Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

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...
Pattison Media 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...
Pattison Media 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 ...
Pattison Media 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...
The Canadian Press 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...
The Canadian Press 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 ...
Pattison Media 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...
Pattison Media Jan 19, 2026 Rendering of the proposed KSAR and KFR Facility on Devick Road in Rayleigh. (Image Credit: TNRD)

'We remain each other's biggest fans': Kamloops-based Brown rink to part ways
KAMLOOPS - There will be a shakeup on the pebbled ice in Kamloops as Team Brown is "exploring new curling opportunities" after two decades together. The current iteration of Team Brown - skip Corryn B...
Pattison Media Jan 18, 2026 Team Brown with coach Jim Cotter. (Image Credit: Team Brown/Facebook)

B.C. psychologist says government ignored two decades of addiction research
BURNABY, B.C. - A B.C. psychologist who led a major study into addiction and criminality is speaking out now that the government is shutting down its decriminalization experiment.Health Minister Josie...
Pattison Media Jan 18, 2026 Dr. Julian Somers is a clinical psychologist and Simon Fraser University professor. (Image Credit: Simon Fraser University)

New landfill tipping fees to take effect across CSRD on May 1
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Increased tipping fees will take effect in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) on May 1.The CSRD board has brought in the new fee schedule, which will see the disposal fee...
Pattison Media Jan 18, 2026 (Image Credit: Pattison Media File)

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