Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Kamloops students earn awards for film festival submissions
KAMLOPS - A Grade 6/7 class from Summit Elementary is celebrating its successes at the Kamloops Film Festival. The class submitted short films that were screened during the Kamloops Independent Short ...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling

SD73 Board of Education approves addition of grades to Sun Peaks Elementary
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - The Kamloops-Thompson School District's Board of Education has approved some changes for Sun Peaks Elementary. For the 2020/21 year, the school will add Grades 8 and 9, changing the ...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today

School District sticking with one-week spring break — for now
KAMLOOPS - School District 73's Board of Education approved its three-year school calendar at Monday night's meeting, sticking with a one-week spring break. The School District was hearing that most f...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today

TRU, Open Learning faculty reach tentative deal
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with its Open Learning Faculty Association.The deal, reached under the provincial government's Sustainable Ser...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today

New general manager appointed at Logan Lake's Highland Valley Copper
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - There is a change at the top of the Teck Highland Valley Copper (HVC) mine in Logan Lake.In a news release, the company says general manager Geoff Brick has retired after six years ...
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today

UPDATE: Missing man located
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP says the man reported missing March 10 has been found.
James Peters Mar 10, 2020

Police looking for missing woman
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP say the woman reported missing Mar. 10 has been found.
Mar 10, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed

Strong bridges built by stronger students at TRU contest
KAMLOOPS - Engineers are trained professionals whose work touches almost every aspect of daily life. From sewage treatment to road building, they're the people who plan major infrastructure projects t...
Mar 09, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today

Kamloops students shown grim consequences of impaired driving
KAMLOOPS - It was a sobering Monday for Grade 10 to 12 students in Kamloops, as they were shown a glimpse of the real-world consequences from poor decision making. Classes from South Kamloops Secondar...
Mar 09, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)

Family of Kamloops teen who died at Center of Gravity reacts after music festival cancelled
KAMLOOPS - The family of a 16-year-old aspiring doctor who died of a drug overdose at the Center of Gravity music festival in 2018 is glad the annual event has been cancelled indefinitely.Kamloops res...
Mar 09, 2020 Image Credit: GoFundMe

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