Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Grieving friends and family of hit and run victims fundraising for funeral costs
KAMLOOPS - Friends of Feyisola David Adebowale, Daniel Okocha, and Oluwatosin Kelvin Adeojo - who were killed in a hit and run last weekend - have been working to raise money to properly lay them to r...
Nov 13, 2019 Left to right: Robert Ogunbanwo, and Awele Juwe (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
U-Haul fined $71,000 for hazardous materials found during renovation of its Kamloops building
KAMLOOPS - A moving truck rental company has been fined more than $71,000 after hazardous materials were discovered during renovation work in Kamloops. According to a penalty summary, WorkSafeBC inspe...
Nov 13, 2019 Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Damaged gas line causes brief evacuation, lengthy closure of Valleyview Drive
KAMLOOPS - Valleyview Drive may be shut down overnight after a major gas leak Wednesday (Nov. 13).An excavator working to help install conduits for electrical cables hit the line at about 11:00 a.m.Al...
Nov 13, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Car crashes into North Shore deli
KAMLOOPS - A car smashed into a popular Kamloops North Shore meatery Wednesday (Nov. 13).During the 2:00 hour Wednesday afternoon, a late model Subaru went careening into Gary's European Sausage and D...
Nov 13, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Sharon Fitzer
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP locate missing woman
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Police in Kamloops have located a woman reported missing Nov. 13. All personal information has been removed from the article. ORIGINAL: Police in Kamloops are searching for a missin...
Nov 13, 2019
Kamloops family pledges $500,000 to RIH Foundation
KAMLOOPS - A local family says it will donate $500,000 to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation, supporting the Patient Care Tower Project, which includes a new rooftop helipad.Ralph and Linda Emsland ...
Nov 13, 2019 From left to right: Brad, Aubrey, Dallas, Malonie, Blake, Linda, Ralph, Jeff, Charlene, and Brett Emsland. (Image Credit: Sarah Robillard Photography)
Third person dies following downtown Kamloops hit and run earlier this month
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: Coast Hotels has confirmed all three people who died after the November 3 crash in downtown Kamloops worked at the Coast Sundance Lodge in Sun Peaks.In a statement, Coast Director o...
Nov 13, 2019 From left: Feyisola Adebowale, Oluwatosin Adeojo, Daniel Okocha. (Image Credit: Facebook)
Terrace RCMP investigating suspicious death of Kamloops man
KAMLOOPS - Police in Terrace are investigating after the suspicious death of a Kamloops man.In a news release, Terrace RCMP spokesperson Const. Crystal Evelyn says police responded to a report of an i...
Nov 13, 2019 Image Credit: Facebook
No environmental damage from diesel spill Tuesday night
KAMLOOPS - Up to 200 gallons of diesel fuel leaked into a ditch last night when a semi trailer hit a no-post at the Lafarge intersection with the Trans Canada Highway east of town. When the semi hit t...
Nov 13, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops Fire Rescue
B.C. minister of social development hosts roundtable to discuss accessibility legislation
KAMLOOPS --- The B.C. government is going around the province looking for feedback from local officials and people living with disabilities to shape new accessibility legislation it hopes to have pass...
Nov 12, 2019 Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Shane Simpson hosted a roundtable at Lii Michif Otipemisiwak on Tuesday afternoon (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
