Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops salon receiving multiple phone calls for hair cuts, preparing for reopening day
KAMLOOPS - Personal service businesses like salons are able to reopen as part of the second phase of B.C. economic reopening plan. But already owners are being bombarded with phone calls from clients ...
May 07, 2020 Corrine Serink, owner of Ardeo Spa Salon at the corner of 4th Avenue and Seymour Street, is getting ready to reopen the salon in mid-May (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops restaurant, bar and cafe owners awaiting more guidance ahead of reopening later this month
KAMLOOPS - On Wednesday (May 6), the province unveiled its four-phase plan to reopen many businesses which were closed as a result of COVID-19. Premier John Horgan revealed we're already in Phase One,...
May 07, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
School District 73 prepares for voluntary return of elementary students
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 is developing a plan for teachers and students after Premier John Horgan announced a voluntary return to classes for some students. Beginning after the May Long weekend a...
May 07, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
B.C. Coroners Service reports high rate of overdose deaths in Kamloops so far in 2020
KAMLOOPS - There are concerning numbers from the B.C. Coroners Service Thursday (May 7) with regards to British Columbians dying of illicit drug overdoses.In a new report detailing deaths in the first...
May 07, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: Global BC)
Conservation Officer service to investigate death of Brocklehurst badger
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Conservation Officer service is not letting the death of Sam the Brocklehurst badger go uninvestigated.In a Facebook post made Thursday morning (May 7), the service says it will co...
May 07, 2020 Image Credit: Facebook / Cherie Bitz
Williams Lake RCMP looking for missing man
WILLIAMS LAKE - The Williams Lake RCMP is requesting the public's assistance in locating Darren CHAR as he has been reported missing.Darren CHAR was last seen about 2 weeks ago when he was dropped off...
May 07, 2020 Image Credit: RCMP
Update: Missing girl found safe by Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - UPDATED: Kamloops RCMP say the teen reported missing on May 6, 2020 has since been found. (For privacy reasons, all previous information in this article pertaining to this individual's iden...
May 07, 2020
COVID-19 brings new focus to Mental Health Week
KAMLOOPS - A focus on mental health is more important than ever as people struggle with the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic. During Mental Health Week (May 4-10), people are being encouraged to fin...
May 06, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
The Noble Pig to launch rebranded take-and-bake market
KAMLOOPS - Premier John Horgan says restaurants, pubs and cafes will reopen during phase two of the economic plan, starting in the middle of May with physical-distancing measures in place. He announce...
May 06, 2020 The Noble Pig is becoming This Little Piggy Went To Market, reopening as a take-and-bake option after being closed for two months (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
KCBIA looking to end free downtown parking, as long-term parkers take advantage
KAMLOOPS - At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association (KCBIA) worked with the City of Kamloops to push for free parking downtown. However, the KCBIA i...
May 06, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
