Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
100 Mile House area woman pushing for smoother discharge process for emergency rural patients at RIH
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A woman recently discharged from Royal Inland Hospital is raising concerns around how out-of-town patients are sent home. Olivia Fletcher was brought to Royal Inland Hospital th...
Nov 22, 2019 Pictured: Olivia Fletcher, holding a taxi voucher. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Extreme Excavating says work on West Victoria Street to wrap up for winter by mid-December at latest
KAMLOOPS - Even with the paving complete on West Victoria Street, the contractor Extreme Excavating is still working on the project, taking full advantage of the more mild weather the city's been expe...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops conservation officers free deer trapped in fence in Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Kamloops conservation officers were called to Sun Peaks Resort today to free a deer.The BC Conservation Officers Service says in a tweet that officers got a lift from the ski patrol ...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: Twitter / BC Conservation Officers Service
Coquihalla closed briefly near Merritt Friday after single-vehicle crash
MERRITT, B.C. - The southbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway north of Merritt were closed briefly Friday afternoon (Nov. 22) after a single-vehicle crash.Const. Dane Duford of Merritt RCMP was at th...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Nikki Omen
SD73, CUPE support staff come to three-year contract agreement
KAMLOOPS - Unionized support staff working in the Kamloops-Thompson School District have ratified a new three-year contract with the district.According to a district news release, members of the Canad...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Risk of freezing rain in the South Thompson tonight
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the North Thompson, South Thompson and 100 Mile House.In the statement, Environment Canada says an approaching frontal system c...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Donations pour in at 12th Annual Basics for Babies event
KAMLOOPS - The twelfth annual Basics for Babies event was held at the Delta Hotel on Victoria Street Friday (Nov. 22). Hundreds of people woke up early for a breakfast and donation drive for the Kamlo...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Domtar, Unifor team up for record-setting donation to RIH Patient Care Tower
KAMLOOPS - It was a historic day at Royal Inland Hospital, as Domtar and Unifor combined to donate $1 million to the new Patient Care Tower that's scheduled to open in 2022. The two parties formed a u...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: RIH Foundation
Seniors practice balance, mobility and strength through gymnastics program
KAMLOOPS - Every Thursday, a group of seniors gather at the Kamloops Gymnastics Trampoline Centre. They are six weeks into a ten-week Seniors Can Move program, which has come to Kamloops thanks to a g...
Nov 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Kamloops crime rate down significantly over past two years
KAMLOOPS - In recent years, Kamloops has ranked at least in the top 30 of Maclean's Magazine of Canada's most dangerous places - but this year is different.According to the magazine's 2020 list for Ca...
Nov 21, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
