Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Hundreds needed as volunteer recruitment opens for Kamloops 2026 55+ BC Games
KAMLOOPS - The host society for the 2026 55+ BC Games in Kamloops is calling for hundreds of residents to help carry out the week-long event as volunteer registration opens.According to a news release...
Feb 24, 2026 Kamloops hosted the Canada 55+ Games in 2022. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / File photo)
Peterson Creek Park prescribed burn project expected to begin in March
KAMLOOPS - The first portion of a long-awaited prescribed burn at Peterson Creek Park is expected to get underway as early as next week, depending on site and weather conditions. The City of Kamloops ...
Feb 24, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Iranian community out in force over weekend
KAMLOOPS - This weekend, dozens of members from Kamloops' Iranian community were out on Columbia Street and Summit Drive, waving flags and calling for support. The group has been active since the gove...
Feb 24, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Tk'emlúps healing house taking shape ahead of planned 2026 opening
TK'EMLPS TE SECWPEMC - A community open house was held by Tk'emlps te Secwpemc (TteS) Monday (Feb. 23) afternoon as work continues on a new healing house on a property along Shuswap Road. The federal ...
Feb 23, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Ukrainian Virtual Reality Museum gives Kamloopsians 'terrifying' look into devastation of Russian invasion
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday (Feb. 21), the VR Museum of War in Ukraine stopped in to the Old Kamloops Courthouse with displays of art, war items and virtual reality goggles which allow museum visitors to g...
Feb 23, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Calm beginning to set in for Canadians in Puerto Vallarta
PUERTO VALLARTA - Chaos in the streets of Mexico has calmed after a night filled with fires, explosions and death. Early Sunday (Feb. 22), Mexican officials killed the boss of the Jalisco New Generati...
Feb 23, 2026 Car on fire outside of Ken Farough's condo in Puerto Vallarta (Image Credit: Contributed / Ken Farough)
Plunge through ice in Chilcotin kills pair of 100 Mile House snowmobilers
ANAHIM LAKE, B.C. - The bodies of two South Cariboo snowmobilers have been recovered after they were found beneath the icy surface of a Chilcotin lake.According to Anahim Lake RCMP, the man and woman ...
Feb 23, 2026 A specialized diver works to recover two victims from beneath the surface of Charlotte Lake. (Image Credit: Contributed / Anahim Lake RCMP)
'It's meant everything to us': Casorso, Wright families reflect on support received at memorial skate
KAMLOOPS - It's been three weeks since junior hockey players Cameron Casorso, JJ Wright and Caden Fine were involved in a deadly highway collision with a semi truck on their way to hockey practice in ...
Feb 23, 2026 Susan Wright receiving condolences on the death of her son, JJ Wright (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. approves expansion of open-pit Copper Mountain mine in southern Interior
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved the expansion of an open-pit copper and gold mine in the province's southern Interior. A statement from Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals...
Feb 23, 2026 Image Credit: Hudbay Copper Mining
RCMP renew call for information as third anniversary of Miguel Mack's disappearance approaches
MERRITT, B.C. - The family of a Merritt man who disappeared three years ago this Friday (Feb. 27) will be holding another community walk in his memory.The walk will honour Miguel Mack, who was last se...
Feb 23, 2026 (Image Credit: Elijah Mack-Stirling/Facebook)
