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Man fined and banned from hunting after illegal killing of Roosevelt Elk near Chemainus
NANAIMO - The illegal capture and harvesting of a large elk proved costly for a Vancouver Island man.Kyle Emrys Watson-Harley was fined $5,100 and banned from hunting for two years following a sentenc...
Oct 18, 2023
WestJet plane hits parked military aircraft at Comox air base, passengers evacuated
COMOX - A WestJet flight bound for Edmonton didn't get off the ground as the 737 aircraft hit a parked military plane on the ramp of 19 Wing Comox.The incident happened on Wednesday, Aug. 9 during the...
Aug 09, 2023
Kamloops donor helped Ferris Backmeyer receive her transplant through Kidney Paired Donation program
KAMLOOPS - Leah Scott knew that she had a role to play in helping young Ferris Backmeyer receive a life-saving kidney transplant."I just felt this deep feeling in my heart that I had to be part of Fer...
James Peters Jul 14, 2023
Humans Inhale Credit Card-Sized Amounts Of Microplastics Every Week
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Humans are potentially inhaling a credit card-sized amount of harmful microplastics on a weekly basis, and new research published in the journal Physics of...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Jun 30, 2023
After 17 years, a brain injury survivor reunites with the Kamloops neurosurgeon who helped save his life
KAMLOOPS - 17 years after Dr. Jean-Francois Chevalier helped save his life, Michael Coss had the opportunity to say thank you."I had a conversation with my father several years ago and I said, 'Dad, I...
Aaron Schulze Jun 22, 2023
MMIWG wellness events focus on healing and togetherness for families
KAMLOOPS - The red dress has become a symbol for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) in Canada. For every missing person, a red dress hangs in place to remember them. Thursday and ...
Aaron Schulze Mar 16, 2023
50 years for Kamloops addiction support centre
KAMLOOPS- It all started 50 years ago when a handful of parents got together to discuss young people in the community using drugs and alcohol. In an attempt to make a difference, the early draft of th...
Aaron Schulze Jan 30, 2023
Decriminalization a step in the right direction: Kamloops Day One Society
KAMLOOPS- The provincial government's three-year drug decriminalization pilot program begins tomorrow (Jan 31) and the executive director of Day One Society - formerly known as the Kamloops Society fo...
Aaron Schulze Jan 30, 2023
Fee increase is one way forward for new recreation infrastructure in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - If you or a family member utilize a city recreation facility in Kamloops, you may have to pay more to use that piece of infrastructure in the future. That's because city council okayed a mo...
Aaron Schulze Dec 14, 2022
Royal Inland Hospital experiencing an influx of influenza
KAMLOOPS - At Royal Inland Hospital, flu season is off to a busy start."We're pretty busy," Dr. Henk Van Zyl tells CFJC Today. "We're maintaining things. We had a very big surge, initially, which caug...
Aaron Schulze Dec 13, 2022
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