Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Pair of prescribed burn projects planned near Lillooet and Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is working with the Xwsten Indian Band and Cascades Natural Resource District on a pair of pyroculture projects.The BCWS said the Cascades Natural Resourc...
Mar 20, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Dunstone, teammates Harnden, Lott, and Olympic fifth Tardi pull out of Rock League
TORONTO - Montana's Brier champion Matt Dunstone and teammates Colton Lott and E.J. Harnden withdrew from the inaugural season of Rock League on Friday. Tyler Tardi, who won Olympic gold as an alterna...
Mar 20, 2026
Another daily temperature record set in Kamloops as conditions remain well above seasonal
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has broken a daily temperature record for the second day in a row as it remains mired in a spell of unseasonably warm weather brought on by an atmospheric river on the ...
Mar 20, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today File)
Warm weather forces earlier than expected closure of Riverside Park skating rink
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will be closing the Riverside Park outdoor skating rink a few days ahead of schedule because of warm and unseasonable weather. In a statement, the city says the inaugur...
Mar 19, 2026 The Riverside Park outdoor skating rink is pictures on March 18, 2026. (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today)
BCWS warns Kamloopsians to be aware of fire risks heading into summer
KAMLOOPS - While 2025 was the least destructive of the last three wildfire seasons British Columbia, it was still an active year as over eight-hundred-thousand hectares of land was burned, slightly ab...
Mar 19, 2026 (Image Credit: File Photo / CFJC Today)
Kamloops MLA Milobar chats BC Conservative leadership campaign as field narrows
KAMLOOPS - A field that began with 11 leadership candidates has been whittled down to just seven. Kamloops-Centre MLA Peter Milobar is the last remaining current member of the legislature in the runni...
Mar 19, 2026 Peter Milobar (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops-area wind warning issued as Environment Canada predicts 90 km/h winds Friday
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for the Kamloops area with gusts of up to 90 km/h predicted on Friday (March 20).The warning is in place for the South Thompson, Shuswap, and Ni...
Mar 19, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File)
100 Mile House emergency room to close for ninth time in 2026
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Residents in the 100 Mile House area will be without emergency room coverage for the ninth time this year, as Interior Health has announced another 13 hour closure this Friday (...
Mar 19, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File)
Merritt father warns others after medical emergency involving his young son
MERRITT, B.C. - A Merritt father is warning others about the danger of tick bites after a serious medical emergency involving his young son."Sheer panic" is how Jamie Stevens describes the emotion he ...
Mar 19, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Century-old temperature records toppled in Kamloops, Salmon Arm as unseasonably warm weather lingers in B.C.
KAMLOOPS - The ongoing atmospheric river that is soaking parts of coastal British Columbia is also bringing unseasonable warmth to communities in the Kamloops-area, where a pair of century-old records...
Mar 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
