Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
SD73 dismisses secretary-treasurer Cassidy, others after accounting error leads to budget shortfall
KAMLOOPS - In the wake of an accounting mistake that led to a $2.2-million shortfall in the Kamloops-Thompson School District budget, the district's secretary-treasurer has been fired.Sources tell CFJ...
Oct 10, 2024
Man arrested, accused of assaulting woman with a rock in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man was arrested in Kamloops Wednesday (Oct. 9), accused of assaulting a woman with a rock. Kamloops RCMP say officers were called to a business on the 600-block of Seymour Stree...
Oct 10, 2024
Weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes gun point, sexual assault investigation and intoxicated man refusing to leave motel
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP responded to approximately 381 calls for service from Friday, Oct. 4 to 9:00 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. Below are some incidents police attended. Man arrested after reporte...
Oct 10, 2024
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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 8, 2024
