Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Workers at Highland Valley Copper mine issue 72-hour strike notice
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Unionized workers at the Highland Valley Copper (HVC) mine near Logan Lake have issued 72-hour strike notice to Teck Resources, just days after they voted in favour of a strike, and...
Oct 21, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/ File Photo)
After making history against UBC, TRU WolfPack turn attention to securing home playoff match
KAMLOOPS - TRU WolfPack rookie Joss Olcen's first career U Sports goal was a beezer - and an important one. "It was honestly just a surreal moment, not the game I was expecting my first goal in," said...
Oct 20, 2026 Mark Pennington (Image Credit: Tyler Fernie/TRU WolfPack)
Largely unchanged SD73 board looking ahead to challenges, opportunities facing Kamloops-area schools
KAMLOOPS - Seven of nine trustees on the Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) board will be returning to office after this past Saturday's (Oct. 17) municipal election, including four of five who ...
Oct 20, 2026 Incoming SD73 trustee Troylana Manson (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
B.C. is seeing the highest flu numbers in the country: Health Canada
VANCOUVER - New data from Health Canada show that flu season is arriving early in B.C., with the province leading the way.According to the department, more than five per cent of tests detected influen...
Oct 20, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
Stankoven aiming to bump scoring slump against Canucks, says Vancouver's draft pass is old news
VANCOUVER - Logan Stankoven said the Vancouver Canucks passing over him in the 2021 NHL Draft is old news. "It's just the way the draft went back in the day and I feel like that's five or six years do...
Oct 20, 2026 Logan Stankoven (right). (Image Credit: Associated Press/Karl DeBlake)
MLA CANDIDATE ISSUE #2 - Reducing the record deficit
KAMLOOPS - B.C. parties have provided costed platforms, with both major parties in British Columbia pledging to reduce the record-high deficit but through different means. Candidates running in the tw...
Oct 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Global News)
Quesnel man wins $46M Lotto 6/49 jackpot
QUESNEL - A Quesnel man is planning a trip to see the pyramids after winning a life-changing $46-million Lotto 6/49 jackpot.Richard Z. learned he held the winning ticket from the December 20, 2025 Gol...
Oct 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Contributed / BCLC)
Bicycling child struck by vehicle in Brocklehurst Tuesday: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops driver is facing charges after reportedly striking a child biking to school in Brocklehurst Tuesday morning (Oct. 20). RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Dana Napier says the incident happen...
Oct 20, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Pile burning project near Sun Peaks aims to reduce wildfire risk
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - A pile burning project is set to begin near Sun Peaks this week. The BC Wildfire Service says it's supporting the mountain resort municipality in burning nearly 20 piles about four k...
Oct 20, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
MLA CANDIDATE ISSUE #1 - The province's role in public safety
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops just concluded a local election where public safety and street disorder was a main issue for voters. But responsibility for that lies in the grey area between municipal and provinc...
Oct 19, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Kamloops)
