Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Storm reflect on failed championship bid; look ahead to future, potential jump to Junior A Tier 1
KAMLOOPS - A wagon pulled by charging Mustangs trampled the Kamloops Storm in Round 2 of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs. The Storm gathered for exit meetings on Thursday [Mar...
Mar 26, 2026 NOAH PAULSEN. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
UPDATE: Proposed Friday closure at 100 Mile House emergency room averted
100 MILE HOUSE - (UPDATE 9:30 p.m.): Interior Health says the emergency department at the 100 Mile House District General Hospital will no longer be closing on Friday (March 27) as planned.In an updat...
Mar 26, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo)
BC SPCA seizes 13 miniature dachshunds from irresponsible breeder north of Kamloops
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The BC SPCA says it has seized 13 miniature dachshunds from an irresponsible breeder located between 100 Mile House and Clearwater on Thursday (March 19) of last week, and it wi...
Mar 26, 2026 One of the 13 miniature dachshunds seized by the BC SPCA (Image Credit: BC SPCA/Contributed)
TRU Board of Governors to consider potential closure of Williams Lake Campus
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University's (TRU) Williams Lake campus is on the chopping block as the university continues to navigate what it calls a "period of unprecedented financial challenges." The ...
Mar 26, 2026 TRU Williams Lake campus (Image Credit: Thompson Rivers University)
Accessibility upgrades at Paul Lake Provincial Park to wrap up in time for 2026 camping season
KAMLOOPS - A multi-year project to upgrade the campground at Paul Lake Provincial Park near Kamloops is on schedule to be complete in time for this year's camping season.The B.C. government said this ...
Mar 26, 2026 Paul Lake Park (Image Credit: BC Parks)
Upgrade work on Highway 1 rest area west of Kamloops to begin this spring
KAMLOOPS - Work to upgrade the westbound brake check and rest area on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Kamloops is set to begin this spring.The Ministry of Transportation and Transit said the upgrades...
Mar 26, 2026 A look at the westbound brake check and rest area on Highway 1 near Kamloops. (Image Credit: Google Maps)
Three people arrested after Tuesday break and enter near Westwold
WESTWOLD, B.C. - Police were able to track down a trio of suspects in a rural break and enter near Westwold.At around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday (March 24), Vernon North Okanagan RCMP say they received a repor...
Mar 26, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
TNRD to host free-chipping days in three Clearwater-area communities in April
CLEARWATER, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) will be hosting free chipping day events in a trio of communities in the Clearwater-area next month.In a statement, the TNRD said free c...
Mar 26, 2026 Chipping work underway in the Paul Lake area in Oct. 2024. (Image Credit: TNRD)
Nurse practitioners struggling to find employment in B.C., despite high demand
VANCOUVER - More than 700,000 British Columbians do not have a family doctor, according to Doctors of BC.Nurse practitioners have been put forward as health-care workers who could help bridge that gap...
Mar 26, 2026
UPDATE: Coquihalla reopens after overnight closure caused by 'non-compliant commercial vehicles'
MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 11:00 a.m.): The Coquihalla Highway has reopened in both directions between Hope and Merritt, ending a nearly 14 hour closure that is being blamed on "non-compliant commercial ...
Mar 26, 2026 A look at the Box Canyon Chain Up on the Coquihalla around 9:30 p.m. on March 25, as heavy snow falls on the major thoroughfare. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
