Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Missing 35-year-old man found
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 6:00 p.m.): Kamloops RCMP say the 35-year-old man who was reported missing on Wednesday (June 3) has been located.Police said the man was located following information received and ...
Jun 05, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)
Hoops in the Loops basketball tournament down in numbers, high on spirit
KAMLOOPS - Three-on-three basketball tournament Hoops in the Loops will take over a stretch of Victoria Street on Saturday and Sunday (June 6 and 7). The sixth annual event - a fundraiser for youth sp...
Jun 04, 2026 Hoops in the Loops (Image Credit: CFJC Today / File Photo)
Despite issues, Kamloops postal workers relieved by new 5-year contract
KAMLOOPS - Postal workers in Kamloops are breathing a sigh of relief as a new five-year contract with Canada Post has officially been ratified, ending more than two years of labour strife. About 89 pe...
Jun 04, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
Construction underway on new AI data centre as TRU reaffirms sustainability goals
KAMLOOPS - Shovels are in the ground and work is underway on a new AI data centre at Thompson Rivers University, which is expected to be operational by next year. The facility on McGill Road is being ...
Jun 04, 2026 Construction on the AI data centre at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Blind Bay beaches remain open despite elevated E. coli levels
BLIND BAY, B.C. - Pebble and Sandy Beach in Blind Bay remain open despite a Swimming Advisory being put in place due to unacceptable E. coli bacterial counts found in recent water tests.The Columbia S...
Jun 04, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / File photo)
Bystander recounts heroic dive into North Thompson River after sinking vehicle
KAMLOOPS - On May 17, a vehicle travelling northbound along Schubert Drive in Kamloops plunged into the North Thompson River, sending numerous bystanders into action in an attempt to save the two occu...
Jun 04, 2026 Chaz Peterhans looks out over the river with his mother and girlfriend. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Olynyk to Stankoven: If victorious, we should bring Larry O'Brien Trophy, Stanley Cup to Kamloops on same day
KAMLOOPS - Kelly Olynyk and Logan Stankoven might stand on the same Victoria Street parade float, the 7-foot big man raising the Larry O'Brien Trophy while the 5-foot-8 dynamo hoists the Stanley Cup. ...
Jun 04, 2026 Kelly Olynyk (left), Victor Wembanyama (Image Credit: YouTube / NBA)
'There is only one option'; Despite choice presented, Kamloops council steadfast on bridge replacement
KAMLOOPS - The province says a new vehicle crossing is only one of three options it is considering in the wake of the destruction of the Red Bridge. In a press release issued Wednesday (June 3), the p...
Jun 04, 2026 Red Bridge fire, Sept 19, 2024 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
100 Mile House ER faces 18th closure of 2026
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The emergency room at the 100 Mile District General Hospital will be closed for 13 hours on Friday, marking the 18th ER closure this year.Interior Health said the 100 Mile House...
Jun 04, 2026 (Image Credit: Interior Health/File Photo)
B.C. child killer Schoenborn's conditional discharge baffling, says family spokesman
VANCOUVER - A family representative for the victims of child killer Allan Schoenborn says the British Columbia Review Board's decision to grant him a conditional discharge is "baffling" and reveals sh...
Jun 04, 2026 Allan Schoenborn is shown in this sketch attending a British Columbia Review Board in Coquitlam, B.C., on Thursday, March 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Felicity Don
