Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Environment Canada watching for severe thunderstorms in South Thompson
KAMLOOPS - With heavy rain possible in the South Thompson and Interior today (May 25) Environment Canada has now issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the region. Meteorologist Alyssa Charbonneau say...
May 25, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Brewloops welcomes FireFit competition to Spring Festival this weekend
KAMLOOPS - Beer goes with pretty much anything. This weekend, firefighters from across B.C. will gather in Kamloops to prove that point. Brewloops has paired with FireFit Canada to put a new twist on ...
May 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Exploring the potential for a supportive cancer care centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A local group is researching what it would take to bring a supportive cancer care centre to Kamloops. The effort is part of a larger campaign to help cancer patients navigate the care they ...
May 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Accused in 2014 KRCC death facing another murder charge
KAMLOOPS - Nathaniel Jessup will stand trial next week, accused of murdering a fellow inmate in 2014. But the Creston RCMP have now announced a second murder charge against Jessup.The 32-year-old has ...
May 24, 2019
Skeetchestn band pushes for more Indigenous-led prescribed burns
KAMLOOPS - A number of First Nations, including one in the Kamloops area, have joined a recent push to use prescribed burns as a wildfire prevention method. Controlled burns are one of the recommendat...
May 24, 2019 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
'Let's get this pipeline built' : Kamloops mayor reacts to court ruling in Trans Mountain case
KAMLOOPS - The mayor of Kamloops hopes today's B.C. Court of Appeal ruling will bring the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion one step closer to being built. This morning (May 24), five judges ruled the...
May 24, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Court says B.C. can't restrict oil shipments in key case for Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal says the province cannot restrict oil shipments through its borders in a decision that marks a win for the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expans...
May 24, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
West Victoria project moves to 24-hour construction
KAMLOOPS - More changes are coming to the Victoria Street West improvements project.Starting Sunday (May 26), Extreme Excavating will move to a 24-hour construction schedule. That will be in place for...
May 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops RCMP investigating allegations a caretaker neglected a severely disabled woman
KAMLOOPS - Police are investigating allegations that a Kamloops caretaker neglected and abused a severely disabled woman who was in her care for 13 years. An unsealed search warrant details the 68-yea...
May 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Maxime Bernier trying to distinguish new party from Conservatives, Liberals
KAMLOOPS - Maxime Bernier is travelling across the country trying to separate himself and his new People's Party of Canada from his former Conservative colleagues. "We're very different than the Conse...
May 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
