Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Lotto Max ticket price to rise, odds also set to change
VANCOUVER - It may cost you a little extra, but Canadians playing Lotto Max will also soon have slightly better odds at winning a prize as new changes roll out later this week.Starting on Friday, Lott...
Apr 07, 2026 (Image Credit: BCLC/File Photo)
Kamloops' Iranian population watches as clock ticks down on latest Trump threat
KAMLOOPS - A man prone to exaggeration, President Donald Trump says on Truth Social that 'a whole civilization will die to tonight, never to be brought back again.' His supporters call it his usual ne...
Apr 07, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
108 Mile Ranch in the running for $50k heritage prize
108 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The 108 Mile Ranch is one of 12 finalists in a cross-Canada competition meant to help promote and restore heritage sites.Public voting opened Tuesday (April 7) for the Next Grea...
Apr 07, 2026 Contributed
Kamloops real estate market emerging from winter slowdown: association
KAMLOOPS - The spring weather appears to be thawing the Kamloops real estate market.New totals from the Association of Interior Realtors (AIR) show 202 residential sales during the month of March - ab...
Apr 07, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
IIO investigating fatal roadside incident near Merritt last week
MERRITT, B.C. - BC's police watchdog is investigating an incident near Merritt last week that resulted in a man losing his life.In a news release issued Tuesday (April 7), the Independent Investigatio...
Apr 07, 2026 (Image Credit: IIO)
Pair of prescribed burn projects slated to begin in the Cariboo this week
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A pair of projects intended to reduce wildfire risk in the Cariboo could begin as early as this week. The BC Wildfire Service says a 20-hectare prescribed burn near White Road so...
Apr 07, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Three people arrested, gun seized after police box in Brocklehurst home
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say three people were arrested after a large and somewhat noticeable police presence along Ord Road on Friday (April 3) afternoon. RCMP officers responded to the 1700-block of...
Apr 07, 2026 (Image Credit: Rudy Braun/Facebook)
Pair of human-caused Lytton-area wildfires under control
LYTTON, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says a small wildfire that sparked south of Lytton Monday (April 6) afternoon is now under control at 3.6 hectares.The fire near Siska creek is believed to be hu...
Apr 07, 2026 The wildfire burning along the Trans-Caanda Highway near Siska Creek, south of Lytton, pictured on April 6, 2026. (Image Credit: Kim Cardinal/Facebook)
UPDATE: Wildfire south of Lytton being held at 3.6ha
LYTTON, B.C. - (UPDATE 7:30 p.m.): The BC Wildfire Service says a small wildfire that sparked near Lytton is being held at 3.6 hectares. In an update just after 6:00 p.m., the BC Wildfire Service note...
Apr 06, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Doerkson's 100 Mile House hospital ER petition quickly garners 1,500+ signatures
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A petition started by Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson has already garnered more than 1,500 signatures since it launched Monday morning (April 6), calling for action followi...
Apr 06, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
