Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Scotch Creek Fire Department moves into new fire hall
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - The Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Fire Department has moved into its newly built fire hall, three years after the previous building was destroyed. The original fire hall was among 131 bu...
Sep 03, 2026 (Image Credit: Columbia-Shuswap Regional District)
CRD lifts final evacuation alert near French Bar Creek wildfire
LILLOOET, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has given the 'all clear' to properties under its final evacuation alert in response to the French Bar Creek wild...
Sep 03, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Western Canada Theatre taps former employee as new executive director
KAMLOOPS - A familiar face to Western Canada Theatre (WCT) will become its new executive director. The WCT board of directors announced Thursday (Sept. 3) Chelsea Isenor was selected to take over the ...
Sep 03, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: Jeremy Russo/CFJC Today)
TNRD announces final round of free appliance disposal for returning Clinton-area evacuees
CLINTON, B.C. - Evacuees who have returned home from weeks away due to the Pear Lake wildfire may go home to find rancid food and damaged fridges and freezers, but the Thompson-Nicola Regional Distric...
Sep 03, 2026 (Image Credit: Thompson-Nicola Regional District)
Complex of wildfires near Boston Bar being held; Pear Lake blaze no longer a fire of note
KAMLOOPS - A pair of large blazes that forced hundreds of residents to evacuate from their homes are no longer classified as "wildfires of note." In an update Thursday (Sept. 3) morning, the BC Wildfi...
Sep 03, 2026 South flank of the Pear Lake wildfire near Robertson Creek on Aug. 27. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Kamloops RCMP, ICBC clarify rules, fines around e-scooter use
KAMLOOPS - The RCMP are reminding people about the rules related to the use of e-scooters as Kamloopsians continue to get familiarized with the devices on city streets.The safety messaging comes follo...
Sep 03, 2026 An electric kick scooter being used in the Sixth Avenue bike lane in downtown Kamloops. (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today)
Semi-truck destroys trailer in Highway 1 crash east of Sicamous; no serious injuries reported
SICAMOUS, B.C. - Police in Sicamous say it's extremely fortunate there were no deaths or serious injuries stemming from a chaotic crash on the Trans-Canada Highway. Sicamous RCMP responded to a four-l...
Sep 03, 2026 Rear view of white pickup truck sideways on the shoulder in front of its damaged trailer. (Image Credit: Sicamous RCMP)
'Smell was horrendous': KFR burns midnight oil to put out Emterra fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) crews were on scene until just after midnight putting out a notable interface fire alongside the Trans-Canada Highway in Valleyview. Speaking to CFJC Today early ...
Sep 03, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Blazers come back, defeat Vees 4-3 in shootout to open pre-season
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers tuned up their special teams to come back and win their first game of the 2026 Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season schedule. The Blazers scored three power play goal...
Sep 03, 2026 (Image Credit: Brian Johnson Photography via Facebook/Kamloops Blazers)
Kamloops Fire Rescue battling notable interface fire in Valleyview
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) is responding to a notable interface fire alongside the Trans-Canada Highway in Valleyview.The call for a fire near the Emterra Group location on Kelly Douglas Ro...
Sep 02, 2026 (Image Credit: Dylana Kneeshaw/CFJC Today)
