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Mining industry champions First Nations partnerships, new technology at annual Kamloops conference
KAMLOOPS - Some 500 delegates packed the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre this week for the 39th annual Kamloops Exploration Group (KEG) Conference. Billed as the second-largest mining and e...
Apr 15, 2026 Delegates at the 2026 Kamloops Exploration Group (KEG) conference. (Image Credit: Anthony Corea/CFJC Today)
Kamloops mayor's latest code of conduct breach costs taxpayers $52k; total tab nears $500k
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson has been found to have again breached council's code of conduct. "The Investigator found that Mayor Hamer-Jackson breached the Code of Conduct by sending a...
Apr 15, 2026 Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
AAPs on borrowing for McMaster purchase, Tranquille Phase 3 to begin April 20
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents will have a 38-day window to register their opposition to long-term borrowing for a pair of big ticket projects already underway.At Tuesday's (April 14) regular meeting, ...
Apr 14, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Build Kamloops committee to consider phased approach to Dufferin multiplex
KAMLOOPS - As estimates for the planned arena multiplex in Dufferin have climbed, the City of Kamloops says it's also possible that the facility won't be fully completed when it opens in a few years' ...
Apr 14, 2026 The proposed floor plan of the Dufferin arena multiplex (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Large Kamloops RCMP presence blocks off section of 13th Street
UPDATE (8:15 a.m.): Kamloops RCMP say they responded to a report of a man with a gun who may be suffering from a mental health crisis. Police Dog Services, the Southeast District Emergency Response Te...
Apr 14, 2026 (Image Credit: Michael Reeve/CFJC Today)
Liberals set to form historic majority government after sweeping three byelections
OTTAWA - It took nearly a full year and a handful of byelections and defections for Prime Minister Mark Carney to assemble enough members of Parliament to turn his minority government into a slim majo...
Apr 13, 2026
Dufferin multiplex may open with three rinks as delays, additions lead to increased $154M price tag
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops estimates the price tag for the planned arena multiplex in Dufferin has climbed to more than $154 million, and it's also possible that the facility won't be fully compl...
Apr 13, 2026 A rendering of the proposed arena multiplex in Dufferin. (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Trump threatens Strait of Hormuz blockade after US-Iran ceasefire talks end without agreement
ISLAMABAD (AP) - President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would "immediately" begin a blockade to stop ships from entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after historic U.S.-Iran ceasefir...
Apr 11, 2026
Kamloops' Hicks backstops Denver to NCAA Title; named Most Outstanding Player
LAS VEGAS - The Denver Pioneers are NCAA Men's Hockey Champions for the third time in five seasons as they defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 2-1 in Saturday's (April 11) final. Denver was backstopped by ...
Apr 11, 2026 Kamloops' Johnny Hicks playing for Denver (Image Credit: University of Denver Pioneers/Facebook)
Kamloops council expected to approve start date for two AAP's Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Alternative Approval Processes (AAP's) could receive the green light from Kamloops city council at their meeting this Tuesday (April 14), and then get underway as early as next Mo...
Apr 11, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
