KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops went three-for-three at the Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) annual convention this week.The gathering, which wrapped up Friday (May 3) at the Coast Kamloops Convention Centre, featured more than 200 delegates from SILGA's 37 member municipalities. As part of the pr...

KAMLOOPS - Navigating downtown Kamloops, taking the bus, even ordering a coffee can be challenging for those with disabilities. On Friday morning, 14 teams got a taste of those challenges. The fourth annual Amazing Race to Inclusion pushes able-bodied participants to experience some of the challenges people with disabi...

KAMLOOPS - On Thursday (May 2) morning, a fire scorched the historic St. Andrew's church in downtown Kamloops causing a still unknown amount of water, smoke and fire damage to the building.St. Andrew's on the Square is the oldest public building in Kamloops, with construction completed in late 1887. The first service w...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating after a pair of shootings in the past 48 hours in the Tournament Capital. The first shooting reportedly occurred on Wednesday (May 1) evening at the Star Lodge motel on Columbia Street West. The second shooting took place early Friday (may 3) morning on the North Shore where a...

KAMLOOPS - It appears Kamloops council is set to learn how a provincially-appointed adviser would like it to address its ongoing friction.Council has a Committee of the Whole meeting slated for next Tuesday (May 7). The agenda for the meeting released Friday shows a tentative time slot set aside for municipal adviser H...

KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government has appointed a special mediator for the ongoing labour dispute between the Hudson's Bay Company in Kamloops and its striking workers. B.C.'s Minister of Labour Harry Bains appointed David Schaub as the special mediator between Hudson's Bay and the workers' union, United Steelworkers (USW...

KAMLOOPS - Two notorious Kamloops men have been charged following a drug trafficking investigation that concluded in Batchelor Heights last year. In a news release issued Thursday (May 2), Kamloops RCMP say 40-year-old Cameron Ronald Ross Cole and 44-year-old Shane Bradley Cameron are each charged with: Two counts each...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP have put out a plea for witness video after a drive-by shooting on the North Shore. Just after 6:00 a.m. Friday (May 3), RCMP say officers were called to the 1200-block of 10th Street for the report of shots fired at a home with a silver older model Jetta seen leaving the area. Image Credit: CF...

KAMLOOPS - A notable police presence outside a motel on Columbia Street West was due to a report of shots fired. Photos posted to social media after 9:00 p.m. Thursday (May 2) showed multiple police vehicles outside the Star Lodge motel. Speaking to CFJC Today Friday morning, Sgt. Chris Kienzle confirmed Kamloops RCMP ...

KAMLOOPS - Construction season has snarled traffic across the Tournament Capital as work is still ongoing on the Halston Bridge and along Lansdowne street in downtown Kamloops.The critical work being done along Lansdowne is part of the City Centre Sanitary Upgrades project to install a trunk sewer main from First Avenu...

LYTTON, B.C. - Michael Pickup, B.C.'s auditor general, has announced a probe into the ongoing efforts to rebuild the community of Lytton.The investigation will focus on the government's role in the days since a June 2021 wildfire ravaged the village. The move to initiate the investigation came with Fraser-Nicola MLA Ja...

TK'EMLÚPS TE SECWÉPEMC - The province of B.C. has announced it is chipping in $1 million towards an ongoing redevelopment project by Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS). The money comes as part of a $4-million government commitment for communities in the Southern Interior to promote economic diver...

KAMLOOPS - It was just about as average a month of April as you could expect for precipitation and temperature in Kamloops. According to Environment Canada's monthly data collected at Kamloops Airport, the region saw an average 9.9 degrees Celsius and 12.7 millimetres of moisture for the month of April. It's on par wit...

KAMLOOPS - Firefighters in Kamloops were called into action earlier Thursday morning (May 2), responding to a fire at the historic St. Andrews on the Square church. There's no official word yet on the extent of damage to the structure, which is the oldest public building remaining in Kamloops, first built in 1887. And ...

