Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops City Council to consider implementing paid parking at downtown parkades on Saturdays
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Council will consider this week whether to charge for parking at the Lansdowne and Seymour parkades on Saturdays come the New Year. As of January 1, 2020, the City is slated t...
Nov 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops is in for a cold spell this week
KAMLOOPS - So far, Kamloops has lucked out with fairly mild temperatures for the month of November, but that won't last much longer. Environment Canada meteorologist Gregg Walters says come Tuesday, a...
Nov 24, 2019 Image Credit: Mihail Ivanov | Dreamstime.com
Kamloops woman fighting for changes along McGill Road after fatal pedestrian crash
KAMLOOPS - A frequent McGill Road user is calling for pedestrian improvements on the busy corridor after a TRU staffer was struck and killed by a vehicle earlier this month. Heather MacCollum says the...
Nov 24, 2019 Image Credit: Google Maps
Two critically injured, Trans Canada closed after crash west of Chase
CHASE, B.C. -Two people have been critically injured in a crash west of Chase Saturday afternoon (Nov. 23). The collision, reportedly between a semi-truck and a pickup, took place just after 12:00 noo...
Nov 23, 2019 Image Credit: Drive BC
UPDATE: Missing Southern Interior woman located deceased
MERRITT, B.C. - UPDATE: An update from the family states Katrina Jensen has been located deceased. In a social media post, Jensen's mother says the family never lost hope. and they thank search and re...
Nov 23, 2019 Image Credit: Facebook / Missing: Katrina Jensen
Province invites nominations for Order of B.C., Medal of Good Citizenship
KAMLOOPS - The Province of B.C. has issued a call for nominations for the Order of British Columbia.The highest honour bestowed by the Province, the nomination is extended "to those British Columbians...
Nov 23, 2019 2019 Members of the Order of British Columbia (Image Credit: Province of BC)
Mother Nature slow to arrive, but Sun Peaks ski season opens on schedule
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Sun Peaks officials say the Kamloops-area ski resort will once again be the first in the B.C. Interior to open for the winter - snow or not.The resort opens Saturday (Nov. 23) with i...
Nov 23, 2019 Sun Peaks, 8:42 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 (Image Credit: Sun Peaks Resort)
UPDATE: Environment Canada ends weather statement, keeps snowfall warning for Shuswap
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: (Nov. 23, 12:00 p.m.) Environment Canada has now ended its weather statement due to freezing rain, but kept the snowfall warning for the Shuswap in place.EARLIER: Environment Canada...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: Environment Canada
RCMP in Barriere warn parents after attempted child abduction
BARRIERE, B.C. - RCMP in Barriere are investigating an attempted child abduction.According to a news release, a 10-year-old girl was walking along Dunn Lake Road at about 3:30 p.m. Friday (Nov. 22) ne...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
100 Mile House area woman pushing for smoother discharge process for emergency rural patients at RIH
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A woman recently discharged from Royal Inland Hospital is raising concerns around how out-of-town patients are sent home. Olivia Fletcher was brought to Royal Inland Hospital th...
Nov 22, 2019 Pictured: Olivia Fletcher, holding a taxi voucher. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
