Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Pulp Mill testing alarm systems, holding evacuation drill Thursday morning
KAMLOOPS - Residents in west Kamloops neighbourhoods may hear alarm sounds Thursday (May 14) morning. The Kamloops Pulp Mill will test its alarm systems and hold an evacuation drill beginning at aroun...
May 14, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
East Kamloops residents told to temporarily halt water use again as crews complete 'critical repairs'
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 4:30 p.m.): As thousands of homes and businesses in East Kamloops remain without water, the city says crews are making good progress on a critical repair to a broken main along Rive...
May 14, 2026 Equipment at the work site at the intersection of River Street and 14th Avenue on May 13, 2026. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Man arrested after reportedly stealing ATV's in 100 Mile House
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A man was arrested after reportedly getting in a vehicle collision with a stolen ATV in 100 Mile House. On May 2, 100 Mile House RCMP say they were told of a break-in to multipl...
May 14, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
'Point proven': Wittal perseveres through swimming ordeal to become fastest in Canadian history
KAMLOOPS - Mia Wittal is not short on tenacity and willpower. The 12-year-old Kamloops Classic Swimming (KCS) athlete has been through an emotional spin cycle in the last few weeks while pushing to be...
May 13, 2026 MIA WITTAL. (Image Credit: Kamloops Classic Swimming)
Royal Inland Hospital rolls out new sensory robot to help calm patients in the ER
KAMLOOPS - Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) is rolling out new technology into the emergency department - a bubble tube rover robot. It's not utilized for diagnostics or in operating rooms. Instead, it foc...
May 13, 2026 Bubble Tube Rover at RIH (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Mother says body of man who jumped from Overlanders Bridge last summer has been found
KAMLOOPS - The mother of a young man who is presumed to have drowned after jumping from the Overlanders Bridge last summer says his body has been found. Braden Wallace-Peters, 23, jumped from the west...
May 13, 2026 Braden Wallace-Peters (Image Credit: Contributed / Facebook)
Rainy conditions trigger closure of all City of Kamloops grass sports fields
KAMLOOPS - The heavy rain in the Interior Wednesday (May 13) has prompted the City of Kamloops to close all municipal grass sports fields.Parks and Streets Manager Jeff Putnam made the announcement vi...
May 13, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Water flowing to east Kamloops neighbourhoods as city continues to urge essential use only
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says it has replenished reservoirs serving east Kamloops, meaning water service has been restored for all areas affected by this week's main break that is into its four...
May 13, 2026 Equipment at the work site at the intersection of River Street and 14th Avenue on May 13, 2026. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Mounties raid North Shore, Westsyde properties as part of Columbia St. homicide probe
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say their investigation into a shooting death last week has led them to raid properties on the North Shore and in Westsyde. An update distributed by BC RCMP Wednesday (May 13) notes th...
May 13, 2026 Police tape surrounds a Columbia St. home where a person was shot to death a few hours earlier, May 5, 2026. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Police action played no role in man's self-inflicted death near Merritt: IIO
MERRITT, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog says actions of Merritt RCMP officers were not a factor in a man's death outside of the community last month.On April 2 at about 9:30 p.m., an officer came acros...
May 13, 2026 (Image Credit: IIO)
