Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Despite relaxed deadlines, City of Kamloops asks homeowners to pay taxes on time
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has relaxed penalties for late payment of property taxes this year - but is asking homeowners not to take advantage of the leniency unless absolutely necessary. At this...
Apr 30, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
Ranchers feeling impact of beef processing plant closures
KAMLOOPS - The demand for beef is running high during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the recent shutdown of operations at two processing plants in Alberta has caused a snag. Hundreds of employees tested p...
Apr 29, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen)
Music in the Park goes quiet for 2020
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is known for free live musical performances in Riverside Park every night of the summer. That won't happen this year.The City of Kamloops has officially cancelled Music in the Park...
Apr 29, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
KIBIHT and Riversong Guitars partner to provide 'ear savers' to healthcare workers
KAMLOOPS - There are many in Kamloops who are looking for ways to help others during the pandemic. People are especially concerned for frontline healthcare workers, who need personal protective equipm...
Apr 29, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
RCMP say American arrested in Ashcroft crossed the border into Canada illegally
ASHCROFT, B.C. - A man wanted for crimes committed across Canada and the United States has been arrested in Ashcroft.According to a news release from RCMP Southeast District spokesman Cpl. Jesse O'Don...
Apr 29, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloopa Powwow called off due to pandemic
KAMLOOPS - Yet another iconic community event has fallen victim to the physical distancing recommendations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.According to a news release posted on the Tk'emlups te Secw...
Apr 29, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Update: Williams Lake RCMP find missing woman
WILLIAMS LAKE -UPDATED: Williams Lake RCMP say the woman previously reported missing on April 29 has been found. (All previous information pertaining to this individual's identity has been removed fro...
Apr 29, 2020
Suspected thief crashes pickup, hospitalized and charged
LYTTON - A man suspected of stealing a pickup from the Boston Bar area, is facing a series of charges after crashing the truck along Highway 1 near Lytton.Mounties in Boston Bar received a stolen vehi...
Apr 28, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today/File
Kamloops Mayor Christian strikes task force focused on post-pandemic economic recovery
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian has introduced a task force to guide the city's economic comeback as the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel comes into view.Christian has asked political, ...
Apr 28, 2020 Physically distanced Kamloops council meeting, Apr. 28 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Kamloops council okays summer utility, road work along McGill Road
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has given the green light to a $1.4 million road and utility project in the area of Thompson Rivers University.The project will see a portion of McGill Road dug up - with u...
Apr 28, 2020 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
