Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops crews responding to fire at Travelodge in Aberdeen
KAMLOOPS - (Note: This story has been updated here.) Fire investigators are looking into a suspicious fire inside a room at an Aberdeen motel this morning. Kamloops Fire Rescue was called to the Trave...
Jan 30, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed / Nathan Ritchie
UPDATE: Coquihalla back open northbound after vehicle fire
MERRITT, B.C. - UPDATE: Traffic is now getting through on the route. EARLIER: The Coquihalla is closed northbound in Merritt due to a vehicle fire. Drive BC reports that the road is closed between Hig...
Jan 30, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed / Kayleigh Milobar
Low risk here, but prioritize hand-washing over facemasks to prevent spread of coronavirus: experts
KAMLOOPS - Since coronavirus spread from the area in China where it was first detected, many people in Canada have been taking steps to avoid contracting the virus.The risk of getting coronavirus in K...
Jan 29, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Invasive Asian clams make first appearance in Shuswap Lake
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society says invasive Asian clams have been found on a beach in the Shuswap.In a news release, Aquatic Co-ordinator Sue Davies says only dead s...
Jan 29, 2020 Image Credit: Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society
New X-Ray machine expected to improve animal care at BC Wildlife Park
KAMLOOPS - It's been on their wish-list for years, and now the Fawcett Family Wildlife Health Centre at the BC Wildlife Park has its own Animal X-Ray machine. The machine is about the size of a laptop...
Jan 29, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Potentially record-setting warm temperatures on the way for Friday, Saturday
KAMLOOPS - January came in like a lion, with two weeks of snowfall, but Environment Canada says it appears it will go out like a lamb.Forecaster Doug Lundquist says an atmospheric river may result in ...
Jan 29, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
New business district to be developed in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A major new development has been announced for Kamloops's downtown core. In a news release, A&T Project Developments says it's partnering with Invictus Properties to transform the downt...
Jan 29, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed / A&T Project Developments
What are you putting in your recycling? City inspectors are planning to find out
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is ramping up its efforts to decrease the amount of recycling contamination in the community.In a news release, the City says its sanitation section is checking recycli...
Jan 29, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
One man arrested, illicit drugs seized, after RCMP vehicle stop
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP have arrested a 34-year-old man after a substantial amount of illicit drugs were found in his vehicle. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the evening of January 25 around 9:00 p.m, an off...
Jan 29, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Brothers accused of stealing excavators on consecutive days in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say two local brothers are accused of stealing excavators in Kamloops.David and Sean Nicholson are charged with possession of stolen property for separate incidents earlier this month....
Jan 29, 2020 Sean Nicholson, left, and David Nicholson (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)
