Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
CMHA, Olympian Catharine Pendrel kick off Ride Don't Hide campaign
KAMLOOPS - Today (May 6) marks the start of Mental Health Week and it's also the kick off to the campaign for the seventh annual Ride Don't Hide event. The Canadian Mental Health Association is encour...
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Kamloops will get a taste of summer this week
KAMLOOPS - Some unseasonably warm temperature is heading our way this week.Environment Canada forecaster Doug Lundquist says it's not unusual for the city to get a warm period at the beginning of May....
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
B.C. Forest Minister confident appeal process on recent WTO ruling will be successful
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Forest Minister says the province is pushing back against a World Trade Organization ruling last month in favour of the American government using a long-outlawed practice of 'zeroi...
May 06, 2019 B.C. government feel it can prove it doesn't subsidize lumber exported to the U.S. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Acacia Pangilinan named executive director of Kamloops Chamber of Commerce
KAMLOOPS - The interim executive director of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce has officially been hired into the position. Acacia Pangilinan started her new position today (May 6). She was previously ...
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops celebrates Free Comic Book Day
KAMLOOPS - Each year, comic book retailers celebrate Free Comic Book Day on the first Saturday in May. Hundreds of comic book fans gather at their local comic shops to get one of the many free comics ...
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Increase in car windows being smashed in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There's been an increase in the number of car windows being smashed in the city. Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says although the numbers of thefts from vehicles have stayed r...
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Clean up underway after downtown Denny's kitchen fire
KAMLOOPS - The Denny's restaurant in downtown Kamloops will be closed this afternoon for kitchen clean up, following a minor fire. Kamloops Fire and Rescue Platoon Captain Chris Burnham says crews wer...
May 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
May long weekend camping spots still available throughout Thompson Cariboo
KAMLOOPS - Despite an increase in the number of campground bookings across the province, there are still some camping spots left around the Thompson-Cariboo. In a statement, the Ministry of Environmen...
May 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
RCMP recover body of missing TRU student in North Thompson
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP's Underwater Recovery Team has now recovered the body of a 23-year-old man who went missing yesterday in the North Thompson River. Staff Sgt. Mat Van Laer says around 10:50 a....
May 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops ready to lead Alzheimer's Society fundraising with 15th annual walk
KAMLOOPS - Sunday, the Tournament Capital Centre will host the 15th annual IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's, which aims to raise money for Alzheimer's research, while celebrating those affect...
May 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
