Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Basics for Babies giving youngest Food Bank visitors a chance for success
KAMLOOPS - The 12th Annual Basics for Babies event kicks off tomorrow morning (Nov. 22), to supply Kamloops' youngest food bank visitors with much-needed supplies and food. Crucial items such as diape...
Nov 21, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
The Mustard Seed looking for more blankets as it prepares to open its shelter program next week
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed New Life Community is preparing to open its Winter Refuge Shelter program next week, but with six days before its first night the organization is still in need of blankets ...
Nov 21, 2019 The Mustard Seed New Life Community is looking for another 60 blankets before it opens the shelter on Wednesday, Nov. 27 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Firefighters rush to Schubert Drive house fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews rushed to extinguish a house fire on the North Shore Thursday afternoon (Nov. 21).The report of a house on fire came in just after 2:00 p.m. The home is in the 90...
Nov 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops woman who egged Barriere home among string of crimes arrested again
KAMLOOPS - Police have arrested a Kamloops woman who`s already facing several charges after she allegedly breached a court order.In a news release, Southeast District RCMP Cpl. Jesse O`Donaghey says o...
Nov 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Police say death of Kamloops man in Terrace is not suspicious
TERRACE, B.C. - Police say the death of a Kamloops man in Terrace earlier this month has been deemed not suspicious.On Nov. 10, officers responded to a report of a man in the roadway on Thornhill Fron...
Nov 21, 2019 Image Credit: Facebook
Jessie Simpson's family plans fundraiser for medical expenses as they prepare for rehab centre stint
KAMLOOPS - CJ's Nightclub is set to play host to a fundraiser for Jessie Simpson, the 22-year-old who is still recovering three years after a baseball bat attack left him with a severe brain injury. T...
Nov 20, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Operation Red Nose launch celebrates 25 years of PacificSport Interior BC
KAMLOOPS - Operation Red Nose has been getting holiday revelers home safely for 22 years. As the campaign enters its 23rd year, it's celebrating the success of host organization, PacificSport Interior...
Nov 20, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Pedestrian and driver awareness brought into focus following series of vehicle incidents
KAMLOOPS - After two separate incidents involving pedestrians struck by vehicles within a week span in Kamloops, RCMP are urging people to be extra cautious. "It happens in both daylight and nighttime...
Nov 20, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
TRU professor at centre of academic freedom controversy doesn't see matter as settled
KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University professor at the centre of a controversy surrounding academic freedom at the school says he can't be certain the firestorm is over.Dr. Derek Pyne of the School ...
Nov 20, 2019 Image Credit: Derek Pyne
VIDEO: Buick drives away after clipping teenage pedestrian in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run incident has been located.RCMP would not comment on whether the driver has been identified.EARLIER: Surveillance video prov...
Nov 20, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Pink with Envy
