Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Neighbours say occupants of Shuswap home where two bodies were found Tuesday had not been seen in days
ANGLEMONT, B.C. - RCMP investigating a pair of suspicious deaths in the North Shuswap say it's believed the deaths are "isolated in nature".In a news release distributed late Wednesday morning (Nov. 6...
Nov 6, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
RCMP investigate Anglemont deaths
KAMLOOPS - (NOTE: This story has been updated here.)Police in the Shuswap are investigating two suspicious deaths in Anglemont.RCMP Southeast District spokesperson Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey says in an ema...
Nov 6, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Kneeshaw
Stolen vehicle leads to Salmon Arm arrests
KAMLOOPS - Police have two suspects in custody following the seizure of a vehicle stolen in Richmond last month. Staff Sergeant Scott West of the Salmon Arm RCMP says they located a stolen Audi on a p...
Nov 6, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
ASK Wellness looking forward to more affordable units, honour Stollery Foundation on Spirit Square project
KAMLOOPS - The number of affordable housing units has taken off in the last year, and despite more coming online in the spring, the executive director of ASK Wellness says it won't be enough. "Just wh...
Nov 5, 2019 This 43-unit affordable housing unit for seniors 55 and older will be ready Mar. 1. The building will be called The Stollery Suites on Spirit Square (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops woman believes Lyme disease more prevalent than doctors know
KAMLOOPS - Lyme disease is a tricky subject. If you speak with health care professionals, it's relatively rare in British Columbia, affecting between 10 and 30 individuals per year. However, when you ...
Nov 5, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Homeless advocacy group stops in Kamloops to kick off five-day 'Tent City Tour'
KAMLOOPS - A grassroots organization called the Alliance Against Displacement made a stop in Kamloops on a five-day Tent City Tour. The group, hailing from the Lower Mainland, is conducting its own re...
Nov 5, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops council supports arts centre proposal; referendum on borrowing to be held in 2020
KAMLOOPS - "Right project, right place, right time."That mantra was repeated by several Kamloops councillors Tuesday (Nov. 5) as they voted their support for the Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society a...
Nov 5, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society
Edmonton-based Stollery Foundation donates $750,000 to RIH Foundation for Patient Care Tower
KAMLOOPS - The Stollery Charitable Foundation (SCF) has announced it will make a $750,000 donation to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation.The donation will be spread over the next four years and will...
Nov 5, 2019 Image Credit: Interior Health
Recent local Green candidate says race for new leader may bring more support to party
KAMLOOPS - Elizabeth May's resignation on Monday doesn't come as a surprise to the recent Green Party candidate in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, who says it may help attract more positive attention to th...
Nov 4, 2019 Former Green Party leader Elizabeth May made a stop in Kamloops on Oct. 15, six days before the federal election (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Multi-unit affordable housing project marks new era for Habitat for Humanity
KAMLOOPS - Habitat for Humanity has teamed up with Kamloops Immigrant Services to develop a multi-story commercial and residential building on Tranquille Road. "Habitat for Humanity's values mimic our...
Nov 4, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
