Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops charity raising money to give books to children
KAMLOOPS - The Imagination Library of Kamloops will be giving out books to 160 local children this year, thanks to a $2,500 donation from the Rotary Club of Kamloops Daybreak. The program is in its th...
Jun 08, 2026 Lindsay McRae (left) and Jessica Petruk (right) receive a grant for the Imagination Library of Kamloops from Rotarian Lisa Lake (centre) on Friday, June 5, during a meeting of the Rotary Club of Kamloops Daybreak. (Image Credit: The Imagination Library of Kamloops)
Kamloops-area wildfire risk reduction projects among recipients of provincial funding
KAMLOOPS - Multiple wildfire risk reduction projects in the Thompson, Nicola and Cariboo regions have received provincial funding. The B.C. government says it's committing $20 million per year over th...
Jun 08, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Mission Flats Landfill's expected lifespan extended following Tk'emlups landfill's opening: memo
KAMLOOPS - A pair of waste management facilities in Kamloops have seen their expected lifespans extend by decades. According to a memo being presented to Kamloops council on Tuesday (June 9), the Miss...
Jun 08, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
New detour taking effect as Tranquille Road sewer main project progresses
KAMLOOPS - People in Brocklehurst have a new detour to be mindful of as the Tranquille Road Sanitary Main and Road Enhancement Project moves further east. The City of Kamloops says the construction zo...
Jun 08, 2026 Work crews at the intersection of Tranquille Road and Schreiner Street pictured in August 2025. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File photo)
NorthPaws swept by AppleSox to close U.S. road trip
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws were unable to maintain momentum to close their six-game U.S. road trip. After winning their first series of the 2026 West Coast League (WCL) season, the NorthPaws we...
Jun 08, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops sees one per cent rise in May unemployment
KAMLOOPS - The jobs market in Kamloops stayed relatively stable between April and May, with a small increase in its unemployment rates for the month.According to Statistics Canada, Kamloops reported a...
Jun 07, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC file photo)
Kamloops Film Society receives $250k grant for Paramount Theatre upgrades
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government will give the Kamloops Film Society $250,000 to update the Paramount Theatre's heating and cooling system.Provincial officials said the Kamloops Film Society will replac...
Jun 07, 2026 The Paramount Theatre in Kamloops is seen in this Oct. 2022 photo. (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar)
Sudden hail storm causes three-car pile-up near Logan Lake
LOGAN LAKE B.C. - A woman was air-lifted to hospital for treatment of a back injury following a three-vehicle pile-up along Highway 97C just south of Logan Lake on Saturday morning (June 6).Logan Lake...
Jun 06, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC file photo)
2026 Assistants Champions tournament set to hit the links in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Dunes at Kamloops is set to play host to the 2026 Play Golf PGA of BC Assistants Championship.90 apprentice, teaching, and Class "A" professionals from across the province will be compe...
Jun 06, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
2026 Assistants Champions tournament set to hit the links in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The tournament winner was Carson Kallis of Burnaby Mountain Club, who finished his two rounds with an 11-under 133. Kallis takes home a $5,000 purse.The highest finishing local was ...
Jun 06, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
