Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Over 1,000 lbs of food bank donations collected at Sun Peaks Summer High Five Day
SUN PEAKS - The numbers are in, and Sun Peaks Resort's Summer High Five Day has proven to be a record setting success. Monday, July 15, the semi-annual event offered full day lift passes to visitors, ...
Jul 20, 2019 Chet Mourant, Manager of Warehouse Operations at the Kamloops Food Bank, collecting food donations at Sun Peaks Resort on Monday.
Nurse shortage impacting ER and ICU at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - The regional chair of the BC Nurses' Union says Royal Inland Hospital is currently facing a shortage of critical care nurses. Tracy Quewezance says there are significant temporary and perma...
Jul 19, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. man with one leg takes on 1,000 km cycling journey for mental health
KAMLOOPS - A man who grew up in Kamloops has returned to the city on his cycling trip from Calgary to Vancouver. Jasan Doherty lost his right leg and the toes on his left foot 13 years ago when he was...
Jul 19, 2019 Image Credit: Facebook / Jasan Doherty
Free transit for Kamloops residents going to BCLC Midsummer Music Jam
KAMLOOPS - With country band Washboard Union headlining the BCLC Midsummer Music Jam at Music in the Park, residents will be able to head down for free.BC Transit says in a news release that on Wednes...
Jul 19, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / File Photo
Federal, provincial government commitment to address Big Bar rockslide
BIG BAR, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier John Horgan have committed to trying to minimize the impact on local fish affected by the Big Bar rockslide.In a news release, the provincial ...
Jul 19, 2019 Image Credit: BC Government
Summer weather is coming back to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - After yesterday's stormy weather, summer is coming back to Kamloops. Environment Canada forecaster Bobby Sekhon says the gusty winds and rain yesterday should be holding off for now. "We ar...
Jul 19, 2019 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
B.C.'s small cannabis producers looking for inroads into the marketplace
KAMLOOPS - This afternoon, representatives from GrowTech Labs held a meeting for parties interested in small-scale commercial cannabis production.The event was an informational session, following up o...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: GrowTech Labs
STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL: The Salvation Army
KAMLOOPS - In the second part of our series Struggle For Survival, we profile the Salvation Army. The worldwide non-profit was founded in England in 1865 and has been serving the Kamloops community fo...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Record-breaking slot machine win claimed by Prince George woman
KAMLOOPS - A Prince George woman is over $2 million richer after simply playing the slots. Marlyne Dumoulin is the winner of the largest ever Powerbucks progressive jackpot, and she claimed her prize ...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: BCLC
Canada's Health Minister announces $400,000 for overdose response training in B.C., Yukon
KAMLOOPS - The federal government has announced $400,000 in funding for opioid overdose response training in BC and the Yukon. Canada's Health Minister, Ginette Petitpas Taylor made the announcement i...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
