Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Mustard Seed details successes, challenges at Alliance Church emergency shelter
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed reported on its emergency winter shelter at Kamloops council's regular meeting Tuesday (April 18) - a report filled with both successes and frustrations.The social agency o...
Apr 18, 2023
RCMP trying to determine why car collided with Kamloops North Shore restaurant
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP investigators are still trying to determine why a car crashed into a North Shore restaurant Monday afternoon (April 18).The Volkswagen slammed into Moon Wok Chinese Restaurant...
Apr 18, 2023
SD73 unveils Pineview school architect, establishes engagement committee
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District will partner with a familiar name to design a new elementary school in Pineview Valley.This week, the district announced Station One Architects will co...
Apr 18, 2023
Millions in funding going towards wastewater projects in Chase and Cache Creek, drinking water system in Lytton
KAMLOOPS - The Village of Chase, the Village of Cache Creek and the Village of Lytton were big recipients in the latest round of infrastructure funding from the federal government.In a news release is...
Apr 18, 2023
Kamloops suffers 18 deaths in first three months due to toxic drug supply: BC Coroners Service
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops continues to see an alarming amount of deaths in 2023 because of use of illicit drugs.According to the latest preliminary data by the BC Coroners Service, 596 people died province-...
Apr 18, 2023
YKA sees spike in travellers to start 2023, will see additional Calgary and Vancouver flights
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Airport's (YKA) first quarter traffic took off to a 50 per cent jump compared to the same timeframe in 2022.In a news release issued Monday (April 18), YKA Managing Director Ed Rat...
Apr 18, 2023
Kamloops comic book store manager turns childhood dream into reality with release of new comic
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops man who runs the popular High Octane Comics and Collectibles has turned his passion for comics into a creative endeavor. He recently created and published his own comic, 'Life,' ...
Apr 17, 2023
Petition to save Thompson Region Family Obstetrics clinic presented in B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - A petition intended to raise awareness of the plight of the Thompson Region Family Obstetrics (TRFO) clinic has been presented in the B.C. legislature.The petition was launched by Kamloops ...
Apr 17, 2023
COVID-19 outbreaks at Royal Inland Hospital, Ponderosa Lodge
KAMLOOPS - Just when many thought the time of COVID-19 outbreaks was in the rearview mirror, Interior Heath declared two in Kamloops in less than a week. IH tells CFJC News one outbreak was declared a...
Apr 17, 2023
B.C. Housing extends lease for Merit Place shelter until 2025
KAMLOOPS - The homeless shelter set up at the former Greyhound station on Notre Dame Drive will remain in operation for the next two years.Merit Place opened in February 2022, operated by the Kamloops...
Apr 17, 2023
