KAMLOOPS - The phone lines opened up at 6:00 a.m. Thursday (March 5) morning with donations starting to flood in both online via the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation's website and through the phone bank in the hospital atrium. "There is freezing going on with the Ministry of Health, and so we are being asked for a...

KAMLOOPS - Supportive housing providers in British Columbia will now have more tools to deal with tenants who may be causing issues in their buildings or the community after changes to the residential tenancy act. "The majority of the approximately 15,000 people living in supportive housing create a positive commu...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops real estate market has awoken after a sleepy start to 2026. New totals distributed by the Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) show 152 residential unit sales in Kamloops in February, up from just 90 in January and down just marginally from February 2025.The February totals also showed increas...

KAMLOOPS - Thursday morning (March 5), first responders and residents took to Riverside Park to participate in the 5th Annual Kamloops Polar Plunge. The goal of braving the cold Thompson River waters is to bring awareness to fundraising efforts supporting Special Olympics British Columbia. The funds raised help empower...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) is hosting a pair of volunteer information sessions this month as it looks for new members to join its ranks.Volunteer information sessions will held Thursday (March 5) between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. and again next Saturday (March 14) between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Both ...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's teachers' union says its members have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, covering 52,000 educators in the province. The B.C. Teachers' Federation says its members voted 91 per cent in favour of the agreement ...

KAMLOOPS - Operations at Harper Mountain have been halted for the third time this winter because of mild weather in the Kamloops area. In a statement, the Kamloops-area resort says both skiing and tubing are on hold "until colder weather and snow returns." "The skiing was good right up until this past we...

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) set another record for its Day of Giving. TRU says $131,584 was raised by 264 donors over 24 hours on Feb. 26, surpassing the university's goal of $100,000. Funds raised through Day of Giving support scholarships and bursaries for TRU students in Kamloops and Williams Lake. &...

KAMLOOPS - On Monday (March 2), the province announced changes to how British Columbians get their freshwater angling licences. Licences were previously available online and in person, which will still stay the same, but if you hunt and fish, your license ID number will be the same for both. The BC government has heard...

KAMLOOPS - This year marks 30 years for the Kamloops Film Festival. It takes place downtown at the historic Paramount Theatre from March 5 - 14, showcasing local, national and international film artists around the globe. Throughout the festival, there will be different events that movie lovers of all ages can participa...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP's year-end statistics for 2025 showed a decrease of 27 per cent for break-and-enters to businesses. On the flip side, there was a 13 per cent rise in shoplifting, with the Mounties believing both stats could be under-reported in the community. "Over the last quarter, we have advocated to a...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and Councillor Katie Neustaeter were back in a Kamloops courtroom on Wednesday (March 4) morning in front of Justice Jacqueline Hughes, as Neustaeter seeks costs following the dismissal of a defamation suit filed against her by the mayor. But as that case appears to be near ...

KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like your help tracking down a man suspected of stealing booze from a downtown liquor store two weeks ago.In a news release, spokesperson Cpl. Dana Napier says Mounties received the report just before 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 18.A man is alleged to have stolen over $100 in liquor from a sh...

KAMLOOPS - Incumbent Kamloops Councillor Nancy Bepple announced she is running for re-election.Previously, Bepple served two terms as a city councillor from 2008 to 2014. She was voted back to Kamloops council for her third term in 2022. Bepple is the first incumbent councillor to announce they're running for a council...

MERRITT, B.C. - A dirt bike rider has died after a collision on Highway 8 near Lower Nicola. At around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday (March 3), Merritt RCMP say they were told of a collision between a dirt bike and an SUV. In a news release issued Wednesday morning, RCMP say the rider succumbed to their injuries despite lifesaving...

KAMLOOPS - Twenty million barrels of oil are shipped through the Strait of Hormuz every day, but that flow has been halted with Iran pledging to attack ships trying to get through. As a result, fuel prices around the world are beginning to increase. Gas prices at stations around the Kamloops region have already shot up...

SALMON ARM, B.C. - A 52-year-old Shuswap man is facing a pair of assault charges after an apparent road rage-related stabbing incident on the weekend.In a news release, Salmon Arm RCMP a man walked into the detachment Sunday (March 1) suffering from a 'significant laceration' and claiming he was stabbed in an altercati...

KAMLOOPS - Canada's federal government is attempting to work with allies in the Middle East to help citizens get out of the region as war takes over the area. Global Affairs Canada is reporting more than 97,000 Canadians have registered as currently being in the Middle East. The fighting between Iran and the United Sta...

KAMLOOPS - This Thursday (March 5) is the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation's annual Radiothon, taking place from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., broadcasting on B100 from the atrium of the Gaglardi Tower. It will be a tough task to surpass last year's record-breaking day that helped raise more than $650,000 for the foundation....

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are looking for a suspect who reportedly stole hundreds of dollars in merchandise from a business. RCMP say they were told of a theft near the 1000-block of Hillside Drive at around 1:20 p.m. Friday (Feb. 27) where a woman reportedly stole a Milwaukee rotary hammer kit and two Milwaukee heated ...

KAMLOOPS - A former longtime Kamloops city councillor has passed away. William "Bill" Walton died peacefully at his home in Black Creek on Feb. 10, 2026, according to an obituary provided to CFJC Today. His family says he moved to Vancouver Island to pursue his love of sailing and be closer to his sailboat. ...

MERRITT, B.C. - A 30-hectare prescribed burn along Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge could begin as early as next week. The BC Wildfire Service says it's supporting Shackan Indian Band as part of a three-year project that covers a total of 75 hectares. The project began in spring 2025 although the latest 30-...

CRANBROOK - Warmer than usual weather has returned to British Columbia after a brief cold spell last month, with five communities set to break daily high temperature records this week. Environment Canada says Pemberton, about 150 kilometres north of Va...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue and the city's building department are hoping to provide council and the public with information around building codes and the fire code, in a bid to clear up some confusion about the rules around stairwell safety rules for new buildings. This comes almost two years after the province of...

KAMLOOPS - The cold grasp of winter has continued to elude the city of Kamloops as February concludes a few degrees higher than usual. February 2026 will officially enter the record books as the 15th warmest in history for the Kamloops area, with a mean temperature of 2.4 C, more than two degrees above the normal of -0...

KAMLOOPS - For more than a decade Kamloops resident Tara Holmes has strongly advocated for the end of the twice annual time change. Holmes had managed to progress the cause during Premier John Horgan's time in office as B.C. adopted legislation to eliminate seasonal time changes. Now with Monday's (March 2) announcemen...

KAMLOOPS - Over the weekend, the United States of America and Israel launched multiple airstrikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran, killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at his compound. U.S. President Donald Trump on social media urged the people of Iran to rise and take control of their government. Celebrations were held in ...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government and chiefs from the Cowichan Nation say they've begun negotiations after a landmark court ruling awarded Aboriginal title over a swath of property in Richmond, B.C., last year. The talks come even as both par...