Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Snowy conditions halting traffic on mountain highway passes near Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Treacherous road conditions have impacted traffic on a pair of mountain highway passes around the City of Merritt. DriveBC first reported of a vehicle incident on the Okanagan Connecto...
12h ago A semi-truck flipped on the Okanagan Connector east of the Highway 5A junction. (Image Credit: Facebook/Skilled Truckers Canada)
Goalie-stick-rider Tate was unaware of Tiger Williams; Clouston talks showmanship
KAMLOOPS - Kaeden Tate's goalie-stick-riding celebration has made its way across the hockey world on social media, the accidental ode to Tiger Williams amplified by the NHL, BarDown and many others. T...
Oct 27, 2026 KAEDEN TATE. (Image Credit: WHL)
WATCH: Looking back at a tumultuous four years around the Kamloops council table
KAMLOOPS - After four years of infighting, dysfunction and lawsuits, the current Kamloops city council held their final meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 27) afternoon. The meeting followed a rather low-key ag...
Oct 27, 2026 Kamloops council meets for a final time this term, October 27. Councillor Margot Middleton is not pictured. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson was not present. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Annual Kamloops Legion poppy campaign underway until November 10
KAMLOOPS - The Royal Canadian Legion's poppy campaign is up and running and collection tables have been set up in stores across the city to collect donations that will support veterans and their famil...
Oct 27, 2026 Daniel Martin (seated left) at the poppy table at the Kamloops Walmart on Oct. 27, 2026. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Thoss unseats incumbent O'Connor for mayor of Lytton after lot-drawing in Kamloops court
KAMLOOPS - Ten days after voting day, Lytton finally knows who its new mayor will be - and it's Jennifer Thoss. The village took an unorthodox path to choosing its new mayor. Voting in the October 17 ...
Oct 27, 2026 Jennifer Thoss (Image Credit: Facebook / Jennifer Thoss)
Groundbreaking held as Quaaout Lodge rebuild gets underway four years after fire
SQUILAX, B.C. - Ground has been broken as work to rebuild the Quaaout Lodge at Talking Rock Resort is set to get underway, more than four years after it was damaged by fire.A ceremony was held Friday ...
Oct 27, 2026 A rendering of the new 51-room wing at Quaaout Lodge at Talking Rock Resort. (Image Credit: Quaaout Lodge/Contributed)
Kamloops mortgage broker admits to misappropriating millions of dollars from lender
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops mortgage broker has admitted in court filings to misappropriating millions of dollars from a local investment firm.Kam-MIC Investment Corporation is suing Jamie Stewart and his b...
Oct 27, 2026 Jamie Stewart (Image Credit: Facebook / Jamie Stewart)
Police warn of potent drug supply in Salmon Arm after recent overdoses
SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP are warning the public of a potent drug supply in Salmon Arm. The alert Tuesday (Oct. 27) comes after two suspected overdoses in the past 24 hours in the city, according to Sal...
Oct 27, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Road repairs taking place on portion of Summit Drive following water main break
KAMLOOPS - A heads up for Kamloops drivers who make their way through Lower and Upper Sahali on their commutes. The City of Kamloops says repair work will take place on Summit Drive Tuesday (Oct. 27) ...
Oct 27, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Man arrested after allegedly stabbing another in Forest Grove
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - One man was arrested after a reported stabbing in the Cariboo. 100 Mile House RCMP say officers responded to a property on Bakken Road in Forest Grove Monday (Oct. 26) where a m...
Oct 27, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
