Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Mayor says referendum postponement right decision, arts centre could help in city's recovery from COVID-19 crisis
KAMLOOPS - Mayor Ken Christian says the province's decision to postpone the April 4 Kamloops Centre for the Arts referendum is the right move during this current health crisis. "I think it's in the be...
Mar 19, 2020 The referendum on the $70 million Kamloops Centre for the Arts has been postponed to a later date due to the COVID-19 health crisis (Image Credit: CHP Architects)
Kamloops RCMP searching for suspect in violent liquor store robbery
KAMLOOPS - A large police presence in the Sahali area of Kamloops is due to a liquor store robbery.Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says in a news release that officers responded to a repo...
Mar 19, 2020 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Air Canada to temporarily stop operations for Kamloops routes
KAMLOOPS - Local airports are beginning to feel the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.Kamloops Airport Managing Director Ed Ratuski says Fulton Field received word last night that Air Canada would be r...
Mar 19, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Son of employee to Kamloops Value Village: 'Close your store'
KAMLOOPS - "How much do you value your employees?"That's the question being asked by a man whose mother works for the Kamloops Value Village store, and feels she can't stay home during the COVID-19 pa...
Mar 19, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Coroner rules Richard Jules' death as undetermined
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man who was missing for more than two months before his remains were found died of an undetermined cause.That's according to a report from the BC Coroners Service which investiga...
Mar 19, 2020 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
KFR Crews battle fully involved trailer fire Thursday morning
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire and Rescue crews had to fight a defensive battle while dealing with a trailer fire on Salish Road this morning. Crews were called out just before 4:30 this morning. When they ...
Mar 19, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
TNRD closes offices in wake of COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District announced yesterday it is closing its Kamloops offices effective as of 4:30 PM Wednesday (March 18). The copy of the news release is as follows: TNRD n...
Mar 19, 2020 Image Credit: TNRD
Kamloops BCLC prize payout centre closes amid COVID-19 crisis
KAMLOOPS - Major lottery winners are being asked to collect their winnings in a different manner in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. BCLC is announcing it is temporarily closing prize payout centres in...
Mar 18, 2020
Performing Arts Centre Referendum Postponed
KAMLOOPS - The April 4th referendum for the proposed Kamloops Centre for the Arts has been postponed. The announcement was made in a news release from Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs an...
Mar 18, 2020
Some restaurants in Kamloops closing as COVID-19 outbreak keeps people away
KAMLOOPS - The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and measures put in place by the provincial government to ban gatherings of more than 50 people, are hitting Kamloops restaurants hard. Many have seen ...
Mar 18, 2020 The Noble Pig on Victoria St. is one of a few restaurants in Kamloops that have decided to temporarily close due to COVID-19 concerns (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
