Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Tourism Kamloops boasts 1.8 million visitors, $449 million in economic benefits in 2017
KAMLOOPS - 2017 marked one of the best years – if not, the best – for tourism in Kamloops. More than 1.8 million people came through our city last year, and Tourism Kamloops expects anothe...
Apr 24, 2018
Barnhartvale residents tired of dealing with water main issues, flooding
KAMLOOPS - The weather is warming and flooding season is upon us, but up in Barnhartvale residents there are dealing with a different kind of flooding – from water main bursts that are causing h...
Apr 24, 2018
Kamloops road construction about to ramp up for 2018
KAMLOOPS - You may have already noticed that with the warmer weather, road construction projects have started popping up all over the city. CFJC Today caught up with Darren Crundwell, Capital Projects...
Apr 24, 2018
Activist can't get Kamloops council to bite on anti-Trans Mountain motion
KAMLOOPS - An effort to have Kamloops council formally denounce the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was rebuffed this afternoon. Former Kamloops mayoral candidate Mike McKenzie led a small ...
Apr 24, 2018
Seven years after 'parkade in the park,' Kamloops resident decries 'market in the park' proposal
KAMLOOPS - A longtime community advocate is raising an alarm about what she says is another threat to Riverside Park. Ruth Madsen came to Kamloops council Tuesday afternoon with plans she had obtained...
Apr 24, 2018
Chimera Theatre bringing Hydra Fest to Kamloops in May
KAMLOOPS - A one-man show about a mine collapse, a post-apocalyptic stripsical, and a magic show for grown-ups; what do these three shows have in common? They make up 1/4th of the shows which will be ...
Apr 24, 2018
SD73 moving rural Grade 7s to secondary schools in Chase and Barriere
KAMLOOPS - A big change is coming this fall for some students in Barriere and Chase. On Monday night, the School District 73 Board of Education approved moving Grade 7s in Chase and Barriere to second...
Apr 24, 2018
Kinder Morgan protesters take to the riverbank at 'Picnics not Pipelines'
KAMLOOPS - On Sunday, over a hundred people gathered at Mission Flats Park to take in music, guest speakers and enjoy the beauty of the beach near the Thompson River at the "Picnics not Pipelines" eve...
Apr 23, 2018
JDRF introduces thousands to Meet a Machine in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kids love big machines. So when groups from across the region get together and bring out some of the biggest and most colourful machines out there, it's a recipe for a fun-filled day for th...
Apr 23, 2018
TNRD in a recycling bind; City of Kamloops doing well
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says it is in a bind after its contracted processor, Emterra Environmental, told the regional district it can no longer accept the TNRD’s recycli...
Apr 23, 2018
