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Kamloops gas prices near $2 per litre as war in Iran continues
KAMLOOPS - Gas prices throughout the Interior have been increasing as the war in Iran continues to block a vital shipping route - the Strait of Hormuz. The average gas price in Kamloops is $1.79, whic...
Mar 16, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Seven candidates still in B.C. Conservative leadership race after two MLAs drop out
VICTORIA - The number of candidates running for the leadership of the British Columbia Conservatives has shrunk to seven. Bruce Banman and Harman Bhangu, both members of the provincial legislature, ha...
Mar 16, 2026 Bruce Banman (L) and Harman Bhangu are pictured in these two headshots. (Image Credit: Contributed)
New policy allows Kamloops firefighters to not respond to confirmed residential false alarms
KAMLOOPS - A new policy in the City of Kamloops will allow firefighters to not respond to some residential calls, if they are confirmed to be false.Fire Chief Ken Uzeloc says the new policy - which wa...
Mar 15, 2026 Kamloops Fire Rescue (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File)
Carney's potential majority 'creates distrust in the political institutions': TRU Professor
KAMLOOPS - The Federal Liberal Party of Canada is getting even closer to a majority government in the House of Commons after an NDP MP joined their caucus this week. Lori Idlout's defection comes as t...
Mar 15, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum/ CFJC Today)
Carney, Nordic leaders pledge to deepen ties amid world economic coercion
OSLO - The prime ministers of Canada and Nordic countries have agreed to continue work to defend Arctic sovereignty and to deepen economic ties as technology and international trade are increasingly u...
Mar 15, 2026
B.C. paramedics ratify new collective agreement with over 80 per cent support
VANCOUVER - Paramedics, dispatchers, and call-takers with the Ambulance Paramedics of BC have ratified a new collective agreement with the provincial government that was reached last month.In a statem...
Mar 14, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
North Shore businesses support closure of Pathways shelter; operator calls for collaboration
KAMLOOPS - With the fate of the Pathways North Shore access hub shelter being opened up by council for public submissions, the North Shore Business Improvement Association (NSBIA) has taken stock of t...
Mar 13, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Canada supplying 23.6 million barrels of oil under IEA release plan
OTTAWA - Canada plans to contribute 23.6 million barrels of oil to an International Energy Agency plan to help stabilize energy markets as the war in the Middle East continues to choke off tanker ship...
Mar 13, 2026
No criminality suspected in Columbia Street crash that knocked out power for hundreds, sent two to hospital
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say no criminality is suspected in the collision that knocked out power for more than 1,000 BC Hydro customers Thursday (March 12).BC Emergency Health Services (EHS) received ...
Mar 13, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum/CFJC Today)
Unemployment rate up, 84,000 jobs lost in 'very bad' February jobs report
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada reported a sharp drop in employment Friday that caught economists by surprise. "This was a very bad report on almost every single measure," said CIBC senior economist Kather...
Mar 13, 2026
