Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
WCT opens the season with a haunting look at historical murders
KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre opens its season next week with The Drowning Girls at the Pavillion Theatre. The Drowning Girls is based on the true story of three women who were murdered by the sam...
Sep 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Sagebrush repairs to be complete in time for opening of WCT's Mainstage season
KAMLOOPS - As Western Canada Theatre prepares to open its first show of the season at the Pavillion Theatre, the company is looking forward to getting back into the Sagebrush Theatre. The Sagebrush wa...
Sep 10, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Film Society will be made to pay Paramount property taxes as bid for exemption dies
KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops non-profit organizations will pay thousands in 2019 property taxes after their applications for permissive tax exemptions were denied by council.While non-profits such as pla...
Sep 10, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Nine students expected to attend Westwold Elementary this year
WESTWOLD, B.C. - It's been an up and down week for School District 73, but some good news is coming out of the community of Westwold.School District 73 assistant superintendent for elementary schools,...
Sep 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
RCMP handed out 180 traffic tickets last Friday — more than half for distracted driving
KAMLOOPS - An RCMP blitz Friday (Sept. 6) found a torrent of Kamloops drivers disregarding the rules of the road.Mounties from the Integrated Road Safety Unit, Central Interior Traffic Services and Ka...
Sep 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Parkcrest Elementary fire not considered suspicious
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops say the Parkcrest Elementary School fire was not caused by criminal activity.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP says it has released care and control of the scene back to S...
Sep 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
CFJC columnist Rothenburger nominated for Jack Webster Award
KAMLOOPS - A columnist for CFJC TV and CFJC Today has been nominated for a prestigious Jack Webster Award.Mel Rothenburger, Kamloops's venerable Armchair Mayor, is a finalist in the category of Commen...
Sep 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Trial starts for man accused of violence against sex workers
VERNON - A man accused of violence against sex workers has pleaded not guilty to five charges in a Vernon courtroom at the start of a seven-day trial. Curtis Sagmoen pleaded not guilty Monday (Sept 9)...
Sep 10, 2019 Image Credit: Beach Radio Vernon
YOU'RE NOT ALONE: Who is dying by suicide?
KAMLOOPS - In You're Not Alone, we're shining a light on a dark topic - suicide. It's not an easy word to say, and it's certainly not easy to talk about. But it's behind thousands of deaths in our com...
Sep 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
KFR investigation meticulously moves in on Parkcrest fire cause
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) inspector looking into the Parkcrest Elementary School fire says the project is not a typical fire investigation.The school was destroyed by fire last Thursda...
Sep 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
