Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Movie star Chris Pratt loves Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - We knew it. Movie and gif superstar Chris Pratt loves Kamloops. He said so.Pratt posted a video to Instagram Tuesday (Feb. 25) extolling the beauty of the Kamloops region."Kamloops, British...
Feb 26, 2020 Image Credit: Instagram / Chris Pratt
Kamloops reporter lands a spot on Big Brother Canada
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops-based reporter has been selected to take part in a popular national TV show. John Luke Kieper, who works for Kamloops BC Now, will be appearing on the eighth season of Big Brothe...
Feb 26, 2020 Image Credit: Twitter / John Luke Kieper
Kamloops RCMP engage with post-secondary students on the subject of pipeline protests
KAMLOOPS - It's a complicated issue, with no clear solution. The conflict between the Wet'suwet'en and Coastal GasLink has now spilled far beyond the path of the pipeline, grinding rail traffic to a h...
Feb 26, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
City settles on 2.97% tax increase as RCMP requests dominate supplemental budget list
KAMLOOPS - The RCMP are getting some reinforcements, not in the form of additional officers but two positions that will help the force focus more on protecting the community. One is a police accounts ...
Feb 25, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
RCMP say young boy initially reported deceased in crash near Kamloops actually in grave condition
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a young boy originally reported dead in a Sunday (Feb. 23) crash south of Kamloops, is actually alive in 'grave condition'.The crash happened Sunday on Highway 5A near Napier Lake....
Feb 25, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Three people arrested from Neskonlith blockade
NESKONLITH, B.C. - RCMP have arrested three people who were part of a blockade on railroad tracks on Neskonlith land east of Kamloops.In a news release, RCMP say officers were called in yesterday to a...
Feb 25, 2020 Image Credit: Facebook / Anushka Azadi
Ontario Teachers' fund invests $300 million in New Afton mine near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - New Gold has announced a major cash infusion into the New Afton mine near Kamloops from one of Canada's leading - and most recognizable investors.According to a news release from New Gold, ...
Feb 25, 2020 Image Credit: New Gold
Two Ontario men die in fiery crash at Three Valley Gap
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Two men from Ontario died in a crash west of Revelstoke last weekend.According to a news release from Revelstoke RCMP, the two were in a commercial truck that crashed with another s...
Feb 25, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops parents invited to attend anti-gang seminar
KAMLOOPS - Parents in two Southern Interior cities are being asked to attend upcoming education sessions as part of B.C.'s school-based gang prevention initiative.The upcoming parent education session...
Feb 25, 2020 Image Credit: Kamloops-Thompson School District
Blockade on Neskonlith rail tracks is back
KAMLOOPS - It didn't take long for a rail blockade to be re-established on the CP rail tracks near Chase. After a blockade was set up, and then removed, last Thursday (Feb. 20), it appears the blockad...
Feb 24, 2020 Image Credit: Facebook- Anushka Azadi
