Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Howitzers to fall silent when avalanche control deal in Rogers Pass ends in 2027
ROGERS PASS - The military has decided to end its role in avalanche control along a major British Columbia transportation route that has seen it fire artillery shells to set off slides in Rogers Pass ...
May 12, 2026
City hopes to restore water to east Kamloops properties before end of day Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - (Ed note: This story has been updated with new information here.) The City of Kamloops is hoping to get water flowing again to thousands of people who live and work east of Rose Hill Road b...
May 12, 2026 Repairs underway at the intersection of River Street and 14th Avenue on May 12, 2026. (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today)
Kamloops educator suspended for failing to report disclosed sexual assault, presenting unverified information to class
KAMLOOPS - A recently retired Kamloops educator was disciplined after a pair of separate transgressions in 2023. According to a consent resolution agreement released Tuesday (May 12) by the British Co...
May 12, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
RCMP prevent elderly Salmon Arm man from losing more money in 'boiler room scam'
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP say they managed to prevent an elderly man from falling further into a scam. At around 3:00 p.m. on April 28, RCMP say a woman reported the man was trying to access ...
May 12, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. nurses vote for strike, as union boss raises prospect of dispute amid World Cup
VANCOUVER - Members of British Columbia's nurses union have voted overwhelmingly to strike, with union president Adriane Gear raising the prospect of a dispute while "the whole world is watching us" d...
May 12, 2026
Water main break forces Tuesday closure of six Kamloops schools
KAMLOOPS - Six Kamloops schools in the neighbourhoods of Valleyview, Juniper Ridge, Dallas and Barnhartvale are closed Tuesday (May 12) as the City of Kamloops deals with a large-scale water main brea...
May 12, 2026 Work underway on May 11, 2026 to fix the water main break on River Street that is impacting users across a large portion of east Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
East Kamloops residents impacted by water main break now asked to halt water use
UPDATE (9:00 a.m.): The city says non-potable water will be available for residents in eastern Kamloops neighbourhoods who are impacted by the water main break.The non-potable water will be available ...
May 12, 2026 Work underway on River Street in downtown Kamloops on May 11, 2026. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File photo)
'I love that because I like proving people wrong': B.C. Lions' defensive backs aim to answer doubters
Robert Carter Jr. is gone, TJ Lee and Garry Peters are no spring chickens and Christophe Beaulieu is hurt. The B.C. Lions' defensive backs are under the microscope this year at training camp in Kamloo...
May 11, 2026 GARRY PETERS. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Jeremy Russo)
CPKC moving 125 jobs to Kamloops as high costs force workers away from Revelstoke
KAMLOOPS - Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) is moving more than 100 employees to Kamloops because of the high costs of housing in Revelstoke. CPKC confirmed the move to CFJC Today, saying it is in ...
May 11, 2026 A CPKC train pulling into the yard on 3rd Avenue in downtown Kamloops on May 11, 2026. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
'Central B.C. has what appears to be a problem'; Hundreds ticketed for failing to slow down and move over
KAMLOOPS - Police in British Columbia say nearly 1,000 drivers across the province didn't slow down or move over for emergency responders and construction workers last month, and a large number of the...
May 11, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
