2025 Statistics
Merritt Mounties report overall reduction in cases, increase in mental health calls for 2025
MERRITT - Merritt Mounties are reporting a slight reduction in calls for service in 2025 compared to a year ago. Detachment Commander Staff Sergeant Josh Roda is set to present updated figures to council on Thursday during a Police Committee Meeting. While the year is not quite complete, Roda noted that the figures pai...
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SUPPORT TABLE
Kamloops launching new Interagency Support Table
KAMLOOPS - The city of Kamloops is bringing together service providers and stakeholders to form the new 'Kamloops Interagency Supports Table,' with the purpose of providing timely and coordinated assistance to individuals and families facing elevated risk. "Locally, 23 organizations and agencies, represented by mo...
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ONE MAN'S OPINION
COLLINS: The free-for-all in politics
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Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas: Christmas trees
CFJC-TV
Kamloops born-and-raised Dylana Kneeshaw to succeed Bill O'Donovan as CFJC-TV lead anchor
Dec 13, 2025
TWO & OUT
PETERS: Boyle's supportive housing move is data-driven decision-making gone wrong
Dec 12, 2025
Kamloops and Area
Christmas Amalgamated
Annual 'Stuff the Cruiser' fundraiser in Kamloops nets nearly $5,000 in donations
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say they stuffed two vans outside the Superstore during last month's Stuff the Cruiser event.In a statement, Kamloops RCMP say the annual toy drive brought in approximately $800 in cash and $4,000 in gifts for Christmas Amalgamated. Those donations will be sorted and delivered to families ahead...
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Wildlights 2025
Annual Wildlights holiday display underway at BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The 28th edition of Wildlights at the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops is underway with well over a million lights and festive displays on offer. BC Wildlife Park General Manager Glenn Grant says while the annual holiday lights display features a number of returning displays, park staff also try to include somet...
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KAMPLAN
City of Kamloops adopts 2025 Official Community Plan
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Council has adopted the latest iteration of KAMPLAN - the City of Kamloops' Official Community Plan. The 2025 edition of KAMPLAN was adopted the Dec. 9 meeting of council. All municipalities in British Columbia are required to adopt an official community plan, and this version of the planning d...
Dec 13, 2025
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Rental Market Survey
Kamloops rental market sees increase in average cost and turnover rate in 2025
KAMLOOPS - The average rent in Kamloops saw another year-over-year increase in 2025 as the vacancy rate remains well below the national average. According to data as of October 2025 from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) latest Rental Market Survey, the average rent for a two-bedroom unit in an apa...
Dec 13, 2025
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Featured Content
Art of Christmas
Art of Christmas: Christmas trees
For the gardener, what more important topic is there to talk about during the Christmas season than Christmas trees? Ivy Hik from Art Knapp Home and Garden takes time to talk about a few of the popular types they offer and how to take care of them!
Dec 12, 2025
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Art of Gardening
The Art of Christmas: Seasonal hand-tied bouquet
At this time of year, there's always a lot of interest by customers wondering how to create a colourful, hand tied bouquet. But Ivy Hik from Art Knapp Home & Garden in Kamloops makes a lot of them so she's taking time out to show you how it's done!WATCH:
Dec 09, 2025
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Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce
39th Annual Business Excellence Awards
Watch the replay of the 2025 Business Excellence Awards livestream hosted on CFJC Today. Congratulations to all finalists and winners from all of us at Pattison Media Ltd.To get in touch with the Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce, go to KamloopsChamber.ca
Oct 24, 2025
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British Columbia
Highway 1 out of Abbotsford reopened, flood evacuation orders may be lifted
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford fire chief Erick Peterson says the city is hoping to lift remaining evacuation orders for more than 300 properties in the Sumas Prairie today, as floodwaters in the city recede. Peterson says the city is still maintaining an up...
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Fate of OneBC party uncertain after MLA Dallas Brodie 'removed' as leader
OneBC, the party formed after a split with the Conservative Party of B.C., says leader Dallas Brodie has been "removed" by the party's board of directors. The party's only other elected member sitting in the B.C. Legislature, MLA Tara Armstrong, says ...
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Rain warnings as wet weather hits B.C.'s flood-soaked Fraser Valley
ABBOTSFORD - Rainfall warnings have gone up across British Columbia's flood-drenched Fraser Valley as another wave of soaking weather hits the region. Environment Canada says the valley, including Abbotsford, which was inundated by cross-border floodin...
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Local Sports
WHL ACTION
Cougars top Blazers in B.C. division battle
PRINCE GEORGE - The Kamloops Blazers struck first on Saturday night, but four unanswered goals from the Cougars completed the weekend sweep for Prince George. Tommy Lafreniere got the scoring started in the second period with his 22nd of the season. PG would strike back just before the end of the frame with two quick g...
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Cougars 5 Blazers 4 SO
Blazers bested in shootout as Salmon Arm's Preston Lewis wins WHL debut with Cougars
PRINCE GEORGE - The Kamloops Blazers erased a three goal deficit but they fell 5-4 in a shootout to the Prince George Cougars Friday (Dec. 12) at the CN Centre. Tommy Lafrienere scored twice and added an assist as the Blazers were bested by Salmon Arm's Preston Lewis, who was called up from the Devon Xtreme in the Albe...
Dec 13, 2025
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Fatal Crash
Storm game rescheduled to Sunday after fatal two-semi crash leads to lengthy Highway 1 closure
KAMLOOPS - This evening's (Dec. 12) KIJHL game between the Kamloops Storm and the Golden Rockets has been postponed to Sunday after a fatal two-semi crash forced a lengthy closure of the Trans-Canada Highway.RCMP say the driver of one of the semis was killed in the head-on crash which happened around 9:20 a.m. near the...
Dec 12, 2025
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Canada
Whale sanctuary project in N.S. needs $15 million to open by end of summer
HALIFAX - The Whale Sanctuary Project, a proposed underwater enclosure that would encompass roughly 40 hectares off of Nova Scotia's eastern shore, needs up to $15 million if it hopes to open by the end of summer 2026. Charles Vinick, CEO of the U.S.-...
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Canadian politicians, community groups share support after Australia Hannukah attack
TORONTO - Canadian politicians and community groups shared messages of support after a mass shooting left at least 15 people dead at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. Prime Minister Mark Carney, in a statement Sunday, said Canadians stand with Jewis...
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Canadian English supporters urge Carney to abandon federal shift to British spelling
OTTAWA - Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents. In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, five linguistics experts and an editor...
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World
Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach
SYDNEY (AP) - Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that ...
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Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski describes Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski arrived for an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, direct from a dentist appointment. The 63-year-old veter...
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Police have person of interest in custody over Brown University deadly shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police in Rhode Island said early Sunday that they had a suspect in custody after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded. ...
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