Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops MLAs take on new responsibilities in BC Liberal shadow cabinet
KAMLOOPS - Local MLAs Todd Stone and Peter Milobar have both secured roles in the BC Liberals shadow cabinet. Interim leader Shirley Bond named Todd Stone the Critic for Jobs, Economic Recovery and In...
Dec 1, 2020
'We're scared for our lives': Owners of Stereo Warehouse calling for help as problems along West Victoria Street escalate
KAMLOOPS - The problems along West Victoria Street have been chronicled by many businesses that feel unsafe. This weekend took the fear to another level, as the owners of Stereo Warehouse and Sisters'...
Dec 1, 2020
Canada Post apologizes, reinstates Izzy McQueen as Santa's Kamloops helper
KAMLOOPS - Canada Post is trying to make it right with Izzy McQueen.After 34 years responding to letters sent to Santa, the Kamloops woman was told this year that her services were no longer needed.Ca...
Dec 1, 2020
UPDATE: Missing Shuswap senior found safe
SICAMOUS, B.C. - UPDATE: RCMP say the missing Sicamous senior has returned home and is safe.
Dec 1, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
VIDEO: Merritt family's harrowing COVID-19 experience highlighted in RIH Foundation fundraising kickoff
KAMLOOPS - In a normal year, the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation would be kicking off its Holiday Fundraising Campaign today with an in-person event.With pandemic protocols preventing that type of ga...
Dec 1, 2020
Revelstoke COVID-19 cluster swells to 46
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Interior Health (IH) says a cluster of COVID-19 cases in Revelstoke has ballooned to 46. That is an increase from 29 confirmed cases identified for the last update on Friday (Nov. 2...
Dec 1, 2020
Salmon Arm RCMP issue hefty fine to anti-mask rally organizer
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Anti-mask demonstrators were out in full force in the Shuswap this weekend, and for the organizer of one of the events, it ended in a hefty fine.RCMP said they tried to have a conve...
Dec 1, 2020
RCMP seek Merritt poacher
MERRITT - A buffalo calf has been killed in an apparent poaching incident near Merritt.RCMP were called out to a ranch Saturday (Nov. 28) when a farmer discovered the calf. It had been shot and killed...
Dec 1, 2020
Guitar made in 1950s worth more than B.C. family imagined
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - When Renee Latheur decided to take an old guitar into a music store in Kamloops, B.C., she didn't expect the instrument that had sat in a closet for years to be worth thousands of dol...
Dec 1, 2020
Kamloops businesses hope shoppers think local when buying for Christmas
KAMLOOPS - The struggles of local businesses have been well documented during the COVID-19 pandemic. With more and more emphasis put on Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales in recent years, CFJC Today ...
Nov 30, 2020
