thick and thin
KAMLOOPS - Volunteers from the community are helping out at McDonalds on a day when a small purchase can make a big difference."Today we are donating one dollar from the proceeds from a Big Mac, a cof...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
$10-a-day child care advocates building endorsement list
KAMLOOPS - After gathering support from the City of Kamloops for $10-a-day child care, an advocate for the affordable option presented at Thompson Rivers University today as part of the group's campai...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops hospice seeks to bust myths during Palliative Care Week
KAMLOOPS - It is National Palliative Care Week across Canada, a week that is focused on improving the quality of life for patients near the end of their lives. Wendy Marlow, the executive director of ...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
