Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Y Emergency Women's Shelter managing support needs during pandemic
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Y Emergency Women's Shelter has been busy during the COVID-19 pandemic - offering support and safe spaces for women and children leaving unsafe living situations. Since the sta...
May 06, 2020 File photo / CFJC Today
Sam the Brocklehurst badger has died
KAMLOOPS - A sad end to an odd tale in Brocklehurst. Yesterday, Cherie Bitz told CFJC Today about a badger that popped up in her garden. Badgers are endangered in B.C., and experts from the B.C. Wildl...
May 06, 2020
West Victoria crime complaints catch the attention of Kamloops council
KAMLOOPS - The Tk'emlups reserve is not the only neighbourhood concerned about an increase in criminal activity.At this week's regular meeting, Kamloops council discussed concerns expressed by busines...
May 06, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Man with weapon arrested on Tk'emlups reserve Wednesday; chief concerned about increase in crime
KAMLOOPS - The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc are informing their membership that a man with a weapon was arrested on the Tk'emlups reserve Tuesday night (May 5).In a news release issued Wednesday, Chief Rosa...
May 06, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Province issues advisory for rising North Thompson tributaries
VICTORIA - The focus on high water has shifted to the North Thompson.For the first time this season, the B.C. River Forecast Centre has issued a high streamflow advisory for tributaries of the North T...
May 06, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. Wildlife Park breathing easier after community donates $50,000 during closure
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildlife Park has been in a difficult financial position since closing its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While caring for the animals remains a top priority, closing has mean...
May 05, 2020 B.C. Wildlife Park GM Glenn Grant holds up a $15,000 cheque this week from New Gold. Kamloops businesses and residents have stepped up to raise more than $50,000 in the last two weeks to keep the park afloat (Image Credit: B.C. Wildlife Park)
Report shows childcare shortfall in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A report to Kamloops council has found a huge shortfall in the number of childcare spaces in the city.The report, compiled by a large and diverse group of stakeholders, found while there ar...
May 05, 2020
Spring mosquito control underway in rural Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's early in the season for the usual influx of mosquitoes in urban areas, but mosquito control is well underway in the Kamloops-area grasslands. In the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, ...
May 05, 2020 Cheryl Phippen of BWP Consulting checking out the mosquito population in a Schiedam Flats grassland pond. (Image Credit: Adam Donnelly / CFJC Today)
VIDEO: Badger digs its way into Brocklehurst garden
KAMLOOPS - It appears another critter should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque this week - instead making its way into the garden of a Kamloops resident. A badger dug its way above ground in the b...
May 05, 2020 (Image Credit: Cherie Bitz)
Upper Nicola Band prepares for flooding as Nicola River rises
QUILCHENA, B.C. - The Upper Nicola Indian Band is carefully watching as the Nicola River and nearby lake begin to rise. "We've been preparing," said Chief Harvey McLeod. "For the last ten days or so, ...
May 05, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
