Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Valleyview Secondary School community looking forward to 'no more portables'
KAMLOOPS - Students and faculty at Valleyview Secondary were elated to get a first look at the design preview for the $34.5 million expansion to their school. VSS Principal Barb Hamblett says the virt...
Nov 29, 2019 (Image Credit: CHP Architects)
Organizer of B.C. Interior logging truck rally says province hasn't acknowledged movement
KAMLOOPS - Howard McKimmon doesn't know how much longer the forest industry in Merritt can last. "If something happened to our current mill that's here now [Aspen Planers], the impact on Merritt would...
Nov 29, 2019 Hundreds of logging trucks from the B.C. Interior convoyed down to Vancouver as part of a rally in September (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops RCMP investigating suspicious death on North Shore
KAMLOOPS - Human remains have been discovered in Kamloops, and police are investigating the death of this person as suspicious.Kamloops RCMP plainclothes commander Staff Sgt. Simon Pillay says that po...
Nov 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Kamloops crews responding to motel fire in Valleyview
KAMLOOPS - Emergency crews in Kamloops are responding to the Country Motor Inn in Valleyview.Flames and smoke can be seen billowing out of the building on Commazzetto Road.Kamloops Fire Rescue, BC Amb...
Nov 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Kneeshaw
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod named opposition critic for Natural Resources
KAMLOOPS - Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has announced his shadow cabinet, which includes Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod as the critic for Natural Resources."I am stepping into this rol...
Nov 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops Search and Rescue helping RCMP with search for missing man
KAMLOOPS - Search and rescue crews in Kamloops are now helping the RCMP in the search for a missing man. Kamloops Search and Rescue says it is aiding in the search for Richard Jules, who was last seen...
Nov 29, 2019
Kamloops SPCA building shelters for stray cats across the city
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is experiencing a cat crisis. According to the Kamloops BC SPCA, the city and its outlying areas have one of the worst stray cat issues in the province. With colder temperatures he...
Nov 28, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
While overdose crisis improves, advocates say treatment for addictions needs to get better
KAMLOOPS - It's National Addiction Awareness Week. Advocates in Kamloops say the week dedicated to addictions speaks to how damaging it has been in the community and across the country, especially aro...
Nov 28, 2019 ASK Wellness CEO Bob Hughes says he'd like to see people addicted to dangerous street drugs transitioned to safer prescription medications (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
School District unveils design for Valleyview Secondary expansion
KAMLOOPS - The design concept has been unveiled for the upcoming $34.5 million Valleyview Secondary expansion project.Staff and students were shown the initial version of the expansion plans on Nov. 2...
Nov 28, 2019 Image Credit: CHP Architects / YouTube
Police in Shuswap trying to track down two stolen boats
SICAMOUS, B.C. - Sicamous RCMP are investigating a pair of thefts after two high-end boats were stolen over the weekend.On Friday (Nov. 22), police were called to a report of a stolen black and white ...
Nov 28, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
