Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Amazon's most romantic cities includes plenty of B.C. content, but Kamloops doesn't rate
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops has not made Amazon's annual list of most romantic cities in Canada, but there is plenty of representation from the B.C. Interior.Amazon releases a list of the 20 most romantic cit...
Feb 05, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed / Ryan Armand
The Twilight Zone filming in Ashcroft boon to economy during off season
KAMLOOPS - The Village of Ashcroft is gearing up for a busy year of film production. The town of 1,600 people is hosting nearly 200 crew members helping film an episode of the The Twilight Zone, a reb...
Feb 04, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Students of Sa-Hali Secondary's Digital Arts Tech Academy set sights on video game industry
KAMLOOPS - Former students of the DigiPen Tech Academy at Sa-Hali Secondary School are making their mark in video game development. The program, which is being rebranded at the Digital Arts Tech Acade...
Feb 04, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Low supply keeps Kamloops home prices high
KAMLOOPS - Throughout the city, the number of real estate listings is down through the month of January. That lack of supply could be pushing home prices upwards.Wendy Runge, President of the Kamloops...
Feb 04, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops RCMP looking for owners of coin collections
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for the public's help in finding the owners of three separate coin collections. In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says since Augu...
Feb 04, 2020
Crown expects to close its case in murder trial this week
KAMLOOPS - Crown counsel is calling its final witnesses this week in a first-degree murder trial. David Miller is charged in connection to the death of Debra Novacluse in August 2016 at the Super 8 Mo...
Feb 04, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Weather extremes balanced out to make January an average month
KAMLOOPS - January was a month of weather extremes in Kamloops, but it all smoothed out to the averages in the end.According to Environment Canada, Kamloops saw a total of 20.9 millimetres of precipit...
Feb 04, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops building sector kept record momentum going into January
KAMLOOPS - Fresh off a third straight record year, the Kamloops building sector got 2020 off to a roaring start.According to new statistics shared by the City of Kamloops, contractors received $19.5 m...
Feb 04, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Environment Canada calls for snow beginning Tuesday, lasting most of the week
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada says more snow is on its way to the Interior, and we have the Gulf of Alaska to thank.According to forecaster Bobby Sekhon, that's the origin of the system that will affe...
Feb 03, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Arts centre society confident it can raise millions needed for proposed facility
KAMLOOPS - The proposed $70-million Kamloops Centre for the Arts does not sound cheap, but the group in charge of fundraising more than a quarter of the price tag, says it can be done. "$22 million, f...
Feb 03, 2020 The proposed $70-million arts centre goes to referendum on Apr. 4 (Image Credit: CHP Architects)
