Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Latest atmospheric river not expected to cause flooding issues in Merritt: mayor
MERRITT, B.C. - The mayor of Merritt is aiming to ease the nerves of residents getting flashbacks to the atmospheric river that flooded the city in 2021. Speaking to Q101-Merritt Thursday (Dec. 11) mo...
Dec 11, 2025 Coldwater River as of midnight on Dec. 10. (Image Credit: City of Merritt)
Beloved longtime Kamloops politician dies
KAMLOOPS - A longtime local politician in Kamloops has died. Helen Barnett, formerly known as Helen Kerr, passed away on December 1, according to an obituary submitted to CFJC Today. Barnett served on...
Dec 11, 2025 (Image Credit: Submitted)
UPDATE: Coquihalla reopens between Hope and Merritt; Highway 3 remains closed
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (4:00 p.m.): The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt has reopened after a roughly 20-hour closure due to flooding. DriveBC says the highway was reopened in both directions at...
Dec 10, 2025 Highway 5 southbound at Zopkios Rest Area near the Coquihalla Summit, looking north, as seen around 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2025. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Kamloops Blazers deliver at RIH, with newborn Theodore among Teddy Bear recipients
KAMLOOPS - Fans brought stuffed animals, tuques, mittens and scarves to the rink on Friday (Dec. 5) when the Kamloops Blazers hosted the Penticton Vees on Teddy Bear Toss Night at Sandman Centre. When...
Dec 10, 2025 (Image Credit: Image credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Final collection days for Centre for Seniors Information holiday gifting campaign
KAMLOOPS - Isolation is often named as a top concern for seniors who don't have family or friends nearby to regularly visit with. It's why the Kamloops Centre for Seniors Information organizes Operati...
Dec 10, 2025 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
Province-wide enforcement push nabs nearly 200 intoxicated drivers
KAMLOOPS - BC Highway Patrol and BC RCMP say they checked more than 52,000 vehicles over the past weekend for their Light Up the Province campaign, and wound up issuing more than 600 tickets while cat...
Dec 10, 2025 Vehicles waiting at a Kamloops RCMP and BC Highway Patrol check point during Saturday's (Dec. 6) Light Up the Province campaign. (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Minister of Housing, Kamloops council don't agree on path forward for Fortune site
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council threw some jabs at the B.C. government on Tuesday (Dec. 9) - more specifically at the Ministry of Housing led by Christine Boyle. Council's anger comes with regards to...
Dec 10, 2025 Subject property and Leigh and Fortune, file photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops United Church ready for Christmas back home
KAMLOOPS - Nearly 16 months since a devastating fire ripped through the Kamloops United Church, the congregation has returned home to their downtown parish. Just in time for the Christmas season, the ...
Dec 10, 2025 United Church (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Heavy rain, snowfall expected on Coquihalla, Trans-Canada Highways amid atmospheric river
KAMLOOPS - While most of the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland are bracing for another atmospheric river, the Kamloops area is being warned about the potential for heavy rain and snow on higher elevati...
Dec 10, 2025 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
CSRD opens taps on new Scotch Creek water system
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - Officials in the North Shuswap are celebrating the completion of a public works project seven years in the making.The $4.1-million Scotch Creek Water System expansion was officall...
Dec 10, 2025 (L to R) CSRD Electoral Area F Director Jay Simpson, Manager Utility Services Tim Perepolkin and CSRD Board Chair Natalya Melnychuk. (Image Credit: Columbia Shuswap Regional District)
