Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Thompson-Nicola Film Commissioner hopeful new photo database draws production to region
KAMLOOPS - According to a report from the Canadian Media Producers Association, film and television production in Canada increased by nearly six per cent in 2018. The industry is worth $8.92 billion, ...
Jun 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops Symphony's new executive director looking forward to building relationships in the city
KAMLOOPS - After Kathy Humphreys, executive director of the Kamloops Symphony, announced her retirement earlier this year, the search for her successor was on. The Symphony received dozens of applicat...
Jun 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops Green Party candidate drawn to politics by environmental issues
KAMLOOPS - Former Crown prosecutor Iain Currie is taking a run at federal politics, representing the Green Party for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding in October's election. Currie was born and rai...
Jun 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Land application remains on the table for long term disposal of Kamloops biosolids
KAMLOOPS - City of Kamloops staff will include land application among the options it will study as it seeks a long term solution for the biosolids produced by the city's sewage treatment facility. Eve...
Jun 18, 2019
Crown appeals six-month sentence of Kamloops man who admitted to luring teenager
KAMLOOPS - Crown counsel in Kamloops has appealed the six-month jail sentence of a man who admitted to luring a child over the internet. Earlier this year, Justin McGowan was given the sentence after ...
Jun 18, 2019
Kamloops council to keep holding its meetings during the light of day
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has shut down a move to alter the times it holds its regular public meetings and hearings. At a Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday morning (June 18), staff told council...
Jun 18, 2019
Rascal Flatts to visit Kamloops in October
KAMLOOPS - Country group Rascal Flatts is including Kamloops in its fall tour. The group has added six Western Canada dates, beginning October 24 in Medicine Hat. The Kamloops date is Tuesday, October...
Jun 18, 2019 Image Credit: Michael Bush / Dreamstime.com
Kamloops man gets house arrest for setting home on fire
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has pleaded guilty to setting his house on fire while he, his mother and the family dog were inside. His mother cannot be identified due to a court-ordered publication ban, a...
Jun 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Family of missing Kamloops man fans out across city in desperate search
KAMLOOPS - The home of Lorne Hamer-Jackson has become search headquarters for the 57-year-old husband and father. "We've had friends that we know that have airplanes, my brother's got a friend that's ...
Jun 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club waiting to gain more lake access, recoup legal fees
KAMLOOPS - The Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club won a court decision in December over access to a pair of public lakes near Merritt - but the battle is not completely over. On Dec. 7, Supreme Court Ju...
Jun 17, 2019 Minnie and Stoney Lakes are public, but the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club argues access remains limited (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
