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TRU Board of Governors to consider potential closure of Williams Lake Campus
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University's (TRU) Williams Lake campus is on the chopping block as the university continues to navigate what it calls a "period of unprecedented financial challenges." The ...
Mar 26, 2026 TRU Williams Lake campus (Image Credit: Thompson Rivers University)
UPDATE: Coquihalla reopens after overnight closure caused by 'non-compliant commercial vehicles'
MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 11:00 a.m.): The Coquihalla Highway has reopened in both directions between Hope and Merritt, ending a nearly 14 hour closure that is being blamed on "non-compliant commercial ...
Mar 26, 2026 A look at the Box Canyon Chain Up on the Coquihalla around 9:30 p.m. on March 25, as heavy snow falls on the major thoroughfare. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Kamloops councillor, MLA hoping to have more input as B.C. mulls plan to weaken DRIPA
KAMLOOPS - The BC government is working to weaken the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), according to a confidential letter and document sent to some First Nations leaders th...
Mar 25, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
B.C. Grade 6 teacher disciplined after dry ice 'explosion' in class
A middle school teacher in southeastern British Columbia has agreed to a two-day suspension of his teaching certificate after he brought dry ice to class, leading to the "explosion" of a water bottle ...
Mar 25, 2026
Kamloops council sets details for public meeting on Pathways shelter
KAMLOOPS - It was another contentious regular council meeting Tuesday (March 24). The conflict arose over a change in a regular meeting to allow more public input on the Pathways shelter. The shelter ...
Mar 24, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Timeline: Safety board releases final minutes of Air Canada collision at LaGuardia
NEW YORK - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released flight data and radio transmissions of the final three minutes of the fatal Air Canada flight at New York's LaGuardia Airport Sund...
Mar 24, 2026
Governor General to present Salmon Arm sextet, Kamloopsian with bravery awards
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Two residents of Salmon Arm who intervened in a 2019 church shooting that claimed the life of one person will be honoured in the nation's capital this week.Governor General Mary Sim...
Mar 24, 2026 A police presence outside the Church of Christ in Salmon Arm in 2019. (Image Credit: Adam Donnelly/CFJC Today File)
Proposed 2026 TNRD tax increase whittled down to 5.3% ahead of final vote
KAMLOOPS - The average proposed tax increase for residents in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has been shaved further. A report from the TNRD's finance department shows a proposed tax inc...
Mar 23, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
March 24, 2026 Kamloops City Council meeting preview
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Council is set to have their semi-monthly meeting on Tuesday (March 24), with a motion to pause the Centre for the Arts and arena multiplex projects on the docket among other ...
Mar 22, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Closures to impact 4th Avenue traffic as sewer upgrades resume
KAMLOOPS - Work on the 4th Avenue Sewer Upgrades Project will resume on Monday (March 23), impacting traffic throughout the week. The City of Kamloops said paving work from Seymour Street to St. Paul ...
Mar 21, 2026 Construction underway on Fourth Avenue between Seymour Street and St. Paul Street on Feb. 5, 2026. (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum/CFJC Today)
