Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
WATCH: Kamloops Jewish community gathers to mourn victims of Bondi Beach massacre
KAMLOOPS - The Jewish community in Kamloops organized outside of Kamloops City Hall Sunday (Dec. 14) for a vigil on the first day of Hanukkah in memory of the lives lost at an attack on Bondi Beach in...
Dec 15, 2025 (Image Credit: Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Downtown Kamloops YMCA temporarily closed due to 'urgent plumbing repair'
KAMLOOPS - The downtown branch of the Kamloops YMCA will be closed through to the end of day Tuesday (Dec. 16) due to an urgent plumbing repair.In a notice sent to members, Kamloops YMCA Centre Manage...
Dec 15, 2025 (Image Credit: CFJC Today File)
Budgetary impact of pipeline assessment changes could top $1.3M next year: TNRD
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has written a second letter to the B.C. Ministry of Finance asking that proposed changes to the way gathering and transmission pipelines like Tr...
Dec 15, 2025 (Image Credit: CFJC Today File Photo)
Wind gusts of up to 90 km/h expected for Kamloops area Monday
KAMLOOPS - Strong winds are expected for Kamloops and area Monday (Dec. 15) afternoon. In a special weather statement, Environment Canada says a strong low-pressure system moving across the southern I...
Dec 15, 2025 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Pair of major highways close as a precaution; rainfall warning issued for Coquihalla Highway
MERRITT, B.C. - A pair of major highways connecting the Interior and the Lower Mainland were closed overnight as a precaution due to heavy rain in the forecast. B.C.'s Ministry of Transportation and T...
Dec 15, 2025 Highway 5 near Box Canyon Chain Up, looking north, at around 5:50 a.m. Monday (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Kamloops Jewish Community to gather for lighting of Menorah in honour of Sydney victims
KAMLOOPS - "Now it has become a vigil, a mourning vigil besides the first day of Hannukah," said Heidi Coleman, President of the Jewish Community Centre of Kamloops.The sunset this evening (Dec 14) ma...
Dec 14, 2025 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Merritt Mounties report overall reduction in cases, increase in mental health calls for 2025
MERRITT - Merritt Mounties are reporting a slight reduction in calls for service in 2025 compared to a year ago. Detachment Commander Staff Sergeant Josh Roda is set to present updated figures to coun...
Dec 14, 2025
Kamloops launching new Interagency Support Table
KAMLOOPS - The city of Kamloops is bringing together service providers and stakeholders to form the new 'Kamloops Interagency Supports Table,' with the purpose of providing timely and coordinated assi...
Dec 14, 2025 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
100 Mile House emergency department closed for 25th time this year
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Residents in the 100 Mile House area will be without emergency room coverage for 13 hours this weekend. Interior Health says the ER at 100 Mile House District General Hospital w...
Dec 14, 2025 100 Mile House District General Hospital (Image Credit: Interior Health)
Annual 'Stuff the Cruiser’ fundraiser in Kamloops nets nearly $5,000 in donations
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say they stuffed two vans outside the Superstore during last month's Stuff the Cruiser event.In a statement, Kamloops RCMP say the annual toy drive brought in approximately $8...
Dec 14, 2025 Sgt. Safety Bear stuffs the RCMP cruiser in Kamloops on Nov. 29, 2025. (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)
