Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

'We just don't need to have something like that happen again'; Cache Creek welcomes bridge funding
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Provincial Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) funding will be used to build a bridge in Cache Creek where a culvert failed during extreme high water and flooding in 2023. The vill...
Pattison Media Mar 18, 2026 Cache Creek during the 2023 flood, located where the new bridge will be constructed (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Blazers discuss potential first-round playoff opponents, look ahead to final weekend of regular season
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' head coach Shaun Clouston is thrilled his players will be rewarded for enduring hard times, with his club heading to the playoffs for the first time since 2023. "We've had...
Pattison Media Mar 18, 2026 Joaquin Geras (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)

Officials cautiously reopen Trans Canada between Revelstoke and Golden
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Provincial officials have reopened the Trans Canada Highway between Revelstoke and Golden - but say it could close again on very short notice.The highway was closed mid-afternoon Tu...
Pattison Media Mar 18, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Applications open for City of Kamloops' new FireSmart rebate programs
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has opened applications for a pair of FireSmart rebate programs in a bid to try and make it easier for people to take precautions by incentivizing some fuel mitigation ...
Pattison Media Mar 18, 2026 Removal of cedars at a property in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kamloops Fire Rescue/File photo)

Blazers fall to Cougars on the road 3-2 in a shootout
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers fell to the Prince George Cougars 3-2 in a shootout Tuesday (March 17) in a potential playoff preview. The Blazers opened the scoring in the first period in Prince Geor...
Pattison Media Mar 18, 2026 (Image Credit: Prince George Cougars)

Same Sky Collective operator speaks against potential closure of Pathways shelter
KAMLOOPS - The Pathways shelter has been in the spotlight over the past few weeks, with some members from the North Shore business community calling for the facility to be shut down. Lana Fine, the ar...
Pattison Media Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)

Mayor of Lytton hopes report on 2021 wildfire disaster will lead to change
LYTTON, B.C. - Four-and-a-half years after a wildfire tore through Lytton, British Columbians are finally getting a look into the challenges that plagued the village's rebuild as the Auditor General h...
Pattison Media Mar 17, 2026 File photo of Lytton (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Trans Canada Highway closed between Revelstoke and Golden until Thursday for avalanche control
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - One of the main east-west routes through the BC Interior will be closed for at least the next two days.In an update to Drive BC, the province says the Trans Canada Highway closed do...
Pattison Media Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Drive BC)

RIH Foundation helping to put Kamloops in view of international healthcare professionals
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia has been working to attract United States trained healthcare professionals to come to the province to practice medicine. That includes pulling out all the stops like airing...
Pattison Media Mar 17, 2026 Royal Inland Hospital (Image Credit: File photo)

WolfPack head coach Grimm reflects on program-best season, looks ahead to future
KAMLOOPS - TRU WolfPack women's volleyball head coach Chad Grimm is confident his team is well-seasoned for the future. "Until you go through it, you don't know what it's going to feel like to be in t...
Pattison Media Mar 17, 2026 TRU WolfPack women's volleyball team. (Image Credit: Connor Hood)

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