Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
After tragic passing of its dentist, Mustard Seed looks to the community for help
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed Community Outreach Centre has launched a campaign to encourage dentists around the Kamloops community to volunteer some of their time to the centre.Called 'Give a Day to Ch...
Apr 26, 2019 Image Credit: Mustard Seed New Life Community
Blue Man Group performers promise entertaining production in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The stage is being set for a production unlike any other. The Blue Man Group is a mix of music, comedy and intrigue, and it's coming to Kamloops this weekend. "I think the fact that it's un...
Apr 26, 2019 Image Credit: Blue Man Group
Air Canada scales back Kamloops-to-Toronto flight for 2019
KAMLOOPS - Air Canada has told the Kamloops Airport it is drastically scaling back its Kamloops-to-Toronto flight this summer.Managing Director Ed Ratuski says it appears the flight will only be made ...
Apr 26, 2019 File photo (Image Credit: Air Canada)
Police looking for information after child approached on Westsyde Road
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are looking for information after a suspicious incident in the Whispering Pine area. Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Mat Van Laer says in a news release that at roughly 7:15 a.m...
Apr 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Money raised from United Way campaign helping agency move to new space on North Shore
KAMLOOPS - The totals are in and now the local United Way can look ahead to moving into its new home this summer.The Thompson-Nicola-Cariboo United Way hosted a fundraising wrap-up party on Thursday n...
Apr 26, 2019 TNC United Way raised $3.5 million during its latest fundraising campaign (Image Credit: Katie Neustaeter)
Kamloops Arts Council now says proposed street performing permit wouldn't be mandatory
KAMLOOPS - A decision on a proposed bylaw to require street performers to have a permit to play will not be made before the fall.That's according to a news release by the Kamloops Arts Council, which ...
Apr 26, 2019 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Salvation Army's Mobile Kitchen moves to North Shore
KAMLOOPS - Due to the reconstruction of West Victoria Street, the Salvation Army has moved its Community Response Unit from the South Shore to the North Shore. Every Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30 to ...
Apr 25, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops mom hopeful after pitch to decriminalize possession of personal drugs
KAMLOOPS - Every day, Jennifer Cottell worries about her daughter Sam who uses fentanyl. It's been a rocky 14-year journey helping her through her addiction. "It's very scary to think that they feel t...
Apr 25, 2019 Kamloops mom Jennifer Cottell says decriminalizing possession could save her daughter Sam's life (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops woman shares experience with Parkinson's disease
KAMLOOPS - April is Parkinson's Awareness Month. Parkinson's is a degenerative neurological disease that affects around 13,000 people in B.C. It may cause tremors, stiffness, or balance issues. There ...
Apr 25, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops Food Bank hopes to collect 80,000 pounds of food during Rotary Food Drive
KAMLOOPS - The 21st biannual Rotary Food Drive gets underway this Saturday in Kamloops. The Kamloops Food Bank is hoping to collect 80,000 pounds of food, as volunteers fan out across the city Saturda...
Apr 25, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
