Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
City of Kamloops adopts 2025 Official Community Plan
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Council has adopted the latest iteration of KAMPLAN - the City of Kamloops' Official Community Plan. The 2025 edition of KAMPLAN was adopted the Dec. 9 meeting of council. All...
Dec 13, 2025 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Special weather statement in effect for Coquihalla, parts of southern B.C. with more rain on the way
HOPE, B.C. - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla as more rain is expected to fall over the next few days. The weather alert also...
Dec 13, 2025 (Image Credit: CFJC Today File Photo)
Kamloops rental market sees increase in average cost and turnover rate in 2025
KAMLOOPS - The average rent in Kamloops saw another year-over-year increase in 2025 as the vacancy rate remains well below the national average. According to data as of October 2025 from the Canadian ...
Dec 13, 2025 (Image Credit: CFJC Today File Photo)
UPDATE: Suspects in alleged Kelowna home invasion and vehicle theft arrested in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 12:50 p.m.): RCMP say two people were arrested at a house in North Kamloops late Friday (Dec. 12) night in connection with an alleged home invasion and vehicle theft in Kelowna.S/Sg...
Dec 13, 2025 Unmarked police vehicles lined up along 12th Street in Kamloops on Dec. 12, 2025. (Image Credit: Christina Eberding/Contributed)
Blazers bested in shootout as Salmon Arm's Preston Lewis wins WHL debut with Cougars
PRINCE GEORGE - The Kamloops Blazers erased a three goal deficit but they fell 5-4 in a shootout to the Prince George Cougars Friday (Dec. 12) at the CN Centre. Tommy Lafrienere scored twice and added...
Dec 13, 2025 Blazers captain Ryan Michael and Cougars netminder Preston Lewis in action during a WHL game on Dec. 12, 2025. (Image Credit: Prince George Cougars)
Kamloops born-and-raised Dylana Kneeshaw to succeed Bill O'Donovan as CFJC-TV lead anchor
KAMLOOPS - A familiar face will take over behind the CFJC news desk following Bill O'Donovan's retirement at the beginning of January. Dylana Kneeshaw will become CFJC-TV's producer and lead anchor.Vi...
Dec 12, 2025
Significant progress cited on family doctor, nurse practitioner attachment rates for Thompson region
KAMLOOPS - Thousands of people in the Thompson Region are still without a family doctor, but that figure has started to lessen, according to the Thompson Region Division of Family Practice (TRDFP). Th...
Dec 12, 2025 (Image Credit: CFJC Today file photo)
'Egregious affront to communities': NSBIA calls out Province's shift away from Recovery-Oriented Housing
KAMLOOPS - The North Shore Business Improvement Association (NSBIA) in Kamloops is joining the chorus of local voices speaking out against the Ministry of Housing's shift away from a Recovery-Oriented...
Dec 12, 2025 A rendering of the proposed 54-unit affordable housing development at Leigh and Fortune in Kamloops. (Image Credit: City of Kamloops / Tengri Architecture)
Kamloops RCMP urging vigilance after senior loses $5,000 in gift-card scam
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are urging people to be wary of scams this holiday season after a senior was defrauded out of $5,000 in a gift card scam on Monday (Dec. 8). According to the RCMP, the scammer...
Dec 12, 2025 (Image Credit: Global BC)
Innergex eyes Pennask Summit for potential 160-megawatt wind farm project
KAMLOOPS - A Quebec company which is being a wind farm that was selected by BC Hydro as part of its 2024 call for power is eyeing land in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) for a portion of ...
Dec 12, 2025 (Image Credit: Innergex/Facebook)
