Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Low supply keeps Kamloops home prices high
KAMLOOPS - Throughout the city, the number of real estate listings is down through the month of January. That lack of supply could be pushing home prices upwards.Wendy Runge, President of the Kamloops...
Feb 4, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops RCMP looking for owners of coin collections
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for the public's help in finding the owners of three separate coin collections. In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says since Augu...
Feb 4, 2020
Crown expects to close its case in murder trial this week
KAMLOOPS - Crown counsel is calling its final witnesses this week in a first-degree murder trial. David Miller is charged in connection to the death of Debra Novacluse in August 2016 at the Super 8 Mo...
Feb 4, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Weather extremes balanced out to make January an average month
KAMLOOPS - January was a month of weather extremes in Kamloops, but it all smoothed out to the averages in the end.According to Environment Canada, Kamloops saw a total of 20.9 millimetres of precipit...
Feb 4, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops building sector kept record momentum going into January
KAMLOOPS - Fresh off a third straight record year, the Kamloops building sector got 2020 off to a roaring start.According to new statistics shared by the City of Kamloops, contractors received $19.5 m...
Feb 4, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Environment Canada calls for snow beginning Tuesday, lasting most of the week
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada says more snow is on its way to the Interior, and we have the Gulf of Alaska to thank.According to forecaster Bobby Sekhon, that's the origin of the system that will affe...
Feb 3, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Arts centre society confident it can raise millions needed for proposed facility
KAMLOOPS - The proposed $70-million Kamloops Centre for the Arts does not sound cheap, but the group in charge of fundraising more than a quarter of the price tag, says it can be done. "$22 million, f...
Feb 3, 2020 The proposed $70-million arts centre goes to referendum on Apr. 4 (Image Credit: CHP Architects)
Man surrenders peacefully after Saturday standoff on Skeetchestn reserve
SAVONA, B.C. - A Skeetchestn man was taken to hospital after a tense police standoff at his home Saturday (Feb. 1).According to Kamloops RCMP, Rural RCMP members were called to the Skeetchestn reserve...
Feb 3, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Sleepy start to 2020 for Kamloops real estate sector
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops and District Real Estate Association (KADREA) is reporting a "stable" start to 2020, despite a steep drop in new listings. According to new statistics, 152 homes changed hands ...
Feb 3, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
UPDATE: Kamloops teen spent the night outside after getting lost
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - A Kamloops boy who was at the centre of a massive search effort has been located safely. Fourteen-year-old Carson Hadwin had gone snowboarding at Sun Peaks Sunday, taking the shuttle...
Feb 3, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
