Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
19-year-old Kamloops student takes protest to ICBC HQ, says youth getting ‘screwed’
NORTH VANCOUVER - They were few in numbers, but the small size of a protest outside ICBC's head office in North Vancouver drew plenty of honks of support.Austin Kovacs, a 19-year-old Thompson Rivers U...
Nov 08, 2019 Image Credit: Global News
Police release surveillance photos, description after crime spree that spanned Kamloops, Merritt, Kelowna
KAMLOOPS - Southeast District RCMP are releasing more information and surveillance photos as they try to track down a suspect and vehicle believed to be responsible for a crime spree through the South...
Nov 08, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Indefinite shutdown at Kelowna lumber mill to become permanent: Tolko Industries
Kelowna's lone lumber mill, which was indefinitely shut down in September, will be permanently closed come January.On Friday, Tolko Industries announced the decision on its website, stating the mill w...
Nov 08, 2019 Image Credit: Global Okanagan
Telkwa couple turns $20 Lotto Max win into $20 million
KAMLOOPS - A couple from Telkwa, near Smithers, made the trek down to Kamloops Friday.But for Ken and Susan Salter, the trip wasn't to visit the B.C. Wildlife Park or stock up on groceries at Costco.T...
Nov 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
TNRD Chair, Vice-Chair re-elected
KAMLOOPS - Ken Gillis will serve as the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Chair for a second term.Gillis represents Pritchard South-Monte Lake and Westwold, and was first elected as chair last Novembe...
Nov 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
World famous B.C. artist Robert Bateman in Kamloops tonight for art exhibit
KAMLOOPS - World famous wildlife painter Robert Bateman is in Kamloops tonight (Nov. 7) for an event, with portions of the proceeds going to support the B.C. Wildlife Park. The free event is being hos...
Nov 07, 2019 Robert Bateman shows off his latest painting of a bald eagle on the coast of Haida Gwaii (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
TRU Remembrance Day ceremony sheds light on role of UN peacekeepers, and what poppies represent
KAMLOOPS - For students passing through Thompson Rivers University's Old Main building today, the busy routine of university life slowed down. A ceremony ahead of Remembrance Day on Monday (Nov. 11) h...
Nov 07, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Storm system predicted to slam north-central B.C. should skip Kamloops, Cariboo
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada says a storm system predicted to slam the north-central part of the province shouldn't have much impact on the Cariboo and areas closer to Kamloops.Freezing rain warnings...
Nov 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
RCMP caution public about burgundy pickup truck after crime spree hits Kamloops, Merritt, Kelowna
KELOWNA - RCMP are still looking for suspects after a crime spree spanning the Kamloops, Merritt and Kelowna areas this week.According to a news release from Southeast District RCMP spokesperson Cpl. ...
Nov 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
VIDEO: After Kamloops recovery, ‘Crash’ the bald eagle returned to the Shuswap wild
SALMON ARM, B.C. - As wild animal releases go, this one was picture perfect.Once the gate of the crate was opened, it was pure raptor rapture in Salmon Arm on Wednesday, as an immature female bald eag...
Nov 07, 2019 Image Credit: Global Okanagan
