Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
YKA receives $1.3 million in federal funding to upgrade electrical infrastructure
KAMLOOPS - More than $1 million in upgrades will be coming to Fulton Field. The federal government announced Wednesday (Aug. 26) that Kamloops Airport (YKA) will receive $1,349,057 to replace and upgr...
15h ago File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Wildfire near Little Fort being held; multiple fire departments respond
CLEARWATER, B.C. - Crews in the North Thompson region were able to prevent a late, notable wildfire near Little Fort from spreading further. Blackpool Fire Rescue says its members, along with those fr...
15h ago (Image Credit: X/@Kamscan)
Highway 1 reopens in the Fraser Canyon after seven-week closure due to wildfires
BOSTON BAR, B.C. - A two-kilometre stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway in the Fraser Canyon has reopened after seven weeks, as the threat of wildfire subsides.The Ministry of Transportation and Transi...
Aug 26, 2026 The affected stretch of Highway 1 near Boston Bar will has reopened to single-lane alternating traffic. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
From Russia with candy - Blazers' import Cherepanov making sweet first impression
KAMLOOPS - Mikhail (Misha) Cherepanov came bearing gifts. "I brought some candies from Russia," the import defenceman said of the goodies he delivered to Kamloops Blazers' coaching staff. He also came...
Aug 26, 2026 Mikhail (Misha) Cherepanov (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Teenager's death prompting new conversations about e-scooter safety in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The death of an 18-year-old teenager this month is prompting new conversations about the safety of e-scooters in Kamloops.A petition has been launched asking the city to temporarily withdra...
Aug 26, 2026 Rentable e-scooters and an e-bike at Riverside Park in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
The people behind the music celebrated with the latest exhibit at the Kamloops Museum
KAMLOOPS - Fifty years of music in Kamloops is currently being celebrated at the Museum, through their latest exhibit 'Encore, the KSO at 50'. The Kamloops Symphony Orchestra's (KSOs) humble beginning...
Aug 26, 2026 'Encore' exhibit (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
SD73 prepares to welcome students back Sept. 8
KAMLOOPS - With the latest possible start date this year, back to school is still two weeks away for families across the Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73). But while students enjoy their last f...
Aug 26, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Evacuation alert ends in Boston Bar, B.C., after weeks of threat from wildfire
BOSTON BAR - A series of evacuation alerts has been lifted for communities in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon that have been under threat from wildfires for more than a month. The Fraser Valley Regio...
Aug 26, 2026
Williams Lake man charged in fatal, fiery crash on Highway 1 near Spences Bridge
LYTTON, B.C. - A charge has been laid in relation to a fiery crash that killed two people on the Trans-Canada Highway near Spences Bridge last year. In an update Wednesday (Aug. 26), BC Highway Patrol...
Aug 26, 2026 Two burned-out vehicles and a trailer following the collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Spences Bridge. (Image Credit: BC Highway Patrol)
Cariboo Regional District lifts multiple evacuation alerts near French Bar Creek wildfire
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) has given the "all clear" for residents in multiple areas around the massive French Bar Creek wildfire. During the 9:00 a.m. hour Wednesday (...
Aug 26, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
