Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Secwepemc chiefs say Abacus can do nothing to change their minds on Ajax
KAMLOOPS - The decision by Abacus to try and revive the Ajax project isn't sitting well with Secwepemc leaders. Skeetchestn Indian Band Chief Ron Ignace says it was "highly presumptuous" for Abacus, w...
Sep 26, 2019 Image Credit: KGHM-Ajax
Daughter of murdered Kamloops woman calls arrest in cold case 'bittersweet'
KAMLOOPS - Keysha Marcellus was 10 years old when her mother, Angel Fehr, disappeared."The last time I saw her was Easter (of 2000), and she tried to make it such a special experience for my sister an...
Sep 26, 2019 Image Credit: Keysha Marcellus
Kamloops-based Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, unionized employees reach four-year deal
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-based Jim Pattison Broadcast Group (JPBG-owned) and its unionized employees have reached an agreement on a new contract.The four-year deal was ratified by members of Unifor Loc...
Sep 26, 2019
BREAKING: RCMP make arrest in cold case involving missing Kamloops woman
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say they have made an arrest in a Kamloops cold case nearly two decades old.According to an RCMP news conference held Thursday (Sept. 26) in Surrey, 52-year-old Trent Larsen was arrest...
Sep 26, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed
Spinal cord injury survivors work to change misconceptions about life with a disability
KAMLOOPS - September is Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month. For those paralyzed by a spinal cord injury, there are far more obstacles than simply not being able to walk. Paraplegics face accessibility...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Logging truckers convoy to Vancouver for solutions amidst forest industry struggles
KAMLOOPS - Gathered in Merritt before heading to Vancouver today, more than 100 trucks from all over the province drove to show their support for B.C. forestry. The truckers rallied to show how many p...
Sep 25, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Sun Peaks company enters B.C. ride-hailing fray
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - A Sun Peaks company is the latest to file an application with B.C.'s Passenger Transportation Board to offer ride-hailing services.Sun Peaks Taxi says it only wants to operate in one...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: Sun Peaks Resort
Deputy mayor says potential for Ajax could stall city development in Aberdeen area
KAMLOOPS - A day after Abacus, the Vancouver-based mining company that has 20 per cent share in the Ajax project, announced the copper-gold mining project remains a priority, the deputy mayor says it ...
Sep 25, 2019 The city is hoping to develop land in Upper Aberdeen that's near the mine site (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
No injuries after massive truck fire on Highway 1 west of Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a truck fire that shut down Highway 1 Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 24).In a news release, Revelstoke RCMP say they responded to a semi...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Raise A Reader helping to fund essential literacy programs in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's Raise A Reader day and volunteers were scattered through the city on Wednesday morning, stationed at drive-thrus to collect money for literacy programs in Kamloops. Volunteers, includi...
Sep 25, 2019 CFJC-TV members Chad Klassen (left), Tanya Cronin and Bill O'Donovan were out for Raise A Reader on Thursday morning (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
