Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Coquihalla reopens south of Merritt
MERRITT - Update: The Coquihalla Highway is now open with a lane closure in effect. This following an accident at exit 286, Coldwater exchange. BC Hydro is on site restoring power that has been affect...
Jan 15, 2018
Environment Canada issues fog advisory for Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a fog advisory for the Coquihalla Highway from Merritt to Kamloops and along the Connector from Merritt to Peachland. The special weather statement states near...
Jan 14, 2018
MP Cathy McLeod touring riding ahead of return to Ottawa
KAMLOOPS - With the House of Commons resuming at the end of the month, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod is gathering comments and concerns from her constituents. McLeod is curren...
Jan 14, 2018
RCMP locate missing Kamloops youth
KAMLOOPS - Update: Good news. The Kamloops RCMP says the teen reported missing last week has been located. Earlier: RCMP are looking for a missing 14-year-old girl from the Kamloops area. Annie Kirste...
Jan 13, 2018
Guns, drugs, stolen property seized from Kamloops home
KAMLOOPS - Weapons, stolen property, and drugs were seized during a search warrant executed by Kamloops RCMP Friday night. Upon entry to the home on Royal Avenue, four people well known to police were...
Jan 13, 2018
Kamloops eatery ditching the plastic straw
KAMLOOPS - It's estimated that in North America, over 500,000,000 straws are discarded every day. That accounts for around 1,400,000 kilograms of plastic which makes its way into landfills. As a New Y...
Jan 12, 2018
Kamloops cell phone thieves target sports teams
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a new theft trend has popped up in Kamloops this year. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says, in the first week of 2018, police recorded three separate incidents of sports teams being victimized ...
Jan 12, 2018
KTTA launches campaign to outline class size, composition violations
KAMLOOPS - When the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of B.C. teachers in November 2016, there was hope the more than decade-long battle over class size and composition was over. But if you ask ...
Jan 12, 2018 CFJC Today File Photo
Wildfires hurt passenger numbers at YKA in 2017
KAMLOOPS - Last summer’s devastating wildfires put a dent in passenger numbers at Kamloops Airport in 2017. Managing Director Heather McCarley says numbers dropped 2.5 per cent from just over 32...
Jan 12, 2018
Greyhound extends lease at Kamloops location
KAMLOOPS - The Greyhound station in Kamloops is staying put. Greyhound confirmed the news to CFJC Today Friday. “In order to continue to serve the residents of Kamloops, we are extending our lea...
Jan 12, 2018
