Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Police release photo of suspect in jewelry store robbery
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who stole items from a jewelry store in Aberdeen Mall. At 1:00 p.m. yesterday (Feb. 26), a man went into the sto...
Feb 27, 2020
Kamloops volunteers reflect on their memorable experience at 2010 Winter Games
KAMLOOPS - The 2010 Winter Olympics commenced 10 years ago and started what was a magical time in the province's history. With 2,500 athletes competing and thousands of delegates, the organizing commi...
Feb 26, 2020 Scott Baker (left) and Dee Dhaliwal travelled from Kamloops to volunteer at Cypress Mountain during the 2010 Winter Olympics (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops students using pink to promote kindness
KAMLOOPS - Since the first anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day in 2007, many school-aged kids in Canada have become aware of the lessons, and message behind the coloured shirts. Westsyde Elementary Grade 4 t...
Feb 26, 2020 Students posing in their pink themed Anti-Bullying Day photobooth at Westsyde Elementary School. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
PacificSport set to host sledge hockey open house Saturday at McArthur Island
KAMLOOPS - To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the 2010 Games, PacificSport Interior BC and the Kamloops Adaptive Sports Association are hosting a sledge hockey open house at the McArthur Island S...
Feb 26, 2020 McArthur Island will host a sledge hockey open house from 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Supporters rally around Alberta family devastated by Kamloops-area crash
OKOTOKS, AB. - UPDATE: RCMP have confirmed Quinn Cochlin has died. EARLIER: A fundraiser has been launched to help support a family from Okotoks, Alta., that lost a father and a child in a highway cra...
Feb 26, 2020 Mike and Erin Cochlin with sons Liam and Quinn (Image Credit: GoFundMe)
City of Kamloops moves forward on accessibility, though some councillors express impatience
KAMLOOPS - Several councillors are pushing City of Kamloops staff to ramp up efforts to make the city more accessible for those with mobility challenges. Council adopted an Accessibility and Inclusion...
Feb 26, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Movie star Chris Pratt loves Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - We knew it. Movie and gif superstar Chris Pratt loves Kamloops. He said so.Pratt posted a video to Instagram Tuesday (Feb. 25) extolling the beauty of the Kamloops region."Kamloops, British...
Feb 26, 2020 Image Credit: Instagram / Chris Pratt
Kamloops reporter lands a spot on Big Brother Canada
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops-based reporter has been selected to take part in a popular national TV show. John Luke Kieper, who works for Kamloops BC Now, will be appearing on the eighth season of Big Brothe...
Feb 26, 2020 Image Credit: Twitter / John Luke Kieper
Kamloops RCMP engage with post-secondary students on the subject of pipeline protests
KAMLOOPS - It's a complicated issue, with no clear solution. The conflict between the Wet'suwet'en and Coastal GasLink has now spilled far beyond the path of the pipeline, grinding rail traffic to a h...
Feb 26, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
City settles on 2.97% tax increase as RCMP requests dominate supplemental budget list
KAMLOOPS - The RCMP are getting some reinforcements, not in the form of additional officers but two positions that will help the force focus more on protecting the community. One is a police accounts ...
Feb 25, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
