Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Royal Inland Hospital opens mental health and substance use-specific area of emergency department
KAMLOOPS - Last week, Royal Inland Hospital opened a new mental health and substance use care zone, separate from the emergency department.The new purpose-built care zone is double the size of the pre...
Sep 16, 2025
Rustad stops in Kamloops during final week of party leadership review
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia's MLAs are set to return to the legislature in early October for the fall session. It will be the first official sitting since late May, and only the second session of the ...
Sep 16, 2025
Kamloops Food Bank expects to deliver all 33,000 food drive bags after 'avalanche' of volunteer inquiries
KAMLOOPS - One day after a big ask of residents to deliver 33,000 paper bags, the Kamloops Food Bank expects its Fall Food Drive to be business as usual Saturday (Sept. 20). The food bank put out the ...
Sep 16, 2025
Yoda's Paddy-O: Harrington honoured on Kamloops Rugby Club Alumni Day
KAMLOOPS - Paddy (Yoda) Harrington was collecting money and handing out beer tokens, unsuspecting when called over to the Kamloops Rugby Club's new pergola on Saturday (Sept. 13) at Exhibition Park. H...
Sep 15, 2025
TNRD launching new study into fire protection for Paul Lake-Pinantan Lake corridor near Kamloops
PINANTAN LAKE, B.C. - The Paul Lake-Pinantan Lake corridor is an area of high wildfire danger, and the fire protection of the rural communities has been largely left to volunteer firefighters. That ma...
Sep 15, 2025
B.C. fiscal update reveals RIH upgrades over-budget again; TRHD has no plans to foot the bill
KAMLOOPS - The first quarter budget update from B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey shows the debt increasing to more than $11 billion dollars, with $665 million added to the provincial deficit in the...
Sep 15, 2025
2025 Terry Fox Run in Kamloops broke 40-year-old fundraising record, organizers say
KAMLOOPS - Organizers of the Terry Fox Run in Kamloops say this year's edition of the annual charity run broke a 40-year-old fundraising record. Run organizer Sue Steenson told CFJC Today that Kamloop...
Sep 15, 2025
Mine Creek wildfire being held at 2,900 hectares
KAMLOOPS - The Mine Creek wildfire burning along the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt is currently being held. In an update Monday (Sept. 15), the BC Wildfire Service said it means the fire...
Sep 15, 2025
CN Rail to replace tracks at Hall Road intersection in Barriere
BARRIERE, B.C. - Canadian National (CN) Rail will begin work to replace a portion of its railroad track in Barriere on Tuesday (Sept. 16) this week.In a notice to residents, the District of Barriere s...
Sep 15, 2025
Kamloops Food Bank seeking help in distributing Fall Food Drive bags amid commercial flyer delivery ban
KAMLOOPS - Job action from the union representing Canada Post workers has the Kamloops Food Bank pivoting and asking for the community's support ahead of its Fall Food Drive. On Friday (Sept. 12), the...
Sep 15, 2025
