Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
First Colombo Cares fundraiser exceeds expectations
KAMLOOPS - It's an event that is sure to fill your stomach and your heart. Today (Sept. 18) marked the first of many Colombo Cares - Take Home Dinners. The Colombo Lodge has decided to support local n...
Sep 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Forestry workers waiting for more details after $69M BC Government funding announcement
KAMLOOPS - Forestry workers are cautiously optimistic after the provincial government announced $69 million in funding to support forestry workers affected by permanent and indefinite mill closures. F...
Sep 18, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
North Thompson Cannabis Company receives provincial approval to operate in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A third private retail cannabis store has received provincial approval in Kamloops.According to the BC Government, North Thompson Cannabis Co., located on Sydney Avenue, received its licenc...
Sep 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Heavy police presence at Sa-Hali Secondary
KAMLOOPS - Police are on scene at Sa-Hali Secondary this morning for a reported threat.School District 73 has not released information at this point, but police have confirmed a threat was made toward...
Sep 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
TREC students will have to wait at least two months before being reunited at Happyvale
KAMLOOPS - Parents whose children are part of the Twin Rivers Education Centre (TREC) programs remain unhappy with how the school district has shuffled the pieces since the Parkcrest Elementary fire. ...
Sep 17, 2019 Students part of the TREC programs will have to wait a little while before reunited at Happyvale (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Council adds accessibility projects to annual budget talks
KAMLOOPS - City council has approved a motion to ask staff to bring forward business cases and possible projects to increase accessibility in Kamloops. Councillor Sadie Hunter presented the Notice of ...
Sep 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Draft recreation plan calls for three more ice sheets, better leisure swimming options in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops councillors got a tour through a new draft Recreation Master Plan for the city at a Committee of the Whole meeting this morning.The plan looks at what recreation and leisure opport...
Sep 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Open burning bans to be lifted in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - After a relatively uneventful wildfire season in the Kamloops Fire Centre, open burning prohibitions will be lifted in the region.Effective noon tomorrow (Sept. 18), Category 2 and Category...
Sep 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
One teenage missionary dies from injuries after weekend Yellowhead Highway crash
KAMLOOPS - One of the teenaged missionaries involved in a crash north of Kamloops on Friday has died.Daniel Woodruff, a spokesperson for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) tells CFJ...
Sep 17, 2019 Image Credit: Facebook / Bryant Keck
Province announces $69 million in funding to help support forestry workers
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The provincial government has announced $69 million in funding to help support forestry workers affected by permanent and indefinite mill closures in the province. Forestry Minis...
Sep 17, 2019
