Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP says world stage confidence, fiscal responsibility needed for next Conservative leader
KAMLOOPS - With Andrew Scheer ready to step down as leader of the Conservative Party, the next to take the helm will be decided in June. Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo's MP spoke with CFJC Today, and paint...
Jan 09, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Snow forecast for Kamloops area through the weekend; cold snap in store for next week
KAMLOOPS - After a brief reprieve Thursday (Jan. 9), the snow is on its way back to the Kamloops area - and that will be followed by a visit from Jack Frost.Environment Canada's Doug Lundquist says sn...
Jan 09, 2020 Image Credit: Dreamstime
Accused in 2017 Kamloops standoff, shootout pleads guilty to several charges
KAMLOOPS - Several police officers were in Kamloops Provincial Court today as a suspect involved in an hours-long standoff in Kamloops in 2017 entered guilty pleas. Shane William Caron pleaded guilty ...
Jan 09, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Suspect charged in Salmon Arm New Year's Day armed robbery
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A suspect is facing 10 charges after a New Year's Day armed robbery in Salmon Arm.According to a news release from RCMP Southeast District spokesman Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey, a man wea...
Jan 09, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
City of Kamloops to hire more RCMP staffers to help with major crime investigations
KAMLOOPS - After years of a Supreme Court of Canada decision significantly impacting police departments, the City of Kamloops is taking steps to help out the Kamloops RCMP.At the end of 2019, Kamloops...
Jan 09, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Project E.D.G.E. going strong, not without calls for change to school presentation on drugs and addiction
KAMLOOPS - Project E.D.G.E. gives members of the Kamloops Blazers an eye-opening experience every September on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Players and coaches are escorted by police officers explor...
Jan 08, 2020 Rayce Ramsay (left) from the Kamloops Blazers and Cst. Brad Matchim from Kamloops RCMP presented to Grade 6 students at Dallas Elementary on Wednesday (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Future impact of Iran-US conflict unclear, but other nations want to avoid escalation: TRU expert
KAMLOOPS - After the US-ordered airstrike that killed a top Iranian general, Iran retaliated this week with missile strikes on two Iraqi military bases housing US troops. So far, no fatalities have be...
Jan 08, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
2019 was best year on record for Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - Despite a decline in the number of passengers coming through Fulton Field in the last six months of 2019, it was a record year for the airport.In a news release, managing director Ed Ratusk...
Jan 08, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Man shot and killed by RCMP in Tappen; IIO takes over investigation
TAPPEN, B.C. - A man has died after being shot by RCMP in Tappen Tuesday night (Jan. 7). According to a news release from B.C. RCMP Communications Director Dawn Roberts, Salmon Arm RCMP were called to...
Jan 08, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
RCMP arrest woman, allege she used garage door openers to break into Juniper Ridge homes
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a 41-year-old woman has been arrested after allegedly using a garage door opener to break into a Juniper Ridge home.Early Wednesday morning (Jan. 8), a Juniper Heights res...
Jan 08, 2020 Stock photo (Image Credit: Alexander Oganezov / Dreamstime.com)
