Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
New Chief Financial Officer announced for BCLC in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-based British Columbia Lottery Corporation has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer.Alan Kerr will also serve as the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Services.Kerr wi...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Report into Parkcrest Elementary fire sheds light into cause, origin
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) investigators say they may never know exactly what caused a fire that destroyed Parkcrest Elementary School - but they have a good idea.A report on the Sept. 5 bl...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Passenger Transportation Board gives ride-sharing applicant for Kamloops a 'no'
VICTORIA - B.C.'s Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) has made its first decision involving a company applying to offer ride-sharing in the Kamloops area - and that decision is a firm 'no'.Victoria-b...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: Lucky to Go Canada
Campout raises over $60,000 to help homeless youths in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - On Friday night, A Way Home Kamloops held its third annual Campout To End Youth Homelessness. The event is a fundraiser that helps them pay for essential housing initiatives for many youths...
Dec 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Interior Community Services hoping to Stuff The Stockings for vulnerable youth in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Community Services is trying to make the holidays a little more bright for some of the most vulnerable youth in the city. Employees with the Youth Street Outreach Program are hopin...
Dec 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
More than 300 purses filled with the essentials collected for women's shelter
KAMLOOPS - It started out as a small project - but it's grown into a Christmas tradition for women who are less fortunate in our community. Patti Phillips with the North Shore Business Improvement Ass...
Dec 16, 2019 Image Credit: Patti Phillips
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP says federal government's spending is 'out of control'
KAMLOOPS - The Conservative MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo is sounding the alarm over the Liberal government's fiscal update. Figures released by the finance department this morning (Dec. 16), show ...
Dec 16, 2019 Image Credit: CPAC
Kamloops crews responding to several crashes due to slippery roads
KAMLOOPS - Police and fire crews in Kamloops have had a busy day responding to crashes across the city.Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says officers have been responding to several crashe...
Dec 16, 2019 A single-vehicle rollover was reported on Mission Flats Road today. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
CP Holiday Train brings in $50,000 for Kamloops Food Bank
KAMLOOPS - Records were broken on Sunday as hundreds of Kamloops residents came out to enjoy the CP Holiday Train.The Kamloops Food Bank says thanks to the record turnout, nearly 6,000 pounds of food ...
Dec 16, 2019 Image Credit: Olsen Imaging
Ten cruisers full of toys, $1,700 raised for Christmas Amalgamated during Kamloops' Stuff the Cruisers
KAMLOOPS - Plenty of donations were collected over the weekend to help fill the hampers at Christmas Amalgamated.Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says officers delivered 10 police cruisers...
Dec 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today File Photo
