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Former Conservative leader John Rustad might be running for his old job: report
VICTORIA - Former B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad says he will "make himself available" to talk about a potential bid for his old job next week when the legislature resumes in Victoria. Rustad sa...
Feb 05, 2026
Probe exonerates Kamloops councillor for bullying statement; mayor re-alleges investigator bias
KAMLOOPS - A code of conflict complaint filed by Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson against Councilor Dale Bass has been dismissed following an investigation by Reece Harding. To date, city taxpayers h...
Feb 04, 2026 Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Former Kamloops lawyer convicted of first-degree murder in client's 2022 death
KAMLOOPS - Mohd Abdullah's death was brutal and violent, the result of 10 stab wounds to his neck and chest. The TRU lecturer died on March 11, 2022 in the Victoria Street office of his lawyer, Rogeli...
Feb 03, 2026 Butch Bagabuyo (left), Mohd Abdullah (Image Credit: Butch Bagabuyo / Facebook)
Funny, unstoppable, magnetic: 3 Alberta hockey players killed in crash remembered
Three players with the Southern Alberta Mustangs junior hockey team in Stavely, Alta., were killed Monday while heading to practice in the town south of Calgary. RCMP say the small vehicle they were i...
Feb 03, 2026
Two Kamloops teens among 3 killed in Alberta highway crash
STAVELY, AB. - UPDATE (5:00 p.m.): Claresholm RCMP say the collision occurred at about 11:00 a.m. Monday, when a passenger car collided with a semi-truck pulling gravel at the corner of Highway 2 and ...
Feb 02, 2026 (Image Credit: Contributed / Global)
One person dead after vehicle goes off embankment west of Cache Creek Sunday
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - One person is dead after a vehicle went off an embankment and into the water west of Cache Creek. Just before 10:30 a.m. Sunday (Feb. 1), Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) says its...
Feb 02, 2026 (Image Credit: Facebook/Kamloops Search and Rescue)
Kamloops top cop reports some success in investigations into recent suspicious fires
KAMLOOPS - The head of the Kamloops RCMP detachment says his officers have been having some success in solving some recent suspicious fires across the city.At the Jan. 26 safety and security committee...
Feb 01, 2026 The aftermath of the fire at the former Fashion 5 building on Victoria Street. (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today File)
UPDATE: Police incident north of Coquihalla Summit cleared; details remain unclear
MERRITT - (UPDATE 1:00 p.m.): DriveBC says the Coquihalla Highway has been cleared and traffic is flowing again.ORIGINAL STORY - Drivers on the Coquihalla Highway heading from Hope to Merritt are bein...
Feb 01, 2026 Traffic lined up behind police vehicles on the Coquihalla Highway on Feb. 1, 2026. (Image Credit: Lisa Burns/Facebook)
Judge dismisses Kamloops mayor's defamation suit against councillor
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson's defamation case against Katie Neustaeter has been dismissed in a written decision delivered Friday (Jan. 30). "The defendant's application to dismiss the...
Jan 30, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Canadian comedy giant Catherine O'Hara dead at 71
Canadian comedy giant Catherine O'Hara, known for over-the-top performances in "Schitt's Creek" and "SCTV" and a memorable turn as a stressed-out mom in "Home Alone," has died at 71. She died at her h...
Jan 30, 2026
