Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City of Kamloops, TNRD introduce new requirements for construction waste
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District and City of Kamloops are implementing new construction waste disposal rules.In a news release, the City says the new regulations are in response to Wor...
Feb 20, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Update: Missing man found safe by Lytton RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Update: Kamloops RCMP say Roger Johnny has been found safe by Lytton RCMP, and would like to thank the public for their assistance. (Note: All previous information in this story has been re...
Feb 20, 2020
City of Kamloops to hold budget consultation Thursday evening
KAMLOOPS - The public has been invited to give its input to the City of Kamloops 2020 budget Thursday evening (Feb. 20).A public meeting will be held to discuss the core budget, which includes a provi...
Feb 20, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Man survives being hit by train in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A man was rushed to hospital after he was hit by a train in downtown Kamloops Wednesday night (Feb. 19). The incident happened at about 6:30 p.m., along the CP tracks parallel to Victoria S...
Feb 20, 2020 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
Wet'suwet'en supporters block rail tracks on Neskonlith land east of Kamloops
NESKONLITH, B.C. - Acting in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en First Nation, supporters have blocked rail tracks on Neskonlith Band lands.Photos posted to social media show supporters on the tracks wit...
Feb 20, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Frenchies Poutinerie is leaving Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - What has become a culinary staple of downtown Kamloops is packing up its cheese curds and moving on. Frenchies Poutinerie announced on Facebook Wednesday (Feb. 19) that it would be closing ...
Feb 20, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
School District 73 looking forward to educational funding laid out in BC Budget
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 is hoping the BC Government's recently announced budget with $2.8 billion allocated to replace, renovate, or expand K-12 schools will include facilities in Kamloops. To g...
Feb 19, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kamloops Thompson School District)
Province says TransCanada twinning is a priority; B.C. Liberals push timeline
KAMLOOPS - Construction to twin the TransCanada Highway from Kamloops to Alberta started with the stretch from Hoffman's Bluff to Pritchard, with the first phase finishing in 2012. It got as far as th...
Feb 19, 2020 The government said in a statement on Wednesday construction on the TransCanada Highway should resume near the end of the year (File Photo. Image Credit: CFJC Today)
BC Access Grant answers the call of post-secondary students
KAMLOOPS - College and University students across the province have been calling for an upfront, needs-based grant program for years- and now they have one. The BC Access Grant was announced in the Pr...
Feb 19, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Canada Games Pool users making alternate plans for six-month closure
KAMLOOPS - Starting this summer, the Canada Games Pool inside the Tournament Capital Centre will undergo an extensive, $13.5 million retrofit. During construction, the facility will be closed this Jun...
Feb 19, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
