Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops band sets out to support Salvation Army through music
KAMLOOPS - A local band is raising money for the Salvation Army's Kettle campaign by launching a 24-day music advent calendar. The two band members of LooPS, Kevin Roy and Jon Fennell saw the challeng...
Dec 10, 2020
Merritt family donates $200k to RIH Patient Care Tower
KAMLOOPS - A Merritt family has donated $200,000 to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation for medical equipment in the new Patient Care Tower. Frank and Almerina Rizzardo have strong connections to hea...
Dec 10, 2020
TRU receives $750k donation to support Indigenous students
KAMLOOPS - BMO Financial Group is donating $750,000 to Thompson Rivers University in support of Indigenous students. The funds will be used to provide scholarships and awards to Indigenous students. A...
Dec 10, 2020
Hotel group hits back at City of Kamloops over nuisance designation, shifts focus to lookout park
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Accommodation Association (KAA) says it is disappointed in a decision by the City of Kamloops to declare several hotels and motels along Columbia Street West nuisance propertie...
Dec 10, 2020
COVID-19 test site up and running at Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS, BC - COVID-19 was first confirmed in Sun Peaks very shortly after the pandemic was declared in British Columbia. Since then, there have been several more cases reported amongst employees wh...
Dec 09, 2020
Columbia Street West businesses working to shed nuisance property labels
KAMLOOPS - Following a series of increased calls to the Columbia Street West corridor, the City of Kamloops Bylaw Services Department is working with local motel operators to improve the safety and ap...
Dec 09, 2020
Shooting report sees RCMP rush to home on Tk'emlups Reserve
TK'EMLUPS - No one was hurt but several arrests were made after a shooting call on the Tk'emlups Reserve Wednesday morning (Dec. 9).RCMP were called to a home in the 700-block of East Shuswap Road at ...
Dec 09, 2020
Noble Creek farmers pushing to pay more for water rates instead of new system
KAMLOOPS - Jon Peachey has 280 acres of land in Noble Creek. He cares for about 300 cattle. It's his livelihood, but that is in the balance depending on what the City decides to do with the Noble Cree...
Dec 09, 2020
'I'm a dreamer': Kamloops musician raises $82k for boyfriend's stem cell treatment
KAMLOOPS - Christmas came early this year for Kamloops musician Madison Olds and her boyfriend Derek Jezewsky. "It's the time of year when these miracles happen," Olds told CFJC Today. Derek broke his...
Dec 09, 2020
Killer who dumped teenager's body near Savona granted full parole
KAMLOOPS - A man who killed a Quebec teenage hitchhiker and dumped his body near Savona in 2000 has been granted full parole. The Parole Board of Canada granted the increased freedom to Brian Townsend...
Dec 09, 2020
