Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Cinnamon the lynx released back into wild by park staff
KAMLOOPS - For six weeks, Cinnamon was cooped up at the B.C. Wildlife Park, recovering from tick paralysis. When she first arrived, she was totally incapacitated, but slowly gained her balance and str...
May 7, 2019 Cinnamon was released near the Dewdrop by B.C. Wildlife Park staff on Monday night (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Buy-Low buys Nature's Fare chain
KAMLOOPS - Buy-Low Foods has purchased the Nature's Fare Market chain. The company says in a news release that Nature's Fare joined the group of companies on May 1. Buy-Low says the Kamloops Nature's ...
May 7, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
CMHA, Olympian Catharine Pendrel kick off Ride Don't Hide campaign
KAMLOOPS - Today (May 6) marks the start of Mental Health Week and it's also the kick off to the campaign for the seventh annual Ride Don't Hide event. The Canadian Mental Health Association is encour...
May 6, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Kamloops will get a taste of summer this week
KAMLOOPS - Some unseasonably warm temperature is heading our way this week.Environment Canada forecaster Doug Lundquist says it's not unusual for the city to get a warm period at the beginning of May....
May 6, 2019 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
B.C. Forest Minister confident appeal process on recent WTO ruling will be successful
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Forest Minister says the province is pushing back against a World Trade Organization ruling last month in favour of the American government using a long-outlawed practice of 'zeroi...
May 6, 2019 B.C. government feel it can prove it doesn't subsidize lumber exported to the U.S. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Acacia Pangilinan named executive director of Kamloops Chamber of Commerce
KAMLOOPS - The interim executive director of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce has officially been hired into the position. Acacia Pangilinan started her new position today (May 6). She was previously ...
May 6, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kamloops celebrates Free Comic Book Day
KAMLOOPS - Each year, comic book retailers celebrate Free Comic Book Day on the first Saturday in May. Hundreds of comic book fans gather at their local comic shops to get one of the many free comics ...
May 6, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Increase in car windows being smashed in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There's been an increase in the number of car windows being smashed in the city. Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says although the numbers of thefts from vehicles have stayed r...
May 6, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Clean up underway after downtown Denny's kitchen fire
KAMLOOPS - The Denny's restaurant in downtown Kamloops will be closed this afternoon for kitchen clean up, following a minor fire. Kamloops Fire and Rescue Platoon Captain Chris Burnham says crews wer...
May 5, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
May long weekend camping spots still available throughout Thompson Cariboo
KAMLOOPS - Despite an increase in the number of campground bookings across the province, there are still some camping spots left around the Thompson-Cariboo. In a statement, the Ministry of Environmen...
May 5, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
