Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Parkcrest Elementary reaps the reward of Giving Tuesday with $10,000 cheque
KAMLOOPS - December 3rd marks the seventh annual Giving Tuesday, a day dedicated to charity to offset the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The movement is happening around the world, enco...
Dec 03, 2019 The Parkcrest Elementary library received $10,000 from the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation on Giving Tuesday (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. Interior communities can begin applying for high-speed internet funding
KAMLOOPS - Rural communities in the Southern Interior and throughout the province can now apply for funding from the province to get on board the high-speed internet highway. The $50 million program i...
Dec 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Family shares NICU experience to promote the RIH Foundation's Holiday Fundraising Campaign
KAMLOOPS - Every year, the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation highlights the story of an individual or family that has received care at the hospital. It's part of the annual Holiday Fundraising Campaign...
Dec 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops-area artist designs bronze sculpture for Vancouver's Rocky Mountaineer station
VANCOUVER - As the Rocky Mountaineer prepares for its 30th anniversary next year, the company has unveiled a new art installation at its Vancouver station, designed by a local artist.The sculpture was...
Dec 03, 2019 Image Credit: Submitted / Rocky Mountaineer
Kamloops's Operation Red Nose calling for more volunteers after successful first weekend
KAMLOOPS - It was a great start to the 23rd Operation Red Nose campaign in Kamloops.Coordinator Tara Holmes says so far, $3,500 has been raised for PacificSport after the first two nights of service."...
Dec 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / File photo
New source of fibre leads to Aspen Planers bringing back second shift
MERRITT, B.C. - While B.C. continues to be gripped by the ongoing forestry crisis, there is some good news for the Aspen Planers mill in Merritt.Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Forests, La...
Dec 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
UPDATE: Two arrested after police chase, shots fired on Highway 97
WESTWOLD, B.C. - UPDATE: A man and woman are in police custody following what RCMP describe as a "dynamic incident" in Falkland and Westwold this morning (Dec 3). According to a release, North Okanaga...
Dec 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Average house price in Kamloops surpasses $500,000 mark
KAMLOOPS - Despite real estate sales being slightly down in Kamloops during the month of November, prices were "significantly higher".That's according to the Kamloops and District Real Estate Associat...
Dec 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops Blazers' teddy tradition has spread far and wide
KAMLOOPS - It's a tradition older than some members of the CFJC Newsroom. On Saturday, the Kamloops Blazers held their annual Teddy Bear Toss. From its humble beginnings here back in 1993, it's now gr...
Dec 02, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops Blazers.Allen Douglas
Kamloops man grieves death of brother, whose remains were found near a North Shore dumpster
KAMLOOPS - RCMP have identified the man whose remains were discovered near a dumpster on Carson Crescent last Friday as David Melvin Boltwood. An autopsy is underway to determine whether the death was...
Dec 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
