Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Unemployment drops in B.C., Kamloops as B.C. jobs minister Kahlon credits economic diversity
KAMLOOPS - The first release of unemployment data for 2026 shows a slight drop in B.C.'s jobless rate compared to the last month of 2025. The province added about 3,500 jobs, which caused the unemploy...
Feb 06, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
TRU wildfire program excited about future potential
KAMLOOPS - Since 2018, the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) wildfire program has been working on progressing wildfire sciences throughout the Kamloops region. In 2025, the program was approved for cer...
Feb 06, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
'It has kept us on our toes': Harper Mountain pauses operations again due to warm weather, lack of snow
KAMLOOPS - An ongoing spell of warmer weather has forced Harper Mountain to pause operations for the second time this ski and snowboard season. The Kamloops-area ski hill took to social media this wee...
Feb 05, 2026 Harper Mountain announcing its second pause of the 2025-26 ski and snowboard season (Image Credit: Harper Mountain/Facebook)
City of Kamloops working to limit performing arts centre construction traffic
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Centre for the Arts' initial groundwork is underway and so is its first major traffic disruption. The City of Kamloops held its Centre of the Arts groundbreaking on November 24...
Feb 05, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC News)
YKA Hot Chocolate Festival buttressing non-profit, bolstering local cafes, restaurants
KAMLOOPS - Sumptuous servings of cocoa are warming cockles, padding non-profit coffers and piquing interest in Kamloops cafes and restaurants. The third annual YKA Hot Chocolate Festival is running th...
Feb 05, 2026 Kamloops Artizans' Bazaar hot chocolate (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
TRFO officially shutters but no gaps in maternity care for foreseeable future: RIH
KAMLOOPS - Back in December, Interior Health announced the hiring of two new OB-GYNs to join the staff at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops. The health authority at that time announced a new ser...
Feb 05, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: Global)
Traffic stop leads to arrest of man impersonating police officer: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say some proactive police work led to the arrest of a man in his 40s who was allegedly impersonating a police officer.Police say members of the Kamloops RCMP Crime Reduction U...
Feb 05, 2026 Red and blue lights on the white GMC truck driven by a man who Kamloops RCMP say was impersonating a police officer. (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)
Alberta hockey players wear, share stickers memorializing car crash casualties
CALGARY - A group of young hockey players north of Calgary will be donning and distributing stickers made in memory of three junior hockey players who died in an Alberta highway crash earlier this wee...
Feb 05, 2026
B.C.'s warm February rewrites weather records
VANCOUVER - It may be February, but Doug Pope says rescue season in the mountains that overlook Vancouver is looking more like spring. North Shore Rescue's search manager said Thursday that the organi...
Feb 05, 2026
Rentals now offered as city says ongoing warming trend won't impact Riverside outdoor rink
KAMLOOPS - The Riverside Outdoor Skate Rink has been very busy since it opened back in January, and the City of Kamloops says the ongoing warming trend is not expected to be an issue for the refrigera...
Feb 05, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
