Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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 9, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2020 Stock photo (Image Credit: Alexander Oganezov / Dreamstime.com)
Kamloops Chamber president says businesses, consumers paying for elimination of MSP
KAMLOOPS - B.C. residents no longer have to pay Medical Service Plan (MSP) premiums, but businesses are still adjusting to the replacement Employer Health Tax. Any business with a payroll of more than...
Jan 7, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today )
Province plans four-hour closure on Coquihalla Highway Wednesday for avalanche control
MERRITT, B.C. - Closures along the Trans Canada Highway for avalanche control work are common in British Columbia; much more rare are avalanche control closures along the busy Coquihalla.That's just w...
Jan 7, 2020 A technician deploys explosives to trigger avalanches, as part of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s avalanche control program. (Image Credit: BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure)
Back country enthusiasts urged to avoid avalanche terrain in North and South Columbias
KAMLOOPS - Avalanche Canada is asking those using the back country this week to take caution.Forecaster Anne St. Clair says the North and South Columbias are experiencing considerable avalanche risks ...
Jan 7, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
RCMP issue safety reminders for commuters after sluggish Tuesday morning commute
KAMLOOPS - After a series of minor collisions contributed to traffic headaches on Kamloops streets Tuesday morning (Jan. 7), RCMP are reminding drivers to give themselves plenty of time and space."The...
Jan 7, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
