Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops MP pans throne speech
KAMLOOPS - "I don't think it will be any surprise that of course, I am disappointed in the speech from the throne." That's how Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod summed up Thursday's (Dec. 5) L...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit:CPAC
Kamloops woman hoping to find living donor before going on deceased waitlist
KAMLOOPS - Julie Dodds worries one day not being well enough to take care of her three boys. "Dialysis can take so much time and it's so, so hard on your body that how could I be there for them?" she ...
Dec 05, 2019 Julie Dodds has a rare kidney disease. She's been looking for a living donor (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Organizers of local Shoebox Project hope for last-minute burst of generosity to reach goal
KAMLOOPS - Piles of festive gift boxes can be found throughout the offices of Abbott Wealth Management. The company is once again the collection point for the fourth annual Shoebox Project in Kamloops...
Dec 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Snowfall warning issued for North Thompson, Cariboo
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the North Thompson and Cariboo regions.A total of 10 to 15 centimetres is expected to fall before the snow tapers off tomorrow afternoon...
Dec 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
City of Kamloops bylaw department says social issues are a top priority for 2020
KAMLOOPS - As another year comes to a close, the City's bylaw department is setting its sights on priorities for 2020. Acting bylaw services manager Tammy Blundell says issues like homeless camps and ...
Dec 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Updated: Power restored for thousands of BC Hydro customers in North Kamloops, Westsyde
KAMLOOPS -UPDATED: According to BC Hydro, power has now been restored to the over 8,000 customers in the Kamloops area previously impacted by an outage. PREVIOUS: More than 8,200 BC Hydro custo...
Dec 05, 2019 Image Credit: BC Hydro
Interior Health issues alert over contaminated drug supply
KAMLOOPS - The Interior Health Authority has issued a warning for drug users around a toxic drug supply. In the alert statement issued today (Dec. 5), IHA says it has detected "Light Purple Down conta...
Dec 05, 2019 (Image Credit: Interior Health Authority)
A Way Home Kamloops less than halfway to fundraising goal for annual campout
KAMLOOPS - It's one week until A Way Home Kamloops's annual Camp Out to End Youth Homelessness - and the organization is asking the public to help reach its fundraising goal."Unfortunately, we are not...
Dec 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
No overdose deaths in Kamloops during September and October
KAMLOOPS - Despite a drop in overdose deaths in B.C., drug users are being urged to take caution due to an unpredictable, toxic illicit drug supply. During September and October, there were no overdos...
Dec 05, 2019 Image Credit: Ded Mityay | Dreamstime.com
Alberta family asking Kamloops residents, merchants to jog their memory to help in missing person investigation
KAMLOOPS - A woman whose brother has been missing from Lethbridge, Alta. for more than two weeks is asking people in and around Kamloops to look closely at his picture.Marshal Iwaasa, 26, was last see...
Dec 04, 2019 Image Credit: Iwaasa Family
