Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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
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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2024
One woman dead after crash on Highway 5 north of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A woman is dead following a single-vehicle crash on the Yellowhead Highway north of Kamloops. In a news release, BC Highway Patrol says the collision on Highway 5 between Vinsulla and McLur...
Oct 8, 2024
Water reservoir in Clearwater drained due to data system being intentionally shut off; police investigating
CLEARWATER, B.C. - A police file is open in the District of Clearwater as it's believed a portion of the data system that controls the water reservoir was intentionally shut off. Speaking to CFJC Toda...
Oct 8, 2024
Vehicle incident snarls traffic on Highway 5 between Vinsulla and McLure
UPDATE (12:45 p.m.): DriveBC says the stretch of Highway 5 is expected to reopen at 2:00 p.m.UPDATE (9:30 a.m.): A detour is now in effect via Highway 24 but DriveBC says the stretch of Highway 5 Nort...
Oct 8, 2024
Prices continue to drop during cooler September for Kamloops real estate market
KAMLOOPS - The transition from summer to winter started in September but one holdover from the summer is the cooler Kamloops real estate market. New numbers provided by the Association of Interior Rea...
Oct 8, 2024
Kamloops supporters of Jewish, Palestinian communities reflect on a sombre anniversary
KAMLOOPS - It has been one year since the Hamas terror attack in Israel that sparked war in the Middle East.Members of Palestine Solidarity Kamloops and the Jewish Community Centre of Kamloops have be...
Oct 7, 2024
