Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Business as usual for Kamloops Toys "R" Us
KAMLOOPS - Toys “R” Us stores in Canada, including the one in Kamloops, will be unaffected by the closure of all the chain’s U.S. locations. The company confirmed the news Thursday m...
Mar 15, 2018
$500K lotto ticket sold in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Check your lottery tickets. The BC Lottery Corporation has confirmed to CFJC Today that a winning $500,000 Extra ticket was sold somewhere in Kamloops Wednesday night. The winner, who has y...
Mar 15, 2018
Wildlife Park to ask for more grants with minimum wage, tax increases
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildlife Park can be counted as another non-profit organization that is considering possible service cuts with minimum wage increases and the employer health tax. General manager G...
Mar 14, 2018
Work set to resume on Peterson Creek Multi-Use Path
KAMLOOPS - After the long snowy winter, work is about to pick back up for the Peterson Creek Multi-Use Pathway. Work was intended to begin on the path connecting Summit Drive to downtown Kamloops last...
Mar 14, 2018
Camille convicted in 2016 killing at Valleyview motel
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man has been convicted of manslaughter in a 2016 slaying at a Valleyview motel. Gordon Paul Camille was found guilty in BC Supreme Court Tuesday (March 13). The body of 49 year o...
Mar 14, 2018
Kamloops woman organizes shuttle service to help search for Shtuka
KAMLOOPS - As the frantic search for Ryan Shtuka up at Sun Peaks approaches the four-week mark, a Kamloops woman has stepped up to help out. Wendy Lefebvre has organized a shuttle bus service to searc...
Mar 14, 2018
Winter shelter to close soon after serving nearly 300 people
KAMLOOPS - It’s been used as a winter shelter for the last six months, but in the two weeks the former Stuart Wood Elementary School will once again be empty. The city has confirmed that funding...
Mar 13, 2018
Even with new Calgary flight, Kamloops Airport still looking for Edmonton
KAMLOOPS - Westjet has announced another daily flight between Kamloops and Calgary, but Mayor Ken Christian says he’d like to see a direct flight to another Alberta city. The airline said it is ...
Mar 13, 2018
Youth program drives home sobering message about impaired and distracted driving
KAMLOOPS - A serious car crash after a few drinks at a party: something nobody wants to imagine. But it’s exactly what happened to a dummy “patient” - and these Kamloops teenagers ar...
Mar 13, 2018
City of Kamloops solicits pothole complaints
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops wants to hear your complaints - about potholes. Civic Operations Director Jen Fretz says city crews are scrambling 24 hours a day to repair crumbling roads all across K...
Mar 13, 2018
