Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Spring showers expected for Kamloops after sunny weekend weather
KAMLOOPS - While this weekend has seen mostly sunshine, according to Environment Canada, Kamloops might be in for a few showers in the coming days. Meteorologist Bobby Sekhon says the rest of this wee...
May 12, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Plenty to see at 4th annual Green Living Expo
KAMLOOPS - It's a big day at the Sandman Centre. The City's 4th annual Green Living Expo runs from 10:00 a.m- 4:00 p.m today (May 11). Sustainability Educator Jaime Garbutt says the idea of the Expo i...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Whispering Pines Chief hoping for Trans Mountain discussions before fall election
KAMLOOPS - The chair of a First Nations organization trying to acquire an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline says he hopes the government sits down before the House of Commons rises ahead of ...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Balance of Power
Kamloops RCMP investigating suspicious interaction outside elementary school
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are looking for information after a suspicious incident yesterday afternoon (May 10) outside Arthur Hatton Elementary School.Staff Sgt. Michel Grondin says police received a r...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
KFR takes down mobile home park blaze
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were able to extinguish a small fire in a mobile home park along Ord Road last night. Platoon Captain Jim Gorman says the blaze started around 8:15 p.m, and KFR w...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Fire on Shuswap Road rips through trucking yard
KAMLOOPS - A pillar of dark smoke rising east of Kamloops was visible from across the city, as a fire tore through the Lebeau Brothers Logging Ltd. on East Shuswap Road yard at around 8:00 pm Friday e...
May 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
Kamloops-Thompson Regional Heritage Fair gets students in touch with the past
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson Regional Heritage Fair took place over the past two days at the Henry Grube Centre. The event is much like a science fair, but instead of chemistry or biology, the stu...
May 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Homeless encampment cleanup underway along Thompson Rivers
KAMLOOPS - After numerous complaints and spring flood potential on the way, a series of homeless encampments set up along Thompson River banks are starting to be cleared out. City of Kamloops Bylaw Se...
May 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Milobar
Kamloops businesses prepare for a busy Mother's Day
KAMLOOPS - It's one of the busiest days of the year for Kamloops Florist, as employees prepare dozens of orders for delivery before Mother's Day. "Mother's Day is one of our three biggest (holidays),"...
May 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
B.C Wildfire Service looking at smoke inhalation mitigation for firefighters
MERRITT, B.C. - With the 2019 wildfire season creeping up on the province, the B.C. Wildfire Service is working on protecting its members from damaging smoke. Fighting active wildfires makes smoke inh...
May 10, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Hugh Daykin
