Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Two days left for Kamloops Christmas Cheer Donation Station
KAMLOOPS - This year's Christmas Cheer Donation Station is only open for two more days, and the BC Interior Community Foundation is hoping for a final fundraising push to reach its goal of $36,000. Fo...
Dec 18, 2025 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
Tenants finally moving into Cherry Avenue apartment building in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - People have begun moving into a renovated apartment building on Cherry Avenue in North Kamloops, more than two years after it was originally scheduled to open. In a statement to CFJC Today,...
Dec 18, 2025 The apartments at 435 Cherry Avenue in Kamloops. (Image Credit: B.C. Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs)
UPDATE: Merritt man facing second-degree murder charge in death of his wife
MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 3:45 p.m.): BC RCMP have confirmed that a 49-year-old Merritt man is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of his wife.A statement from the RCMP say...
Dec 18, 2025 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
UPDATE: Up to 75 centimetres of snow possible near the Coquihalla Summit by Saturday
MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 11:30 a.m.): The Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt can't catch a winter break this week. Environment Canada is forecasting between 45 and 75 centimetres of snowfall for t...
Dec 18, 2025 Highway 5 about 7 kilometres north of Zopkios Brake Check, looking south, shortly after 7:00 a.m. Thursday.
BC Assessment scraps proposed change to pipeline valuations: TNRD
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) says a change in the assessment of pipelines that could have shifted a huge burden to residential taxpayers is not going through.In a news relea...
Dec 17, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
While celebrating progress, RIH admits work still needs to be done on maternity care in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) officials updated the public about maternity care in Kamloops Wednesday (Dec. 17), noting two new obstetricians are set to begin work next May, with IH in the recruitme...
Dec 17, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
First-ever Festival of Trees lights up Kamloops hotel lobby for BC Children's Hospital
KAMLOOPS - The Delta Hotel is hosting the first-ever Festival of Trees in the City of Kamloops. It's an event that takes place throughout British Columbia with seven cities participating to raise mone...
Dec 17, 2025 (Image Credit: Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Kamloops MLA Milobar awaiting official leadership race criteria before making final decision
KAMLOOPS - The BC Conservative Party has yet to release the criteria for its upcoming leadership contest as it looks to replace John Rustad and elect a new leader of the official opposition. A number ...
Dec 17, 2025 Peter Milobar (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Salvation Army Christmas Hampers filled by generous Kamloops Honda employees, customers
KAMLOOPS - It's Year 33 for the Salvation Army's Christmas Hampers. Kamloops Honda, along with other community partners work to make sure the hampers are full for the holidays. "Every year, the need s...
Dec 17, 2025 Hampers loaded into a truck. (Image Credit: Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Four years after atmospheric river, full length of Highway 8 opens to 2-lane traffic
MERRITT, B.C. - For the first time since it was devastated by the atmospheric river of 2021, Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge is fully open to two lanes of traffic.The province's Ministry ...
Dec 17, 2025 A section of Highway 8, September 2025. (Image Credit: Flickr / Ministry of Transportation and Transit)
