Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops one of several communities to partake in at-home drug checking pilot program
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops will be one of several communities taking part in a drug checking pilot program.Jessica Bridgeman with Interior Health says this new research project provides people who use substa...
May 15, 2019 Image Credit: Dreamstime
Overdose deaths up in Interior Health Authority, down provincially
There's been a significant decrease so far this year in the number of people dying from overdose in British Columbia. New numbers from the BC Coroners Service show there were 104 suspected overdose de...
May 15, 2019 Image Credit: Paulus Rusyanto | Dreamstime
Another illegal dispensary in Kamloops to shut its doors
KAMLOOPS - Another illegal cannabis dispensary in Kamloops is expected to shut its doors today. City of Kamloops business licence inspector Dave Jones says Boomer's Buds, formerly the Phyven Herbal Di...
May 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Traffic pattern changed on West Victoria Street
KAMLOOPS - The traffic pattern has changed in the area affected by the Victoria Street West reconstruction project. As the project enters Stage Two, traffic will be restricted to the north lanes of th...
May 14, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops Naturalists hold fourth annual Dewdrop Cleanup
KAMLOOPS - The Dewdrop Range in the Lac du Bois Grasslands is a popular area for recreation; from hiking and mountain biking to watching birds and other wildlife, it's an outdoor paradise just a short...
May 14, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Police seeking youth who may have intentionally started grass fire on North Shore
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for the public's help in identifying a young person who appeared to have intentionally set a grass fire on the North Shore.On Monday (May 13) just before 5:30 ...
May 14, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Wanted man aides in his own arrest after disclosing his location to CFJC Today
KAMLOOPS - A man has been transported back to Kamloops after his B.C. warrant was extended to Alberta. Kamloops RCMP say this came after police released Jessie Dean Kowalchuk's photo to local media as...
May 14, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Kamloops Transit monthly fare rates to drop, transfers gone, new rate created for low income riders
KAMLOOPS - For the first time since 2015, Kamloops council is moving forward with fare changes for rides on conventional Kamloops Transit. Included in the changes is the elimination of transfers, some...
May 14, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Buse Creek fire east of Kamloops now being held; Richter Creek fire near Osoyoos still out of control
KAMLOOPS - A wildfire that sparked east of Kamloops over the weekend is now under control. B.C. Wildfire Information Officer Hannah Swift says the Buse Creek fire remains at 19 hectares, and a hand gu...
May 14, 2019 Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service
For the 44th time, marchers join Walk for Peace, Social Justice & the Environment in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Nearly five decades ago, as the Cold War raged between the USSR and United States of America the world was living in fear of the potential for Nuclear War. In response, grassroots demonstra...
May 13, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
