Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops ranked top small Canadian city for filmmakers to live and work
KAMLOOPS - A magazine focused on filmmaking is giving flowers to the film scene in Kamloops and area. In its annual "Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker" list for 2026, MovieMaker ranks Kamlo...
Jan 20, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops MLA, councillors unhappy with speed of Red Bridge replacement, other infrastructure funding
KAMLOOPS - Work to replace the Red Bridge in Kamloops is still ongoing, but a Kamloops MLA says residents shouldn't expect a new structure over the South Thompson River to be built anytime soon. At th...
Jan 20, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today File)
Discovery of two skulls on Kamloops property leads to debate over B.C. property rights
KAMLOOPS - A property in Kamloops has become the focal point of a controversial law governing First Nations archaeology and another debate over property rights in the province.A private landowner was ...
Jan 19, 2026 Aerial view of the property in question, adjacent to the Pine Grove Seniors Community Centre in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Global BC)
Kamloops NOMADS call for government officials to open new day space
KAMLOOPS - On December 19, NOMADS (Networking Outreach Meals Advocacy Development Supports) held a pop-up outside City Hall. The group did not have a permit and the group's organizer, Glenn Hilke, was...
Jan 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
US Consul General Crowley discusses current state of NATO and importance of Arctic security
KAMLOOPS - NATO was formed following the end of World War II by North American and European nations and has remained one of the most important defence pacts in world history. As work on a peace deal i...
Jan 19, 2026 Greenland (Image Credit: CNN)
New StatsCan data shows slight population decline in Kamloops for first time in over two decades
KAMLOOPS - New data from Statistics Canada shows there was a slight drop in the population in the Kamloops area for the first time in over two decades. The estimated population in the Kamloops census ...
Jan 19, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
B.C. postponing changes to heritage act to increase consultation, says minister
VICTORIA - The B.C. government is postponing changes to the law that governs the designation and protection of heritage sites as Forests Minister Ravi Parmar said more time is needed to consult with F...
Jan 19, 2026
B.C. First Nations raise alarm over Chilcotin River landslide risk
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - First Nations in the B.C. central Interior are sounding the alarm over landslide risk along the same stretch of the Chilcotin River where a massive slide blocked the waterway for...
Jan 19, 2026
'He was always himself': Kamloops gathers to grieve homicide victim Zafar
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday evening (Jan. 17), around 100 people gathered at the Riverside Park bandshell to hold a vigil for Muhammad 'Ash' Zafar. A police investigation has been launched after Zafar was ...
Jan 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
TNRD board to debate borrowing up to $6.3M for joint search-and-rescue, fire station in Rayleigh
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is looking to the alternative approval process (AAP) to fund its share of the cost of a new purpose-built headquarters for Kamloops Search and R...
Jan 19, 2026 Rendering of the proposed KSAR and KFR Facility on Devick Road in Rayleigh. (Image Credit: TNRD)
