Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Canada Games Pool users making alternate plans for six-month closure
KAMLOOPS - Starting this summer, the Canada Games Pool inside the Tournament Capital Centre will undergo an extensive, $13.5 million retrofit. During construction, the facility will be closed this Jun...
Feb 19, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops MP on Wet'suwet'en dispute: 'The government has been asleep at the switch'
OTTAWA - The MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo says the federal government could have avoided the confusion around who speaks for the Wet'suwet'en community.Hereditary chiefs are split on whether to al...
Feb 19, 2020 Image Credit:CPAC
B.C. forestry crisis having an impact on Interior real estate market
KAMLOOPS - The province's forestry crisis appears to be having an impact on the B.C. real estate market. BC Real Estate Association Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson says most housing markets in B.C. ...
Feb 19, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Close call in early morning accident
KAMLOOPS - It was a close call this morning for a pair of Kamloops residents driving on the Trans Canada Highway. Staff Sergeant Mat Van Laer says about 2:00 AM, the two occupants were in a small car ...
Feb 19, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Sukh Gill retires from lengthy career with TNRD
KAMLOOPS - The Chief Administrative Officer for the Thompson Nicola Regional District has retired. Sukh Gill had been with the TNRD for about two decades. Board Chair Ken Gillis says Gill served as Ch...
Feb 18, 2020 Image Credit: YouTube / TNRD
Law society orders disbarment of former Kamloops lawyer who misappropriated clients' funds
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops lawyer will be disbarred and must pay more than $12,000 after "egregious misconduct" while she was practicing.The Law Society of B.C. says, in a decision dated Feb. 14, that Sean...
Feb 18, 2020 Image Credit: Yunkiphotoshot | Dreamstime.com
Top earners, pop drinkers pay more in British Columbia budget
VICTORIA - Top income earners and pop drinkers are being hit with new taxes in today's B.C. budget, which continues the government's focus on capital spending for schools, hospitals and transit.Financ...
Feb 18, 2020 Image Credit: Canadian Press
Kamloops RCMP nab four suspected drunk drivers on Family Day
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are urging drivers to stay sober if they're getting behind the wheel, after an unusual Monday night in the city. Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says frontli...
Feb 18, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Pier 1 Imports to close all Canadian stores including Kamloops location
KAMLOOPS - Home decor retailer Pier 1 Imports has announced it is closing all Canadian stores while it files for bankruptcy protection.In a news release, Pier 1 says it has closed or initiated going-o...
Feb 18, 2020 Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Close call for Ashcroft Mountie
KAMLOOPS - Police in the B.C. Interior say they arrested a woman after she rammed her car into a marked police vehicle when it tried to block her way. RCMP say in a news release the officer tried to s...
Feb 18, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
