Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Staff and students adjusting to life back at Westmount Elementary school
KAMLOOPS - Things are slowly getting back to normal at Westmount Elementary School in Kamloops as students and staff have returned five months after a suspicious fire that sparked on the roof in Octob...
Mar 31, 2026 A banner welcoming back staff and students to Westmount Elementary School in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum/CFJC Today)
'Build it from the foundation'; Sundhu believes federal NDP are positioned well to capture centre-left voters
KAMLOOPS - In the last federal election, the New Democrats won just seven seats in parliament, losing official party status. That number has already been trimmed further to six, thanks to a floor-cros...
Mar 31, 2026 Bill Sundhu (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
City of Kamloops tree coupons available Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - Wednesday is April 1 and the City of Kamloops says you'd be a fool not to pick up a tree coupon.The annual program kicks off Wednesday, offering coupons at a $20 or $50 value, depending on ...
Mar 31, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: Contributed / Jennifer Hanna)
Tourism Kamloops touts $89M convention centre plan
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops is calling on city hall to get on board its push for a new convention centre in the city.The marketing agency presented results of a feasibility study to council's Committe...
Mar 31, 2026 Convention centre mock-up (Image Credit: Tourism Kamloops)
Blazers' Hurlbert cracks WHL First All-Star Team
KAMLOOPS - It's another feather in J.P. Hurlbert's cap, as the Kamloops Blazers forward has been recognized for his exploits this WHL season.The 17-year-old Hurlbert led the Blazers in scoring in his ...
Mar 31, 2026 (Image Credit: Brian Johnson/Kamloops Blazers)
Eight junior hockey teams to leave KIJHL, form independent league
CHASE, B.C. - Eight junior hockey teams have announced intentions to break away from the Hockey Canada-affiliated Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) and form their own independent lea...
Mar 31, 2026 (Image Credit: WIJHL)
With Rockets' duo doing damage, Blazers aim to clamp down defensively in Game 3
KAMLOOPS - Tij Iginla and Vojtch iha are roasting the Kamloops Blazers. The Kelowna forwards have combined for nine points in two post-season games, with the Rockets up 2-0 on the Blazers in the best-...
Mar 31, 2026 Ty Coupland (left), Tij Iginla (Image Credit: Steve Dunsmoor)
Prescribed burn in Clinton Community Forest expected to continue through April
CLINTON, B.C. - A prescribed burn within the Clinton Community Forest could begin as early as Tuesday (March 31). The BC Wildfire Service says expanded control burning for the 59-hectare project north...
Mar 31, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Foundry Kamloops aiming for summer opening as it receives sizable donation from RIH Foundation
KAMLOOPS - Foundry Kamloops is now less than $1 million from its capital goal to complete its site in the city's downtown. In a news release issued Tuesday (March 31), Interior Community Services (ICS...
Mar 31, 2026 (Image Credit: Interior Community Services/Contributed)
Lifesaving Society honours TRU student for rescuing two men from Thompson River in 2025
KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University student was honoured by the Lifesaving Society on the weekend for rescuing two men from the fast-rushing waters of the Thompson River near McArthur Island last ...
Mar 31, 2026 Sam Zulyniak (Image Credit: Kamloops Storm)
