Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Spinal cord injury survivors work to change misconceptions about life with a disability
KAMLOOPS - September is Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month. For those paralyzed by a spinal cord injury, there are far more obstacles than simply not being able to walk. Paraplegics face accessibility...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Logging truckers convoy to Vancouver for solutions amidst forest industry struggles
KAMLOOPS - Gathered in Merritt before heading to Vancouver today, more than 100 trucks from all over the province drove to show their support for B.C. forestry. The truckers rallied to show how many p...
Sep 25, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Sun Peaks company enters B.C. ride-hailing fray
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - A Sun Peaks company is the latest to file an application with B.C.'s Passenger Transportation Board to offer ride-hailing services.Sun Peaks Taxi says it only wants to operate in one...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: Sun Peaks Resort
Deputy mayor says potential for Ajax could stall city development in Aberdeen area
KAMLOOPS - A day after Abacus, the Vancouver-based mining company that has 20 per cent share in the Ajax project, announced the copper-gold mining project remains a priority, the deputy mayor says it ...
Sep 25, 2019 The city is hoping to develop land in Upper Aberdeen that's near the mine site (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
No injuries after massive truck fire on Highway 1 west of Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a truck fire that shut down Highway 1 Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 24).In a news release, Revelstoke RCMP say they responded to a semi...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Raise A Reader helping to fund essential literacy programs in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's Raise A Reader day and volunteers were scattered through the city on Wednesday morning, stationed at drive-thrus to collect money for literacy programs in Kamloops. Volunteers, includi...
Sep 25, 2019 CFJC-TV members Chad Klassen (left), Tanya Cronin and Bill O'Donovan were out for Raise A Reader on Thursday morning (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops RCMP searching for stolen motorhome
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for the public's help in finding a stolen motorhome.Early in the morning of Sept. 21, a motorhome was stolen from Salish Road, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. ...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP handout
TNRD Wins UBCM Award
VANCOUVER - The Union of British Columbia Municipalities has presented its 2019 Community Excellence Awards at the UBCM annual convention in Vancouver. The awards showcase municipalities and regional ...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: UBCM
Kamloops church group raising money for solar panel installation at Kenyan hospital
KAMLOOPS - Tens of thousands of patients come through Kapsowar Mission Hospital every year. The 120-bed hospital, located in the highlands of Kenya, serves a relatively poor population using limited r...
Sep 24, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Dr. Gerhard Schumacher
Save some change for Raise a Reader on your morning commute
KAMLOOPS - More than 200 volunteers will fan out across the city early Wednesday morning (Sept. 25) to help raise funds for Raise a Reader. Raise a Reader raises funds for literacy programs in communi...
Sep 24, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
