Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Reduced 50 km/h speed limit coming to section of Tranquille Road in Brocklehurst Friday
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE Dec. 19): Drivers along Tranquille Road in Kamloops are being reminded to watch their speedometers as speed limits are set to be lowered along a section in Brocklehurst this Friday ...
Dec 18, 2025 A 50 km/h speed sign on Tranquille Road in Kamloops (Image Credit: Google Maps/Screengrab)
Drop in international students having major impact on Kamloops labour market: TRU professor
KAMLOOPS - An economics professor at Thompson Rivers University says the lower cap on international students coming to the university is having a compounding effect on the Kamloops labour market.Peter...
Dec 18, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Sagebrush family shocked by Kamloops CSO decision to return dog home after attack on child
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops family is calling for stronger enforcement surrounding animal attacks after their son was brutally mauled by a dog three weeks ago. The incident caused life-altering injuries to ...
Dec 18, 2025 (Image Credit: Jennifer Billingsley)
TNRD, Neskonlith put pen to paper on memorandum of understanding
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) and Neskonlith Indian Band have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). It's the fourth MOU that the regional district has signed in recent ...
Dec 18, 2025 MOU signing (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
TNRD advocacy pays off with government pausing assessment changes for pipelines
KAMLOOPS - After weeks of uncertainty, B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey has announced there will be no changes to the assessment of pipeline properties in the province. The proposed change was heav...
Dec 18, 2025 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Difficult business climate lamented at Kamloops council committee
KAMLOOPS - The executive director of the Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce was frank when describing the state of the local business community at a Kamloops council committee meeting Thursday ...
Dec 18, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: Contributed / Terry Kress)
Two days left for Kamloops Christmas Cheer Donation Station
KAMLOOPS - This year's Christmas Cheer Donation Station is only open for two more days, and the BC Interior Community Foundation is hoping for a final fundraising push to reach its goal of $36,000. Fo...
Dec 18, 2025 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
Tenants finally moving into Cherry Avenue apartment building in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - People have begun moving into a renovated apartment building on Cherry Avenue in North Kamloops, more than two years after it was originally scheduled to open. In a statement to CFJC Today,...
Dec 18, 2025 The apartments at 435 Cherry Avenue in Kamloops. (Image Credit: B.C. Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs)
UPDATE: Merritt man facing second-degree murder charge in death of his wife
MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 3:45 p.m.): BC RCMP have confirmed that a 49-year-old Merritt man is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of his wife.A statement from the RCMP say...
Dec 18, 2025 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
UPDATE: Up to 75 centimetres of snow possible near the Coquihalla Summit by Saturday
MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 11:30 a.m.): The Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt can't catch a winter break this week. Environment Canada is forecasting between 45 and 75 centimetres of snowfall for t...
Dec 18, 2025 Highway 5 about 7 kilometres north of Zopkios Brake Check, looking south, shortly after 7:00 a.m. Thursday.
