Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Peter Pan Panto production takes the stage over winter holidays
KAMLOOPS - The Laughing Stock Theatre Society is taking over the stage at the Sagebrush Theatre this week, for their 'Panto' production of Peter Pan. The show is a family friendly, comedic take on J.M...
Dec 24, 2025 (Image Credit: The Laughing Stock Theatre Society)
Two arrested near Cherry Creek as police find stolen truck, sawed-off shotgun
CHERRY CREEK, B.C. - Charges are expected after RCMP found a stolen truck, and a loaded sawed-off shotgun in a vehicle stop in Cherry Creek earlier this month.In a release issued Wednesday (Dec. 24) b...
Dec 24, 2025 (Image Credit: CFJC Today file photo)
Vehicle incident halts traffic on Coquihalla Highway north of Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Drivers heading from Merritt to Kamloops are being asked to travel on Highway 5A for the time being. DriveBC first reported of a vehicle incident closing all the northbound lanes of th...
Dec 24, 2025 (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Kekuli Cafe brings Christmas tradition from Merritt to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - For the past eight years, Kekuli Cafe in Merritt has opened their doors on Christmas Day, providing a hot meal and warm place to stay for anybody who needs it. Now the family tradition has ...
Dec 24, 2025 Kekuli Cafe Kamloops (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
100 Mile House emergency department temporarily closed going into Christmas morning
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - For the fourth time in December, and the second time this week, the emergency department at 100 Mile House District General Hospital will be temporarily closed. In a news releas...
Dec 24, 2025 File photo. (Image Credit: Interior Health)
Up to 15 centimetres of snow expected for Coquihalla Highway from Kamloops to Merritt
KAMLOOPS - A snowfall warning is in effect for the Coquihalla Highway from Kamloops to Merritt. Environment Canada is forecasting 10 to 15 centimetres for the stretch of Highway 5 Wednesday (Dec. 24) ...
Dec 24, 2025 Highway 5 at Exit 366 Logan Lake/Lac le Jeune Road, looking southbound along Highway 5, at around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
'From prorogation into an election'; MP Caputo discusses wild year in Ottawa
KAMLOOPS - 2025 was a wild year in federal politics, that began with the fall of three-term Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and the Conservatives locked in as the favorites to return to power in a spri...
Dec 23, 2025 Frank Caputo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Safe, sober driving practices encouraged amid winter festivities
KAMLOOPS - While the valley areas of the Interior may look like spring, the high elevation highways have been hammered by snow and rain, and several routes were shut down overnight Monday (Dec. 22). S...
Dec 23, 2025 Kamloops RCMP and BC Highway Patrol at a Light up the Province road checkpoint earlier in 2025. (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Salvation Army Kamloops making final push to reach kettle campaign goal
KAMLOOPS - With two days left in their kettle campaign, the Kamloops Salvation Army is hoping for a final donation push to reach this year's fundraising goal. Money donated through the kettle campaign...
Dec 23, 2025 (Image Credit: Anthony Corea / CFJC Today)
CMHA Kamloops activating extreme weather beds
KAMLOOPS - The Canadian Mental Health Association is activating their extreme weather response beds in Kamloops as temperatures drop ahead of Christmas. This will be the second activation of the seaso...
Dec 23, 2025 Shelter bed (Image Credit: File photo (image credit - CFJC Today))
