Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Minimal Todd Road remodel delays have City gearing up for next major road project
KAMLOOPS - While much of the City's focus is on re-construction of West Victoria Street, Barnhartvale residents must contend with improvements to Todd Road. Now a week into the first part of reconstru...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Multi-level government discussions in Kamloops focused on emergency management
KAMLOOPS - While Justin Trudeau was in Kamloops, City Hall played host to the Prime Minister, along with federal and provincial ministers, to discuss emergency management improvements. In particular, ...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Barriere mayor hopeful water will return to normal within the next week
BARRIERE, B.C. - After weeks of inconsistent manganese levels in Barriere drinking water, the district's mayor is hopeful for a solution.Ward Stamer says levels haven't gone up higher in the past seve...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: Dreamstime
Burton Cummings to rock Kamloops this fall
KAMLOOPS - Canadian rock legend Burton Cummings will share the land with Kamloops this fall. The former Guess Who frontman is scheduled to play Sagebrush Theatre on October 21. Cummings achieved fame ...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Four arrested after Kamloops RCMP expand bait program to include bicycles, packages
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say four people were arrested over the long weekend after falling victim to the Crime Reduction Unit's bait program. Two men and two women are potentially facing charges after...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Lake says climate changed everything for him in becoming riding's Liberal candidate
KAMLOOPS - Terry Lake says the impact of climate change gave him a burning desire to get back into the game. At his nomination party on Tuesday night during which he was officially unveiled as the Kam...
May 21, 2019 Acclaimed Liberal candidate for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Terry Lake addresses his supporters on Tuesday night at nomination party (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Trudeau in Kamloops; will declare Lake as Liberal nominee
KAMLOOPS - The prime minister is in Kamloops Tuesday (May 21), his second visit to the River City this year after a visit in January that included a town hall at Thompson Rivers University. Justin Tru...
May 21, 2019 Justin Trudeau during his visit to Kamloops in January 2019. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Province says B.C. snowpack near 40-year lows for mid-May
KAMLOOPS - Provincial officials say the latest figures show among lowest snowpack conditions for this time of year in the past four decades. And the B.C. River Forecast Centre is warning of low stream...
May 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
IIO hopes to have motorcycle crash probe finished in a matter of weeks
KAMLOOPS - The head of the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) says he hopes the probe into a weekend crash in Valleyview that seriously injured a motorcyclist will be wrapped up in a matter...
May 21, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Nathan Ritchie
BC Wildfire personnel to help Alberta battle ongoing wildfires
KAMLOOPS - Nearly 270 wildfire personnel in B.C. will be heading to Alberta to help with firefighting efforts due to an "increasing wildfire threat" in that province.BC Wildfire Service says in a news...
May 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
