Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Second location for BC SPCA thrift store opens in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The BC SPCA's Kamloops thrift store is opening a second location today. An additional set up of Second Chances Thrift Store opened its doors from 1211 8th Street this morning (Oct. 5), in t...
Oct 05, 2019 File photo (Image Credit: © Fizkes | Dreamstime.com)
Victoria Street West Improvement paving speeding up construction timeline, and drivers
KAMLOOPS - Originally estimated to take 18 months to two years to complete, the Victoria Street West Improvement Project is taking a little more than half of the projected time to finish. Capital Proj...
Oct 04, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Elections Canada needs to fill job openings before Election day
KAMLOOPS - Are you looking for some part-time work on October 21st? Elections Canada is hiring, looking to fill positions throughout the riding on election day.Geoff Collier, Returning Officer for Ele...
Oct 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops RCMP asking for donations for the Food Bank on Saturday
KAMLOOPS - Local RCMP will be out in the community this weekend, helping raise funds and taking food donations to support the Kamloops Food Bank.RCMP will be set up outside of the Real Canadian Supers...
Oct 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Sunday's Run for the Cure extra special for run director
KAMLOOPS - It's time to Run for the Cure in Kamloops. The annual fundraiser for breast cancer research takes place at Riverside Park this Sunday (Oct. 6). This will be the 23rd year of the CIBC Run fo...
Oct 04, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding: What voters need to know
KAMLOOPS - In less than three weeks, voters across Canada will head to the polls to cast their ballots in the 2019 federal election.There are four ways to vote in the election. You can vote on electio...
Oct 04, 2019 Image Credit: Elections Canada
Local NDP, Green candidates targeted by vandals on the North Shore
KAMLOOPS - It's just past the halfway point of the election campaign, and the first signs of vandalism are being seen in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding. Local NDP candidate Cynthia Egli's sign w...
Oct 03, 2019 This Cynthia Egli campaign sign on the corner of Eighth Street and Westsyde Road in Kamloops was vandalized (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Rotarians fundraising for Overlander Care Facility improvements with 'Art from the Attic'
KAMLOOPS - Daybreak Rotary is using art sales to fundraise for improvements at the Overlander Extended Care Facility in Kamloops this weekend. Over 2,000 donated pieces line the walls of the Cooper Ce...
Oct 03, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
All local candidates to participate in environment-focused debate Thursday
KAMLOOPS - All of the local candidates in the federal election are confirmed in Thursday evening's debate centered around the environment. Cheryl Kabloona, chair of the Kamloops Chapter of the B.C. Su...
Oct 03, 2019 All seven local candidates participated in a debate at South Kamloops Secondary on Oct. 2 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Abortion returns to election debate, both nationally and locally
KAMLOOPS - The issue of a woman's right to choose an abortion is making its way back into the federal election debate - including here in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo.Conservative Party of Canada Leader ...
Oct 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