UPDATE (11:00 a.m.): The downtown power outage has been limited to 209 customers.However, BC Hydro says power will not be restored until 4:00 p.m. for customers west of Second Avenue, north of Columbia Street, east of Lee Road and south of Seymour Street.UPDATE (9:50 a.m.): KFR says crews have knocked down the fire and...

KAMLOOPS - The 23rd annual VW Turtle River Race is coming up this weekend and the Kamloops Brain Injury Association (KBIA) is preparing thousands of turtles for their trip down the South Thompson River. The event kicks off with a barbecue at noon and races scheduled for 1:00 p.m and 2:00 p.m from Riverside Park on Sund...

CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Eight years of hard work coming to fruition on Wednesday was cause for celebration, as the Hat Creek Ranch opened for the year with the Bonaparte First Nation retaking stewardship of its traditional lands."Like anything that you want that's important, it takes time and it takes effort. The peop...

KAMLOOPS - A collection of aging government buildings in downtown Kamloops has been earmarked for redevelopment. Plans are in motion to demolish at least two of the provincially-owned buildings near the corner of Sixth Avenue and Columbia Street. In a statement to CFJC, BC Housing says it "recognizes there is a si...

KAMLOOPS - Six Thompson Rivers University (TRU) students celebrated on the podium at the Skills Canada BC competition on April 17, bringing home one bronze medal and five gold medals in their respective trades. A TRU news release notes an additional highlight this year is that both gold-medal secondary students (weldin...

KAMLOOPS - Colton Meikle of the Kamloops Broncos has been invited to B.C. Lions' mini-camp, which gets underway on May 8 at Hillside Stadium.Meikle, a receiver from Kamloops, was invited to main camp after performing well at a recent evaluation camp in Langley.The CFL club assessed top players from the B.C. Football Co...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP say they believe a Kamloops man who went missing last month was the victim of a homicide.In a news release issued Wednesday (May 1), Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says a man's body was discovered and reported to Kelowna RCMP on April 20. Evelyn says Kamloops Mounties were informed Tuesday that the body was that o...

VICTORIA - B.C.'s auditor general has announced a probe into the ongoing efforts to rebuild the community of Lytton. In a video posted to YouTube Wednesday (May 1), Auditor General Michael Pickup says his investigation will focus on the government's role in the days since a June 2021 wildfire ravaged the village. "...

MERRITT, B.C. - The Tumbleweed Playschool Society is a small, non-profit preschool with the purpose of nurturing children in the community of Merritt. Tumbleweed Playschool has been running for over 40 years, serving hundreds of families of Merritt and enriching the lives of three- and four-year-olds. Students gain fun...

Efforts to protect local waterways from invasive mussels are being ramped up by the province's partners.B.C. Hydro is supporting B.C.'s Invasive Mussel Defence Program (IMDP) with a new five-year commitment of $900,000 in annual funding beginning in 2024"Invasive mussels pose an increasing and significant risk not...

KAMLOOPS - Technology in the world of firefighting, when it comes to wildfires is changing, and looking to be at the forefront of that change is Fire and Flood Emergency Services. The company opened up their first shop in B.C. today at the Kamloops Airport - nearly eight years to the day after it was founded.What start...

Rusty Brewer's husband, Bill, was a cowboy at Douglas Lake Cattle Company. After he died in a drowning accident, Rusty and her two- and four-year-old children moved to Merritt in 1976 and found comfort in hockey. Rusty got hooked on the game. And the game was a step-father, of sorts. Soon enough, she was a billet mothe...

SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - At the start of rebuilding his home lost to the Bush Creek East Wildfire last summer, initially Wayne Roden was hesitant, and event a little skeptical about accepting help. But Roden says it didn't take long for the Mennonite Disaster Service to put those offers into action. "Of course, they (...

MERRITT, B.C. - The importance of mental health is likely not your first thought when thinking about the men and women who protect our province each summer from wildfires. But it's a thought at the forefront of minds across the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) for the last number of years."Help set us up to meet climate...