Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Rentals now offered as city says ongoing warming trend won't impact Riverside outdoor rink
KAMLOOPS - The Riverside Outdoor Skate Rink has been very busy since it opened back in January, and the City of Kamloops says the ongoing warming trend is not expected to be an issue for the refrigera...
Feb 05, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
UPDATE: Fog advisory lifted across North Thompson and 100 Mile regions
CLEARWATER, B.C. - (UPDATE 1:30 p.m.): Environment Canada has lifted fog advisories that were in effect for the North Thompson and 100 Mile regions. A fog advisory that was in place for the Trans-Cana...
Feb 05, 2026 Highway 97 about eight kilometres north of Clinton just before Big Bar rest area, looking north, at around 6:10 a.m. Thursday. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
White Cane Week brings vision problems into view for Kamloops residents
KAMLOOPS - It's White Cane Week and the Kamloops White Cane Club, which has been running for more than 30 years, commemorates the occasion by spreading awareness about vision impairment. White Cane We...
Feb 04, 2026 Vern Short (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Probe exonerates Kamloops councillor for bullying statement; mayor re-alleges investigator bias
KAMLOOPS - A code of conflict complaint filed by Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson against Councilor Dale Bass has been dismissed following an investigation by Reece Harding. To date, city taxpayers h...
Feb 04, 2026 Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Mounties pull arsenal from North Shore home
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say they seized a cache of nearly 20 guns when they stormed a Kamloops North Shore home Tuesday (Feb. 3). In a news release, Sgt. Jason Pole of the detachment's Crime Reduction Unit sa...
Feb 04, 2026 (Image Credit: Contributed / Kamloops RCMP)
Alberta hockey team to play benefit game after 3 members die in crash
STAVELY - An Alberta junior hockey team is set to take the ice this weekend for a memorial game honouring three of its players who died in a highway crash. The Southern Alberta Mustangs are set to tak...
Feb 04, 2026
Kamloops real estate activity slows to a crawl to start 2026
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops real estate market got off to a slow start in 2026. New totals released by the Association of Interior Realtors of BC (AIR) show 90 residential unit sales last month - down abo...
Feb 04, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies MP Mel Arnold believes party chose right in Calgary
OTTAWA - The Canadian Conservative Party Conference was held in Calgary last week and drew nationwide attention, with a critical vote held for the parliament's official opposition leader. Conservative...
Feb 04, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops council defeats mayor's push to prevent city from hiring councillors' family members
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson didn't find any success in advancing his pair of notices of motion during Tuesday's (Feb. 3) regular council meeting. Attending virtually via Zoom, Hamer-J...
Feb 04, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Blazers blow out Royals 11-1 in first of two games in Victoria
KAMLOOPS - It was smooth sailing for the Kamloops Blazers during their first stop of a five-game road trip. After surrendering the first goal of Tuesday's (Feb. 3) game against the Victoria Royals sho...
Feb 04, 2026 (Image Credit: Victoria Royals)
