Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
KFR responds to apartment fire on Dalgleish Drive
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue quickly extinguished a fire at an apartment building this afternoon. Smoke could be seen pouring out of an upper floor window at an apartment building on Dalgleish. Ima...
Aug 7, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Local team ready to ride to conquer cancer
KAMLOOPS - A group of 18 cyclists known as the Melanoma Warriors are preparing to ride from Cloverdale to Hope for The Ride to Conquer Cancer. The ride is a fundraiser put on by the BC Cancer Foundati...
Aug 7, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Homeless population trying to beat the heat in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's been a relatively cool summer so far, but daytime highs are now reaching the mid 30s - prompting Environment Canada to issue a special weather statement for the first heat wave of the ...
Aug 7, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Kamloops woman seeking donations to help family of Good Samaritan who died after water rescue
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman is hoping local businesses can provide donations to help the family of a man who died after saving a woman from a lake. Melissa Empey says her family is close with the fami...
Aug 7, 2019 Shaun and Lianne Nugent. (Image Credit: Facebook)
West Nile virus most active in August: Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued an advisory around the dangers of the West Nile virus. It says the species of mosquito that is most likely to carry the virus, becomes more active in August.To pr...
Aug 7, 2019 Image Credit: @MarioYordanov
MP McLeod disappointed with Liberal interpretation of Conservative health and social transfer plan
KAMLOOPS - The Conservative MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo is firing back against local Liberal candidate Terry Lake after he voiced his criticisms over the recently released Conservative health and...
Aug 7, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL: Habitat For Humanity Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - In Part 7 of our series Struggle For Survival, we look at Habitat For Humanity. The international non-profit dates back to 1965 in the U.S. Habitat became well-known in the 1980s when forme...
Aug 6, 2019 Habitat For Humanity has been in Kamloops since 2000 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Wildlife park steps up to welcome owls escaping South Okanagan wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The burrowing owl habitat at the B.C. Wildlife Park is a little busier these days. Twenty-eight new owls were introduced to the park on Monday, escaping the Eagle Bluff wildfire near Oliver...
Aug 6, 2019 Twenty-eight owls from the South Okanagan Rehabilitation For Owls Centre arrived in Kamloops on Monday (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Special weather statement issued for parts of Southern Interior including Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A hot spell is making its way through the Southern Interior, and a special weather statement has been issued for parts of the region including Kamloops.Environment Canada says in the specia...
Aug 6, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops Immigrant Services hosts meeting to increase refugee sponsorship
KAMLOOPS - According to the United Nations, we're witnessing the highest levels of displacement in the world right now. In 2018, over 70 million people had been forced from their homes due to conflict...
Aug 6, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today/Kent Simmonds
