Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
New Health Sciences Academy giving high school students a leg up to a pursuit in medicine
KAMLOOPS - School District 73's Health Sciences Academy is the first of its kind for the Kamloops-Thompson area. The new program gives Grade 11 and 12 students from high schools throughout Kamloops an...
Oct 09, 2024
CORRECTION: Mayor Hamer-Jackson says asset liquidation meant to pay current lawyer
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson says he plans to liquidate some of his assets, including his Westmount home, his commercial property on Victoria Street West and his boat, to cover his leg...
Oct 09, 2024
Last home match for TRU WolfPack grads crucial to post-season hopes
KAMLOOPS -- For five graduating TRU WolfPack women's soccer players, this Friday's (Oct. 11) match against the UBC Okanagan Heat of Kelowna will mark their last university soccer experience on home tu...
Oct 09, 2024
Caputo proud, notes words matter with Bill C-291 to become law
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo is in a celebratory mood. He authored Bill C-291 shortly after he was elected in 2021 and, after passing its third reading in the senate on Tuesday (Oct. 8), ...
Oct 09, 2024
Suspect arrested at scene of North Shore break-in
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP believe they have the person responsible for a late night break-in on North Shore Tuesday (Oct. 8) in custody.In a news release, spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says police w...
Oct 09, 2024
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO: SUV flips, crashes in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Traffic was briefly snarled on the east side of the city's downtown Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 9) after a car flipped on Battle Street.In surveillance video captured by The Garage auto shop,...
Oct 09, 2024
TNRD looks back on 2024 wildfire season, warns of unstable soil
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Nicola Regional District communications manager Colton Davies spoke to CFJC Today on Tuesday (Oct. 8) to recap the 2024 wildfire season.The TNRD Emergency Operations Centre was act...
Oct 08, 2024
Fireworks return to Riverside Park for Canada Day 2025
KAMLOOPS - After years of COVID cancellations, wildfire-related postponements and trying out a drone light show, fireworks will be returning as part of Canada Day celebrations in Kamloops for 2025.At ...
Oct 08, 2024
Riverfront parks reopen but city officials urge caution near Red Bridge worksite
KAMLOOPS - On the heels of the fire that destroyed the city's oldest river crossing last month, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has determined the remaining sections of the Red Bridg...
Oct 08, 2024
'You may have to get a court order'; Kamloops mayor refuses office move to City Hall basement
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson says he does not intend to obey a council vote that would see his office move from the main floor of City Hall, adjacent to council chambers, to the buildi...
Oct 08, 2024
