Tag Archives: Community
Brennan's Ugly Sweater Run goes virtual across Kamloops this Sunday
KAMLOOPS - Payton Comazetto has turned a family tragedy into a community triumph. Twenty-one years ago, her brother Brennan was struck and killed by a drunk driver. In 2017, Comazzetto founded Brennan...
Dec 03, 2020
Local toy store helping 'Trim the Toyroom' for Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre
KAMLOOPS - This December, Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre has partnered with Tumbleweed Toys to help Trim the Toyroom. The campaign is meant to help fill the therapeutic playroom at KSACC a...
Dec 02, 2020
Kamloops man marks World AIDS Day as pandemic cuts annual event
KAMLOOPS - December 1st marks World AIDS Day. It's an opportunity to reflect on the achievements in the fight against HIV and AIDS, as well as recognize how much work still needs to be done in the fig...
Dec 01, 2020
ASK Wellness boss hopes health lessons learned from HIV and AIDS can apply to opioid crisis
KAMLOOPS - ASK Wellness has come a long way from its meagre beginnings on a couch in a basement in 1988. The organization now offers a number of supports for people in need, from housing to health and...
Dec 01, 2020
Kamloops businesses hope shoppers think local when buying for Christmas
KAMLOOPS - The struggles of local businesses have been well documented during the COVID-19 pandemic. With more and more emphasis put on Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales in recent years, CFJC Today ...
Nov 30, 2020
Operation Red Nose Kamloops shifts gears for 2020
KAMLOOPS - Due to COVID-19, Operation Red Nose Kamloops has cancelled the driving component of its annual fundraiser campaign. However, the organization still plans to spread awareness of the dangers ...
Nov 27, 2020
Kamloops paramedics hope to Fill the Ambulance with donations on Saturday
KAMLOOPS - Friday marks four weeks until Christmas. That's right - in the year that seemingly won't end, we have less than one month until Santa Claus visits. His local contingent of elves is working ...
Nov 27, 2020
Many Kamloops Christmas parties cancelled due to COVID-19
KAMLOOPS - Christmas party season is nearly upon us - or, would be, if not for COVID-19. Across the city, hundreds of workplaces will be cancelling their annual Christmas parties as a result of the pa...
Nov 26, 2020
City of Kamloops asking residents to prioritize safety and follow mask rules
KAMLOOPS - As of Tuesday (Nov. 24), the province has backed mandatory mask measures with new fines for people who decide to ignore the rules. "If somebody is absolutely uncontrollable and belligerent ...
Nov 25, 2020
After more than three decades, Santa's Kamloops helper retires
KAMLOOPS - If you have lived in the Kamloops area over the past few decades and have written a letter to Santa, odds are you have received a response from Izzy McQueen. "They called me Mrs. Claus, I s...
Nov 25, 2020
