Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City to urge province to support sobering centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Council has voted in favour of a proposal to once again seek provincial approval for a sobering centre in Kamloops. Mayor and council voted on a proposal yesterday (Jan. 12) to send a lette...
Jan 13, 2021
Updated: Power restored for majority of BC Hydro customers hit with morning outages
KAMLOOPS - UPDATED 6:57 a.m : BC Hydro says power is back on for the Upper Sahali, Aberdeen, Knutsford, and Valleyview areas that were impacted by morning outages today (Jan. 13). PREVIOUS 6:07 a.m : ...
Jan 13, 2021
Former Kamloops RCMP officer describes gruesome injuries as civil trial begins in baseball bat beating
KAMLOOPS - Four-and-a-half years after Jessie Simpson was beaten with a baseball bat in Brocklehurst, the family is formally seeking compensation through a civil trial that started on Tuesday (Jan. 12...
Jan 12, 2021
Weather statements warn of wind in Kamloops, snow on the Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a pair of special weather statements that affect the Kamloops area.The first calls for strong wind gusts overnight Tuesday (Jan. 12) and into Wednesday morning...
Jan 12, 2021
How do you move a 100-year-old, 100-ton rail car? Kamloops Heritage Railway brought in the cranes
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday (Jan. 12) was moving day for the Kamloops Heritage Railway (KHR). The society transferred a passenger car built in the late-1920s from an active line to the static display area. How...
Jan 12, 2021
Kamloops woman not asked for COVID-19 test result when returning from U.S. Saturday
KAMLOOPS - The federal government is now requiring airline passengers to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test prior to boarding a flight back to Canada. According to Transport Canada, air carrier...
Jan 12, 2021
RCMP release photo of Kamloops sex assault suspect, urge potential victims to come forward
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are releasing the identity of a sexual assault suspect in hopes other potential victims might come forward.Cody Joseph, 24, of no fixed address in Kamloops is facing a single ...
Jan 12, 2021
Snow removal to be debated by Merritt council
MERRITT, B.C. - This evening Merritt City Council will have an opportunity to discuss and debate the city's current snow removal procedures.The discussion comes following an open letter by CAO Sean Sm...
Jan 12, 2021
Kamloops Airport to lose Air Canada service indefinitely as of January 23
KAMLOOPS - Starting January 23, Air Canada will suspend flights out of the Kamloops Airport indefinitely.In an email to CFJC Today, Air Canada says "stifled demand from ongoing travel restrictions and...
Jan 12, 2021
School District 73 names Dr. Rhonda Nixon as new superintendent
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District has announced who its new superintendent will be. Dr. Rhonda Nixon was introduced to media via a Zoom call Tuesday morning (Jan. 12). She will begin on...
Jan 12, 2021
