Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Peterson Creek Park prescribed burn project expected to begin in March
KAMLOOPS - The first portion of a long-awaited prescribed burn at Peterson Creek Park is expected to get underway as early as next week, depending on site and weather conditions. The City of Kamloops ...
Pattison Media Feb 24, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Kamloops Iranian community out in force over weekend
KAMLOOPS - This weekend, dozens of members from Kamloops' Iranian community were out on Columbia Street and Summit Drive, waving flags and calling for support. The group has been active since the gove...
Pattison Media Feb 24, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)

Tk'emlúps healing house taking shape ahead of planned 2026 opening
TK'EMLPS TE SECWPEMC - A community open house was held by Tk'emlps te Secwpemc (TteS) Monday (Feb. 23) afternoon as work continues on a new healing house on a property along Shuswap Road. The federal ...
Pattison Media Feb 23, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)

Ukrainian Virtual Reality Museum gives Kamloopsians 'terrifying' look into devastation of Russian invasion
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday (Feb. 21), the VR Museum of War in Ukraine stopped in to the Old Kamloops Courthouse with displays of art, war items and virtual reality goggles which allow museum visitors to g...
Pattison Media Feb 23, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)

Calm beginning to set in for Canadians in Puerto Vallarta
PUERTO VALLARTA - Chaos in the streets of Mexico has calmed after a night filled with fires, explosions and death. Early Sunday (Feb. 22), Mexican officials killed the boss of the Jalisco New Generati...
Pattison Media Feb 23, 2026 Car on fire outside of Ken Farough's condo in Puerto Vallarta (Image Credit: Contributed / Ken Farough)

Plunge through ice in Chilcotin kills pair of 100 Mile House snowmobilers
ANAHIM LAKE, B.C. - The bodies of two South Cariboo snowmobilers have been recovered after they were found beneath the icy surface of a Chilcotin lake.According to Anahim Lake RCMP, the man and woman ...
Pattison Media Feb 23, 2026 A specialized diver works to recover two victims from beneath the surface of Charlotte Lake. (Image Credit: Contributed / Anahim Lake RCMP)

'It's meant everything to us': Casorso, Wright families reflect on support received at memorial skate
KAMLOOPS - It's been three weeks since junior hockey players Cameron Casorso, JJ Wright and Caden Fine were involved in a deadly highway collision with a semi truck on their way to hockey practice in ...
Pattison Media Feb 23, 2026 Susan Wright receiving condolences on the death of her son, JJ Wright (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

B.C. approves expansion of open-pit Copper Mountain mine in southern Interior
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved the expansion of an open-pit copper and gold mine in the province's southern Interior. A statement from Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals...
The Canadian Press Feb 23, 2026 Image Credit: Hudbay Copper Mining

RCMP renew call for information as third anniversary of Miguel Mack's disappearance approaches
MERRITT, B.C. - The family of a Merritt man who disappeared three years ago this Friday (Feb. 27) will be holding another community walk in his memory.The walk will honour Miguel Mack, who was last se...
Pattison Media Feb 23, 2026 (Image Credit: Elijah Mack-Stirling/Facebook)

Snowfall warning in effect for Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt Monday
MERRITT, B.C. - A heads up for drivers traveling between B.C.'s southern interior and the coast Monday (Feb. 23). Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway between Ho...
Pattison Media Feb 23, 2026 Highway 5 about 61 kilometres south of Merritt, looking south. (Image Credit: DriveBC)

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