Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Giesbrecht to carry B.C. Conservative banner in Kamloops-North Thompson
KAMLOOPS - Another candidate has come forward in the Kamloops-North Thompson riding for the upcoming provincial election. This time, for the BC Conservatives.Dennis Giesbrecht, who originally hails fr...
James Peters Oct 02, 2020
Alberta RCMP says wanted man may be in Kamloops
CORONATION, AB - RCMP in Alberta are putting out a call for help tracking down a wanted man who may be in Kamloops.According to Coronation RCMP, Mitchell O'Hara, 23, has two warrants out for his arres...
James Peters Oct 02, 2020
PHOTOS: Campers leave a mess at Inks Lake
KAMLOOPS - Janice LaPlante says she's had enough.LaPlante regularly walks her dogs near Inks Lake and says campers near the lake have left the area a pigsty.Exasperated, she contacted CFJC Today in an...
Oct 02, 2020
VIDEO: Dangerous driver terrorizes Kamloops woman on Halston Bridge
KAMLOOPS - Video posted to social media shows a frightening incident on the Halston Bridge Thursday (Oct. 1).The video, posted by Keanna Savage, is taken from a dashcam in another vehicle.Savage is dr...
Oct 02, 2020
RCMP arrest man after shots fired at North Shore home
KAMLOOPS - One person is in custody after gunshots were fired at a North Shore home Thursday (Oct. 1). According to a news release from Staff Sgt. Sascha Fesenko of Kamloops RCMP, officers were called...
James Peters Oct 02, 2020
Fewer layoffs at TRU than first expected: CUPE President
KAMLOOPS - The union representing employees at Thompson Rivers University says there are fewer people affected by layoffs than first expected. President of CUPE Local 4879 Lois Rugg told CFJC Today th...
James Peters Oct 02, 2020
Independent candidate wants more youth representation in Victoria
KAMLOOPS - A fourth candidate in the Kamloops-North Thompson riding has come forward to run in this month's provincial election and he hopes to bring some youth to the local race. Making his announcem...
James Peters Oct 01, 2020
CEO of BC Care Providers Association says province needs more beds, not just facility replacements
KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered some of the vulnerabilities in long-term care facilities, which are aging - just like the population. NDP leader John Horgan is promising $1.4 billion ov...
James Peters Oct 01, 2020
Lillooet man does his part to limit illicit drug overdoses in small communities
KAMLOOPS - Overdose deaths in the first eight months of 2020 have now surpassed the total deaths for all of 2019. One of the major issues drug users in the province face is an increasingly toxic suppl...
James Peters Oct 01, 2020
Tk'emlups te Secwepemc to make masks mandatory in preparation for second COVID-19 wave
TK'EMLUPS - In light of the impending second wave of COVID-19, the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc (TteS) is implementing a mandatory mask policy.In a video posted to the TteS website, Chief Rosanne Casimir sa...
Oct 01, 2020
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