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New residential false alarm policy is a game-changer for Kamloops Fire Rescue
KAMLOOPS - A new policy was recently approved by Kamloops city council which allows firefighters to not respond as they traditionally have to false fire alarm calls at residential properties. The chan...
Mar 18, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
B.C. hikes damage limit to $75,000 for those whose intimate images were posted online
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has raised the ceiling to $75,000 for potential damages over intimate-image abuse, where people's photos have been shared online without their consent. The p...
Mar 18, 2026
RIH Foundation helping to put Kamloops in view of international healthcare professionals
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia has been working to attract United States trained healthcare professionals to come to the province to practice medicine. That includes pulling out all the stops like airing...
Mar 17, 2026 Royal Inland Hospital (Image Credit: File photo)
Village of Cache Creek receives $4.2M to replace flood-damaged Quartz Road culvert
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Village of Cache Creek has received nearly $4.2 million in funding to replace the culvert on Quartz Road with a permanent bridge. The link between Quartz Road and Highway 1 in ...
Mar 17, 2026 Rendering of the proposed bridge to replace the Quartz Road culvert. (Image Credit: Village of Cache Creek)
Alcohol a contributing factor into early morning crash into Merritt business
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt RCMP are continuing their investigation into an early morning crash involving a truck and the front of a downtown business early Saturday (March 14) morning. Merritt RCMP S/Sgt...
Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Roger White/Q101 Merritt)
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
