Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Local outdoorsman Frank Ritcey launches Hike for the Cure fundraiser for prostate cancer research
KAMLOOPS - A longtime environmental and wildfire educator in the area who was recently diagnosed with a serious form of prostate cancer is taking to the outdoors to fundraise for the Canadian Cancer S...
May 22, 2025
New downtown plaque an homage to 1910 document given to Sir Wilfrid Laurier by local First Nations
KAMLOOPS - The 100-block of Victoria Street was briefly closed to vehicle traffic Thursday (May 22) for the unveiling of 'The Memorial to Sir Wilfrid Laurier' plaque. The plaque, which is attached to ...
May 22, 2025
New data highlights need for day space on Tranquille corridor
KAMLOOPS - New reporting from Kamloops Fire Rescue, Kamloops RCMP and City of Kamloops Community Service Officers is painting a better picture of where the bulk of emergency calls are coming from. At ...
May 22, 2025
Treatment work underway to eradicate Japanese beetles from Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has begun treatment work to try and stop the spread of invasive Japanese beetles after 11 were found in Kamloops last year. Environmental Services Supervisor Danielle S...
May 22, 2025
Snowpack conditions down across the province, mostly unchanged near Kamloops
VICTORIA - Snow conditions are mostly unchanged in the North and South Thompson basins. According to the latest Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin from the BC River Forecast Centre (BCRFC), the Nor...
May 22, 2025
CSRD launches three alternative approval processes to fund new road rescue initiatives
SHUSWAP, B.C. - Three separate alternative approval processes (AAPs) are underway in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD), as it looks to fund new road rescue services in Electoral Areas C an...
May 22, 2025
Measles vaccine clinics being held in Kamloops and Chase
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is holding multiple measles immunization clinics across the region over the next six weeks, including sessions in Chase and Kamloops. In an email to CFJC Today, Interior Hea...
May 22, 2025
Save-On-Foods, Pattison Food Group support local food banks
What began as a three-day campaign back in 2018 is now a well-established week-long initiative focused on feeding families in need across Western Canada.Starting Thursday, grocery shoppers can support...
May 21, 2025
Knutsford Initial Response Team gearing up for another season of volunteer wildfire suppression
KAMLOOPS - Wet conditions and green hills throughout the Kamloops region aren't expected to last for much longer, with hot, dry summer months approaching. As the risk of wildfire activity increases, t...
May 21, 2025
Convicted pedophile who was once Interior Health's top doctor gives up medical license
VANCOUVER - A disgraced former top doctor for Interior Health can no longer practice medicine at all.The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. (CPSBC) says Albert de Villiers has voluntarily resi...
May 21, 2025
