Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Weekend rain brings severe thunderstorm watch for South Thompson
KAMLOOPS - With the chance for heavy rain, Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the South Thompson.After yesterday's showers, Meteorologist Trevor Smith says the Kamloops area...
Jul 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Federal Seniors Minister appearing in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Canada's Minister of Seniors will visit the Tournament Capital this afternoon (July 6), as she makes her way around British Columbia. Min. Filomena Tassi will be visiting organizations that...
Jul 06, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Kamloops mother, daughter desperate for new place as they face eviction
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops mother and daughter have been put in a difficult position with nowhere to go. Trish Rhode is a paraplegic and gets around in a wheelchair. Her mom, Pat, is aging and has respirat...
Jul 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Nicola Valley Fish & Game Club wins legal costs in battle over public lakes
KAMLOOPS - The Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club scored another victory on Friday in court in the fight over public access to two lakes near Merritt. Supreme Court Justice Joel Groves awarded the club ...
Jul 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
National Injury Prevention Day comes during usual summertime ER visit peak
KAMLOOPS - Today Canadians are urged to take precautions, with the third annual National Injury Prevention Day. With Royal Inland Hospital's Emergency Department treating about 700 to 800 trauma cases...
Jul 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Crash closes Coquihalla near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP, and the coroners service are investigating a fatal collision last night which had shut down the Coquihalla highway. Sgt. Thomas Dimopoulos says around 4 p.m yesterday...
Jul 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
More than $300,000 in stolen property seized by Chase RCMP
CHASE, B.C. - A cache of firearms and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stolen property has been seized by RCMP in Chase, but no charges have been laid.Police say in a news release that two se...
Jul 05, 2019 Image Credit: BC RCMP
VIDEO: Y Dream Home winners tour their new house
KAMLOOPS - The winners of the 2019 Y Dream Home visited their brand new home in Tobiano Thursday afternoon. It's the first home Manmeet Sra and Simranjot Kaur have ever owned, and it only cost them $1...
Jul 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Unemployment low in Thompson-Okanagan, much of B.C.
KAMLOOPS - The doom and gloom in the B.C. Interior forest sector has yet to have an impact on employment statistics.According to June totals from Statistics Canada, unemployment was 4.9 per cent in th...
Jul 05, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Endangered owls burrow into grasslands of Upper Nicola Band
KAMLOOPS - Five burrowing owls were brought to the Upper Nicola Band reserve today to begin their new lives in the wild. The endangered owls have limited spots to live, as grasslands are commonly deve...
Jul 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
