Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'We can do better': Indigenous people overrepresented in B.C. police watchdog cases
VANCOUVER - The head of British Columbia's police watchdog says Indigenous people remain overrepresented in its investigations of incidents involving officers in which someone is seriously injured or ...
Aug 14, 2025 Jessica Berglund, the chief civilian director of B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office. (Image Credit: B.C. Ministry of the Attorney General)
Kamloops gets $550K for adaptation plan and study related to declining Thompson River water levels
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is the recipient of $550,000 in grant funding to support climate change adaptation work in the Thompson River watershed. The city is the recipient of a $400,000 grant f...
Aug 14, 2025
One year after fire, Kamloops United Church aiming to fully reopen by Christmas Eve
KAMLOOPS - Hundreds gathered outside of Kamloops United Church on Aug. 13, 2024, while it burned and firefighters worked to quell the blaze that resulted from an electrical fire inside the edifice. Th...
Aug 13, 2025
Kamloops journalist did not assault mayor, no charges coming: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say a local journalist did not assault Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson at a bar earlier this summer. Hamer-Jackson filed a complaint with the police force after an encounter with Cas...
Aug 13, 2025
Kamloops cooking marathon surpasses world record mark with no signs of stopping
KAMLOOPS - A world record was unofficially broken in Kamloops Wednesday morning (Aug. 13) at Afrofusion on Victoria Street downtown. Zainab Oladipo surpassed the current record of just over 140 hours ...
Aug 13, 2025
Interior Health working toward reopening the ICCHA-Wish Coronary Care Unit at RIH
KAMLOOPS - As CFJC Today reported Tuesday, the ICCHA-Wish Fund is calling on the NDP government and Interior Health for action on three priorities around cardiac care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamlo...
Aug 13, 2025
Provincial approval for series of Kamloops AAPs expected in 6-to-8 weeks
KAMLOOPS - On Tuesday (Aug. 12), Kamloops council voted to ask the province to okay a series of new alternative approval processes (AAP) as the city seeks to borrow nearly $190 million dollars for fou...
Aug 13, 2025
Air Canada flight attendants' strike notice won't impact service from Kamloops to Vancouver: YKA
KAMLOOPS - Travelers flying between Kamloops and Vancouver will not have to worry about flight cancelations due to the Air Canada flight attendants labour dispute. The Air Canada component of the Cana...
Aug 13, 2025
Dodd stomps difficult pass in big moment to snare bronze at World Games
CHENGDU, CHINA - Gavin Dodd of the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre was pitted against Troy Sitkowski of Australia in a one-pass-takes-all showdown for the double-mini-trampoline bronze medal...
Aug 13, 2025
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Nicola and South Thompson regions
KAMLOOPS - A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for Kamloops and most of the surrounding area Wednesday (Aug. 13). In the Fraser Canyon, Nicola and South Thompson regions, Environment Canada says ...
Aug 13, 2025
