Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
RCMP push 529 Garage app to help return stolen bicycles
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are encouraging Kamloops bicyclists to take a few steps toward making sure their bicycles stay in their possession. The annual Emergency Services Day runs this Saturday (May 11) at Abe...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: 529 Garage
McHappy Day helps families stay together through thick and thin
KAMLOOPS - Volunteers from the community are helping out at McDonalds on a day when a small purchase can make a big difference."Today we are donating one dollar from the proceeds from a Big Mac, a cof...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
$10-a-day child care advocates building endorsement list
KAMLOOPS - After gathering support from the City of Kamloops for $10-a-day child care, an advocate for the affordable option presented at Thompson Rivers University today as part of the group's campai...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops hospice seeks to bust myths during Palliative Care Week
KAMLOOPS - It is National Palliative Care Week across Canada, a week that is focused on improving the quality of life for patients near the end of their lives. Wendy Marlow, the executive director of ...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
IIO report into 2018 Rose Hill shootout determines officers acted appropriately
KAMLOOPS - The Independent Investigation Office of B.C has now released its report into an officer-involved shooting in a rural area of Kamloops last year. Officers responded to an area about three ki...
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Emergency Management BC shares Premier's Award with City of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - In recognition of Kamloops's efforts to help out during the 2017 wildfire and flooding seasons, the Central Region of Emergency Management BC has received the Premier's Award for Organizati...
May 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Sonographer shortage at RIH increasing ultrasound wait times
KAMLOOPS - Thousands of patients are waiting for an ultrasound at Royal Inland Hospital, while Interior Health attempts to recruit more sonographers to Kamloops. Patients looking to get an ultrasound ...
May 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops Chamber welcomes a familiar face into executive director's role
KAMLOOPS - It's been five months since the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce had a full-time permanent executive director in place. That's until Monday's news that Acacia Pangilinan, who had been serving a...
May 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Cinnamon the lynx released back into wild by park staff
KAMLOOPS - For six weeks, Cinnamon was cooped up at the B.C. Wildlife Park, recovering from tick paralysis. When she first arrived, she was totally incapacitated, but slowly gained her balance and str...
May 07, 2019 Cinnamon was released near the Dewdrop by B.C. Wildlife Park staff on Monday night (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Buy-Low buys Nature's Fare chain
KAMLOOPS - Buy-Low Foods has purchased the Nature's Fare Market chain. The company says in a news release that Nature's Fare joined the group of companies on May 1. Buy-Low says the Kamloops Nature's ...
May 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
