Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Extra caution urged on 'low-volume' Highway 24 amid Cariboo Highway closure
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Residents are being asked to drive with extra care when traveling on Highway 24 between the Clearwater and 100 Mile House areas. BC Highway Patrol says its officers are focused ...
Jul 30, 2026 A police motorcycle and unmarked SUV parked alongside the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement as part of a road safety surge on Highway 24. (Image Credit: BC Highway Patrol)
Kamloops wins $7M grant for arts centre lobby; millions more awarded for Savona, Ashcroft water projects
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has won a $7-million federal grant for its Centre for the Arts project. Kamloops was included in a list of successful funding recipients through the Strategic Prioritie...
Jul 30, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Kamloops reports 16 per cent reduction in water use after Drought Level 4 restrictions implemented
KAMLOOPS - Enhanced water use restrictions have been in place in Kamloops for a little over a week, and the city says it is already seeing the desired outcome. The Drought Level 4 watering restriction...
Jul 30, 2026 Sign showing the current drought level in the City of Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Kamloops Fire Rescue knocks down house fire in Sagebrush
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops resident is uninjured but was forced to leave their Sagebrush home after a notable house fire. Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) responded to the 1000-block of Fraser Street at around 8...
Jul 30, 2026 (Image Credit: Howie Reimer/Facebook)
Quarterback Rigler takes reins of hometown Kamloops Broncos
KAMLOOPS - Cole Rigler will always remember his first throw for his hometown Kamloops Broncos, a deep-ball completion to his old high school teammate Hudson Jones on the first play of his B.C. Footbal...
Jul 29, 2026 Cole Rigler (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Jeremy Russo)
TNRD, District of Logan Lake issue evacuation alerts due to nearby wildfire
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - UPDATE (7:45 p.m.): The fast-spreading Guichon Creek wildfire west of Logan Lake has prompted parallel evacuation alerts from the District of Logan Lake and the Thompson-Nicola Regi...
Jul 29, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Victor Kaisar)
Violation ticket text message is a scam: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - If you receive a text message purporting to be from an RCMP officer pressuring you to pay a ticket, it's a scam.That's the word from Kamloops RCMP, who say the detachment has received no fe...
Jul 29, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
No word on return for Clinton, B.C., residents as fire burns watershed, power lines
CLINTON, B.C. - The chair of the board in British Columbia's fire-stricken Thompson-Nicola Regional District says that for a lot of people, the wildfires burning in the area will be "one of the most t...
Jul 29, 2026 Wildfire crews work on a planned ignition for the Pear Lake wildfire in B.C.'s Cariboo region in this Wednesday, July 29, 2026 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout, B.C. Wildfire Service (Mandatory Credit)
Police looking into near-miss near Paul Lake
PAUL LAKE, B.C. - Tk'emlps Rural RCMP would like your help solving a near-miss on the roads in the Paul Lake area.The incident happened on July 18, near the Paul Lake transfer station in the 1900-bloc...
Jul 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Contributed / Tk'emlups Rural RCMP)
Gun parts, stolen motorcycle recovered in Aberdeen home raid
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a recent raid on an Aberdeen property resulted in the seizure of gun parts and a stolen motorcycle.In a news release, the Kamloops detachment says the search warrant was executed a...
Jul 29, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
