Tag Archives: Community
Kamloops SPCA building shelters for stray cats across the city
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is experiencing a cat crisis. According to the Kamloops BC SPCA, the city and its outlying areas have one of the worst stray cat issues in the province. With colder temperatures he...
Nov 28, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Big Bear Child & Youth Advocacy Centre support moving forward, with practice model in Kamloops to begin in January
KAMLOOPS - In order to help children who have been abused or mistreated in Kamloops find the support services they need, a trial run of a new centre proposed to keep everything under one roof will be ...
Nov 27, 2019 (Image Credit: Big Bear Youth & Advocacy Centre / Facebook)
City wraps up Todd Road improvements in Barnhartvale
KAMLOOPS - It's back to business as usual for drivers in the Barnhartvale area, with road and sidewalk improvements to Todd Road now complete. Starting in May this year, construction finished in Novem...
Nov 27, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Kamloops advocacy groups speak out against gender-based violence
KAMLOOPS - Gender-based violence is an epidemic throughout communities all over the world. From November 25 to December 10, there's an international campaign called the 16 Days of Activism Against Gen...
Nov 26, 2019 Image Credit: Government of Canada
Barb's Used Book Sale keeps Kamloops Symphony Orchestra funded for over 22 years
KAMLOOPS - Like the time change, it happens every spring and every fall in Kamloops. It's Barb's Used Book Sale, and it's the most crucial fundraiser the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra hosts. While the l...
Nov 25, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
100 Mile House area woman pushing for smoother discharge process for emergency rural patients at RIH
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A woman recently discharged from Royal Inland Hospital is raising concerns around how out-of-town patients are sent home. Olivia Fletcher was brought to Royal Inland Hospital th...
Nov 22, 2019 Pictured: Olivia Fletcher, holding a taxi voucher. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Donations pour in at 12th Annual Basics for Babies event
KAMLOOPS - The twelfth annual Basics for Babies event was held at the Delta Hotel on Victoria Street Friday (Nov. 22). Hundreds of people woke up early for a breakfast and donation drive for the Kamlo...
Nov 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
Basics for Babies giving youngest Food Bank visitors a chance for success
KAMLOOPS - The 12th Annual Basics for Babies event kicks off tomorrow morning (Nov. 22), to supply Kamloops' youngest food bank visitors with much-needed supplies and food. Crucial items such as diape...
Nov 21, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Operation Red Nose launch celebrates 25 years of PacificSport Interior BC
KAMLOOPS - Operation Red Nose has been getting holiday revelers home safely for 22 years. As the campaign enters its 23rd year, it's celebrating the success of host organization, PacificSport Interior...
Nov 20, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Pedestrian and driver awareness brought into focus following series of vehicle incidents
KAMLOOPS - After two separate incidents involving pedestrians struck by vehicles within a week span in Kamloops, RCMP are urging people to be extra cautious. "It happens in both daylight and nighttime...
Nov 20, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
