Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Westsyde Pool to close for six weeks during Phase Two of retrofit
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will be moving forward with the next phase of renovations at Westsyde Pool this spring. The original retrofit project began in 2016, and City contractors will so...
Feb 13, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
WCT hopes for liquor license approval before busy season
KAMLOOPS - Western Canada Theatre hopes to be fully licensed to serve alcohol at the Sagebrush Theatre by April. WCT's application for a liquor license went before City Council on Tuesday (Feb. 11) an...
Feb 12, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
WCT's latest production offers new perspective on the monarchy
KAMLOOPS - Rehearsals are underway for Western Canada Theatre's newest production, Serving Elizabeth. The play is set in two separate time periods, first in 1952 as Princess Elizabeth is visiting Keny...
Feb 12, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
With coronary unit up and running at RIH, ICCHA/Wish Fund sets new target for 2020
KAMLOOPS - After successfully funding a new Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH), the ICCHA/Wish Fund is regrouping with another target in 2020.In a news release, founder Al Patel s...
Feb 12, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Trans Mountain holds wintertime simulation of pipeline rupture response
KAMLOOPS - Trans Mountain pipeline ruptures have not been common in Kamloops, but today more than 200 personnel were practicing, and learning what would happen if a spill occurred in the local area. P...
Feb 12, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. Lions visit Kamloops school to educate students about preventing violence against women
KAMLOOPS - For nearly a decade, the B.C. Lions have been bringing awareness to schools across the province about the pervasive nature of gender-based violence, mostly on women. Launched in 2012, the p...
Feb 12, 2020 B.C. Lions linebacker Jordan Herdman-Reed (left) and teammate Claudell Louis visited the Kamloops School of the Arts on Wednesday to talk to students about preventing violence against women. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Valleyview traffic stop results in seizure of drugs, cash, card printer
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a recent traffic stop took a significant drug haul off the street.On January 31, Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) officers stopped a prohibited driver in the parking lot of a Va...
Feb 12, 2020 Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP
Survey shows general satisfaction among Kamloops residents, but points out plenty of areas for improvement
KAMLOOPS - The first City of Kamloops satisfaction survey in three years has found an overall contentedness from Kamloops residents.Results from the 2019 survey, which canvassed 400 residents by phone...
Feb 12, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed / Jason Foster
Fire damages abandoned building in Mission Flats
KAMLOOPS - Fire badly damaged an abandoned building on Mission Flats Road that was apparently scheduled for demolition later this spring.Fire Captain Mike Haines says they got the call about 10:30 PM ...
Feb 12, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed / Kris Everett
Food Hall and Commissary Kitchen proposed for North Shore development
KAMLOOPS - Many citizens of Kamloops are quite aware of the thriving culinary culture that exists in the city. Events like Farm2Chefs, Chefs in the City and even Ribfest are all centered around food, ...
Feb 11, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
