Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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
Power outage at water pump station places Ashcroft residents on water restrictions
ASHCROFT, B.C. - A power outage at a water pump station in Ashcroft has triggered water restrictions in the village. In an alert to its website Tuesday (May 19), the Village of Ashcroft says Stage 4 w...
May 19, 2026 Village of Ashcroft. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File photo)
All east Kamloops neighbourhoods but Barnhartvale cleared to use water as normal
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says all neighbourhoods in east Kamloops except for Barnhartvale have been cleared to use and consume their tap water as normal.In city updated its website Monday morni...
May 18, 2026 Crews work on repairing a water main break, May 12. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Victor Kaisar)
UPDATE: Woman presumed drowned after car careened into North Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 5:00 p.m.): RCMP say a 24-year-old woman is presumed to have drowned after the vehicle she was driving plunged into the North Thompson River in the area of Schubert Drive and Birch ...
May 18, 2026 The North Thompson River off Schubert Drive, May 17. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Victor Kaisar)
Police in U.S. solve 40-year-old homicide, name now-deceased Kamloops man as lone suspect
WENATCHEE, WAS. - Police say a deceased Kamloops man was responsible for a homicide that took place in a U.S. city 40 years ago. In a news release issued May 14, the Wenatchee (Was.) Police Department...
May 18, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
100 Mile House emergency closed for 17th time in 2026
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The emergency room at the 100 Mile District General Hospital is currently in the midst of a 13 hour closure.In a post on social media Interior Health said the ER will be closed ...
May 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Interior Health/File Photo)
Two people taken to hospital after vehicle plunges into North Thompson River off Schubert Drive
KAMLOOPS - Two people were taken to Royal Inland Hospital after a vehicle plunged into the North Thompson River Sunday (May 17) evening.BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS) told CFJC Today that it wa...
May 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today)
Kamloops to host first-of-its-kind Outdoor Recreation Council conference
KAMLOOPS - The Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia (ORCBC) will host a first-of-its-kind conference in Kamloops this week.The ORCBC said more than 300 leaders, volunteers, innovators, and c...
May 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds)
Kamloops RCMP recover stolen truck near Dufferin Elementary
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP officials said a heavy police presence along Hillside Drive near Dufferin Elementary School on Saturday evening (May 16) was in response to a stolen truck with stolen license ...
May 17, 2026 (Image Credit: X / @kamloopsninja)
