Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Fatal crash closes Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - UPDATE- 4:45 am- The Coquihalla Highway was closed for several hours Thursday evening after a fatal, multi-vehicle crash. The collision happened just south of Merritt, near Coldwater R...
May 16, 2019 Image Credit: Joshua Knaak
City of Kamloops hoping to educate public about biosolid production in wake of protests, blockades
KAMLOOPS - Biosolids has been a contentious issue in the region. Currently, they are being trucked out of the Kamloops Sewage Treatment Centre to the Turtle Valley near Chase. However, for weeks, prot...
May 16, 2019 Kamloops biosolids produced at the city's sewage treatment centre on Mission Flats Road (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Fentanyl test strips and drug identification machine worthwhile for at-risk substance users
KAMLOOPS - For nearly a year, ASK Wellness has been giving people who use drugs in Kamloops a chance to know what exactly is in their substances. The fentanyl test strip pilot program, along with a ne...
May 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Milobar
Three suspects charged in connection to North Shore stabbing
KAMLOOPS - A 34-year-old Prince George man is expected to survive after being stabbed on the North Shore Wednesday (May 16). Three people have been charged in the incident.Police responded to the inci...
May 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Two Saskatchewan men arrested in Sahali after being found in stolen vehicle
KAMLOOPS - A major police presence at a Sahali gas station Thursday morning has been resolved.This morning (May 16) at 8:30 a.m., employees from the Esso gas station on Columbia Street West reported a...
May 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Michael Beck
Woodward Cider Co. gives Kamloops first taste of locally crafted cider
KAMLOOPS - We already have locally made wine and beer, and now Kamloops has its first craft cidery. Working out of the Privato Winery and Vineyards location, brothers Tim, Ben and Adam Woodward have f...
May 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Dylana Milobar
Wildlife park hoping for new X-ray machine to save time, money when assessing animals
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildlife Park relies on donations. Without the generosity of the public and local philanthropists like Ron and Rae Fawcett, it simply wouldn't exist. The park has many wants and ne...
May 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
First retail cannabis store on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc reserve opens for business
KAMLOOPS - The city's third legal cannabis shop opened its doors on the Tk'emlps te Secwpemc lands today. Pinnacle Access, run by two TtS members, is the first of its kind on band land, and because of...
May 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Hikers reminded to prepare when heading out into bear country
KAMLOOPS - It was a terrifying encounter with wildlife, a young woman and her dogs were stalked by a bear between McQueen Lake and Isobel Lake earlier this month. "When the bear approached she deploye...
May 15, 2019 Image Credit: Ashley Gribble
City kicks off $4 million Todd Road improvement, awards contract to BA Dawson
KAMLOOPS - Phase One of construction on pedestrian upgrades for Todd Road began this week - a long awaited improvement project for residents of Barnhartvale.The City of Kamloops chose BA Dawson Blackt...
May 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
