Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Raise A Reader helping to fund essential literacy programs in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's Raise A Reader day and volunteers were scattered through the city on Wednesday morning, stationed at drive-thrus to collect money for literacy programs in Kamloops. Volunteers, includi...
Sep 25, 2019 CFJC-TV members Chad Klassen (left), Tanya Cronin and Bill O'Donovan were out for Raise A Reader on Thursday morning (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops RCMP searching for stolen motorhome
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for the public's help in finding a stolen motorhome.Early in the morning of Sept. 21, a motorhome was stolen from Salish Road, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. ...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP handout
TNRD Wins UBCM Award
VANCOUVER - The Union of British Columbia Municipalities has presented its 2019 Community Excellence Awards at the UBCM annual convention in Vancouver. The awards showcase municipalities and regional ...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: UBCM
Kamloops church group raising money for solar panel installation at Kenyan hospital
KAMLOOPS - Tens of thousands of patients come through Kapsowar Mission Hospital every year. The 120-bed hospital, located in the highlands of Kenya, serves a relatively poor population using limited r...
Sep 24, 2019 Image Credit: Contributed / Dr. Gerhard Schumacher
Save some change for Raise a Reader on your morning commute
KAMLOOPS - More than 200 volunteers will fan out across the city early Wednesday morning (Sept. 25) to help raise funds for Raise a Reader. Raise a Reader raises funds for literacy programs in communi...
Sep 24, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Jessie Simpson goes through another surgery, starting to remember horrific attack
KAMLOOPS - It has been more than three years since Jessie Simpson's life changed forever.In the early morning hours of June 19, 2016 - a month before his 19th birthday - Simpson was beaten with a base...
Sep 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops RCMP crackdown includes arrest of man suspected of stealing bike on his wedding day
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Kamloops say a recent crackdown on bicycle thefts led to some surprising results, including a suspect accused of stealing a bike on his wedding day.According to a news release, RCMP...
Sep 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Ajax not dead? Minority owner says Kamloops mine still a priority
KAMLOOPS - The Ajax project is not dead, according to its minority owner.The proposed copper-gold mine on the southeast border of Kamloops was denied an environmental assessment certificate by the pro...
Sep 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Rocky Mountain Rangers headed to France to dedicate bench at Hill 70 Memorial
KAMLOOPS - The Rocky Mountain Rangers are heading to France on the weekend to lay wreaths at significant Hill 70 Memorial sites. A walkway, named after Pte. Frederick Lee of Kamloops, has been constru...
Sep 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
#STOPTrackTragedies campaign officially launches on first day of Rail Safety Week
KAMLOOPS - Every year 2,100 North Americans are injured or killed in railway crossing related incidents. Today (Sept. 23) marks the first day of Rail Safety Week 2019. In Kamloops, an event was held a...
Sep 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
