Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Missing woman found safe
UPDATE (May 25): KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say the 22-year-old woman who was reported missing on May 12, 2026, has been found and is safe. (Please note: for privacy considerations any previous informat...
May 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)
EKBIA surveying impacted businesses after water main break; specialized testing underway in Barnhartvale
KAMLOOPS - Things are slowly getting back to normal in east Kamloops, after a lengthy saga brought on by last week's water main break. It was business at usual at Amsterdam Restaurant in Valleyview ju...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Search for missing woman suspended due to high water, poor visibility in the Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - Search teams in Kamloops still haven't been able to locate a 24-year-old woman who was swept away in the North Thompson River on Sunday (May 17) after the vehicle she was driving went into ...
May 19, 2026 Flowers placed at the site along Schubert Drive where a vehicle plunged into the North Thompson River on May 17, 2026. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Kamloops Open pickleball tournament teams up with non-profit to make sports more accessible
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Open is a pickleball tournament hosted every year that welcomes some of the best players in the world to the Tournament Capital. The tournament has seen significant growth over...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Conservative Party of B.C. leadership race heats up as Milobar makes final bid for support
KAMLOOPS - The race to lead the Conservative Party of B.C. is intensifying as candidates work to secure membership support ahead of the party's upcoming leadership vote on May 30. One of the contender...
May 19, 2026 Peter Milobar (Image Credit: Jeremy Russo/CFJC Today)
Former Kamloops man among activists detained on mission to deliver aid to Gaza
GAZA - A former Kamloops resident is among a group of activists who has been detained by Israeli forces while trying to deliver aid to war-torn Gaza.The organization Global Sumud Flotilla says Sebasti...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Facebook / Global Sumud Flotilla)
Kamloops drug users warned of contaminated down, heightened risk of fatal overdose
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has issued an alert for Kamloops residents who use drugs, warning them of street drugs that may contain dangerous contamination.The alert was issued Tuesday (May 19) an...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Interior Health)
UPDATE: Canada Games Aquatic Centre, Westsyde Pool reopen after maintenance shutdown
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 7:40 p.m.): The City of Kamloops says the Westsyde Pool has reopened as well.UPDATE 2:20 p.m.: The City of Kamloops says the Canada Games Aquatic Centre has fully reopened.EARLIER: ...
May 19, 2026 Canada Games Pool (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File photo)
City of Kamloops launches web page to clarify roles and responsibilities within a municipal government
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops launched a new web page to help break down the roles within municipal government operations. The Let's Learn section of the city's Let's Talk website aims to share info...
May 19, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Snowbirds aerobatic team grounded until early 2030s while new planes purchased
MOOSE JAW - Canada's famous military aerial ambassadors - the Snowbirds - will soon be grounded. Defence Minister David McGuinty announced Tuesday that after this upcoming season, the nine-jet aerobat...
May 19, 2026
