Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Warm winter temperatures returning to B.C. as daily records fall in five communities
CRANBROOK - Warmer than usual weather has returned to British Columbia after a brief cold spell last month, with five communities set to break daily high temperature records this week. Environment Can...
Mar 03, 2026
Single-stairwell buildings not permitted in Kamloops as city, fire chief aim to clarify provincial regulations
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue and the city's building department are hoping to provide council and the public with information around building codes and the fire code, in a bid to clear up some conf...
Mar 02, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Environment Canada expecting warm start to March in Kamloops after warm and dry February
KAMLOOPS - The cold grasp of winter has continued to elude the city of Kamloops as February concludes a few degrees higher than usual. February 2026 will officially enter the record books as the 15th ...
Mar 02, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloopsian Holmes excited to see removal of bi-annual time change after decade of advocacy
KAMLOOPS - For more than a decade Kamloops resident Tara Holmes has strongly advocated for the end of the twice annual time change. Holmes had managed to progress the cause during Premier John Horgan'...
Mar 02, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Elation in Kamloops' Iranian community after death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
KAMLOOPS - Over the weekend, the United States of America and Israel launched multiple airstrikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran, killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at his compound. U.S. President Donald...
Mar 02, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
B.C. and Cowichan chiefs start negotiations after landmark court ruling on title
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government and chiefs from the Cowichan Nation say they've begun negotiations after a landmark court ruling awarded Aboriginal title over a swath of property in Richmon...
Mar 02, 2026
Former WCT artistic director suing Kamloops theatre company for wrongful termination
KAMLOOPS - The former artistic director of Western Canada Theatre (WCT) is claiming he was wrongfully dismissed by the Kamloops-based professional theatre company. In a notice of civil claim filed in ...
Mar 02, 2026 Former WCT artistic director James MacDonald. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File photo)
City launches rental e-bikes and e-scooters in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Shared e-scooters and e-bikes have officially hit the streets of Kamloops giving residents and visitors another way to get around the city. The City of Kamloops announced Monday (March 2) t...
Mar 02, 2026 (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today)
Applications open for inaugural Kúkwpi7 Rosanne Casimir Aviation and Aerospace Scholarship
KAMLOOPS - Applications are now being accepted for the inaugural Kkwpi7 Rosanne Casimir Aviation and Aerospace Scholarship, which aims to support Indigenous students in B.C. or the Yukon who want to p...
Mar 01, 2026 Cathy Press (L), Rosanne Casimir, and Jim Moroz (R) announcing the Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir Aviation and Aerospace Scholarship. (Image Credit: Kamloops Airport)
B.C. Conservative MPs Zimmer, Caputo ask for public inquiry into Tumbler Ridge deaths
VICTORIA - Calls for an independent investigation into the shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where eight people, including six children were shot last month, are growing. Federal Conservative MP Bob Zi...
Mar 01, 2026
