Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Art Exposed fundraiser returns to Old Courthouse Gallery
KAMLOOPS - For over 10 years, artists from across the Thompson Nicola region have been participating in the Kamloops Art Council's (KAC) Art Exposed exhibit. The exhibit brings in hundreds of painting...
Mar 10, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Curtis Goodrum)
UPDATE: Winter storm warning issued as up to 60 cm of snow expected on Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 5:45 p.m.): Environment Canada has upgraded a winter storm watch for the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla to a winter storm warning. The weather agency says hazardous winte...
Mar 10, 2026 Highway 5, about 61 kilometres south of Merritt, looking north at around 12:00 p.m. Tuesday. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Kamloops RCMP, businesses team up to collar shoplifting suspect
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say their efforts have nabbed a serial shoplifter.In a news release, Superintendent Jeff Pelley says the frontline officers and members of the detachment's Crime Reduction Uni...
Mar 10, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Fire that damaged Williams Lake Surplus Herby's Monday believed to be deliberately set
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The manager of the Surplus Herby's location in Williams Lake says a fire that heavily damaged her store is just the latest in a series of nuisance fires across the community. Fla...
Mar 10, 2026 (Image Credit: Facebook / Scott Nelson)
Kamloops area snowpack conditions steady ahead of potentially humid spring
KAMLOOPS - Despite another warmer and drier winter month, snowpack conditions in the Kamloops area are relatively unchanged. The B.C. River Forecast Centre's (BCRFC) latest Snow Survey and Water Suppl...
Mar 10, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Armstrong, Hewitt and Hunter elected to Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame in 2026
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame will welcome three more individuals in its class of 2026. The Kamloops Sports Council announced Tuesday (March 10) that longtime football coach Glenn Armstr...
Mar 10, 2026 (l to r) Glenn Armstrong, Jessica Hewitt and Kelly Hunter. (Image Credit: (l to r) Cypress Funeral and Cremation Services, Team Canada and Facebook/Softball BC)
Snowfall warning in effect for Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt until Wednesday night
Editor's note: This snowfall warning has been upgraded to a winter storm warning. Environment Canada is forecasting up to 60 centimetres of snow to fall by Thursday (March 12) morning. Details can be ...
Mar 10, 2026 Highway 5 about 61 kilometres south of Merritt, looking south at around 6:00 a.m. Wednesday. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Westmount Elementary to reopen after spring break on March 30
KAMLOOPS - Students and staff will return to Westmount Elementary School in exactly three weeks when classes resume after spring break. In an update to parents and guardians sent Friday (March 6), Wes...
Mar 09, 2026 Fire tape at Westmount Elementary in Kamloops as seen around 10:00 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2025. (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today)
Kamloops council set to decide on eyebrow-raising $40 million short-term loan
KAMLOOPS - City of Kamloops staff are asking council for permission to borrow up to $40 million to cover its bills until property taxes are collected this summer. Municipalities are allowed to borrow ...
Mar 09, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Kamloops council to consider potential tax exemptions to spur development at Fulton Field
KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops councillors are hoping to see the city's Revitalization Tax Exemption program be expanded to include lands around the airport.Councillors Bill Sarai, Katie Neustaeter and Ste...
Mar 09, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today File)
