Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Woman seriously injured after being hit by vehicle at Lower Sahali intersection
UPDATE (12:30 p.m.): Kamloops RCMP say a woman who was hit by a vehicle while crossing the street at the intersection of Summit Drive and Columbia Street remains in hospital with serious injuries. RCM...
Jan 05, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops via X/Kamscan)
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP make three arrests after woman allegedly held against her will
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 12:40 p.m.): Kamloops RCMP say three people were arrested Sunday (Jan. 4) night after a woman was allegedly being held against her will in her own vehicle along the Trans-Canada Hig...
Jan 05, 2026 (Image Credit: Facebook/Cheryl L M Goold)
Emergency department in 100 Mile House to temporarily close for second time in 2026
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - For the second time in 2026, the emergency department in 100 Mile House will be temporarily closed. In a news release, Interior Health says emergency services at 100 Mile House ...
Jan 05, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: Interior Health)
BC Wildlife Park to commemorate Diamond Jubilee in 2026
KAMLOOPS - Planning work is already underway as the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops is preparing to celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2026. General Manager Glenn Grant says while nothing has been finaliz...
Jan 04, 2026 Entrance to the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops (Image Credit: File Photo)
TNRL seeking feedback in first review of mobile library since 2016
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) will be seeking feedback for another two weeks as it prepares to review the Mobile Library service for the first time in a decade. Launched in 19...
Jan 04, 2026 The TNRL mobile library (Image Credit: Thompson-Nicola Regional Library)
Brier-bound Kamloops trio wins men's B.C. curling title; Brown foursome falls in women's final
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - (UPDATE 8:00 p.m.): Jared Kolomaya, Mitchell Kopytko, and Coburn Fadden of the Kamloops Curling Club (KCC) have qualified to compete at the 2026 Brier, which is scheduled to run from...
Jan 04, 2026 Team Tanaka with the 2026 BC men's curling championship trophy (Image Credit: Tunnel Town Curling Club/Facebook)
TRU soliciting applications for three new research chairs through new federal program
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is looking to add three senior researchers through a newly announced federal government program which aims to bring "world-leading research talent" to Canad...
Jan 04, 2026 (Image Credit: CJFC Today File Photo)
Kamloops Search and Rescue reports another busy year in 2025
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) is reporting another busy year in 2025, though not as busy as the record year it experienced in 2024. KSAR says its members were called out to 59 incidents...
Jan 03, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today File)
UPDATE: Fraser Canyon freezing rain warnings lifted
LYTTON, B.C. - (UPDATE 11:50 a.m.): As expected, Environment Canada has lifted freezing rain warnings that were in place for the Fraser Canyon a few hours after it was implemented.The warning for the ...
Jan 03, 2026 (Image Credit: Global News/File Photo)
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: Goodbye, Bill
KAMLOOPS - Bill O'Donovan, the lead anchor at CFJC since 2001, retired on Friday [Jan. 2]. After arriving at CFJC in 2024, it did not take me long to realize Bill does much more than read the news.He'...
Jan 02, 2026 Marty Hastings and Bill O'Donovan. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
