Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
May long weekend camping spots still available throughout Thompson Cariboo
KAMLOOPS - Despite an increase in the number of campground bookings across the province, there are still some camping spots left around the Thompson-Cariboo. In a statement, the Ministry of Environmen...
May 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
RCMP recover body of missing TRU student in North Thompson
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP's Underwater Recovery Team has now recovered the body of a 23-year-old man who went missing yesterday in the North Thompson River. Staff Sgt. Mat Van Laer says around 10:50 a....
May 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops ready to lead Alzheimer's Society fundraising with 15th annual walk
KAMLOOPS - Sunday, the Tournament Capital Centre will host the 15th annual IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's, which aims to raise money for Alzheimer's research, while celebrating those affect...
May 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
BC Forests Minister assures funding backs wildfire response improvements
KAMLOOPS - Speaking in Kamloops today at the Interior Logging Association's Conference, B.C Forests Minister says the provincial government is prepared for wildfire season, with what is shaping up to ...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Sun Peaks looking at future of community education
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Sun Peaks is one of the fastest growing communities in the region. Since the elementary school there first opened for the 2010-2011 season with 18 students, the resort municipality h...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops social worker hoping for community input on World Suicide Prevention Day event
KAMLOOPS - After a one-year hiatus, a Kamloops social worker is looking to re-start the annual World Suicide Prevention Day event in Kamloops. Jolene Lindsay of C and C Resources, along with the centr...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: File photo / CFJC Today
School District 73 moving forward on improvements for sexual misconduct handling
KAMLOOPS - A task force established after numerous complaints around sexual misconduct within the Kamloops-Thompson School District has now completed their list of recommendations for the school syste...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / School District 73
City of Kamloops, RCMP asking drivers to slow down in construction zones
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops and the Kamloops RCMP have put out a joint public safety statement regarding drivers in construction zones.The statement says both agencies recognize that local road wo...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Prescribed Burn For Goose Lake Area
KAMLOOPS - Officials are planning a prescribed burn in the Goose Lake area, about nine kilometres south of Kamloops. The BC Wildfire Service and the Tk'emlups Forestry Development Corporation expect t...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service (Prescribed Burn File Image)
File closed on fatal 2018 hit and run
KAMLOOPS - The file around a fatal hit and run in October of 2018 has now been closed, after it was learned the 75-year-old suspect identified by Kamloops RCMP had already passed away. Around 1:30 in ...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
