Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Shuswap area
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Environment Canada has placed a severe thunderstorm watch for the Shuswap region on Thursday afternoon (Aug. 27).The forecaster warns that conditions are favorable for the developme...
Aug 27, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC File Photo)
More evacuation alerts and orders lifted as crews battle Ainslie Creek wildfire
MERRITT, B.C. - The Cook's Ferry Indian Band has rescinded its evacuation alert for areas north of the Ainslie Creek wildfire as the blaze becomes less active in the region. The evacuation alert for I...
Aug 27, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Kamloops man wins $500K one year after donating $1 million to supportive cancer care services
KAMLOOPS - Lady Luck has been good to a Kamloops man who founded a group that donated $1 million toward supportive cancer care services in the city last year.According to British Columbia Lottery Corp...
Aug 27, 2026 (Image Credit: BCLC)
YKA receives $1.3 million in federal funding to upgrade electrical infrastructure
KAMLOOPS - More than $1 million in upgrades will be coming to Fulton Field. The federal government announced Wednesday (Aug. 26) that Kamloops Airport (YKA) will receive $1,349,057 to replace and upgr...
Aug 27, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Wildfire near Little Fort being held; multiple fire departments respond
CLEARWATER, B.C. - Crews in the North Thompson region were able to prevent a late, notable wildfire near Little Fort from spreading further. Blackpool Fire Rescue says its members, along with those fr...
Aug 27, 2026 (Image Credit: X/@Kamscan)
Highway 1 reopens in the Fraser Canyon after seven-week closure due to wildfires
BOSTON BAR, B.C. - A two-kilometre stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway in the Fraser Canyon has reopened after seven weeks, as the threat of wildfire subsides.The Ministry of Transportation and Transi...
Aug 26, 2026 The affected stretch of Highway 1 near Boston Bar will has reopened to single-lane alternating traffic. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
From Russia with candy - Blazers' import Cherepanov making sweet first impression
KAMLOOPS - Mikhail (Misha) Cherepanov came bearing gifts. "I brought some candies from Russia," the import defenceman said of the goodies he delivered to Kamloops Blazers' coaching staff. He also came...
Aug 26, 2026 Mikhail (Misha) Cherepanov (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Teenager's death prompting new conversations about e-scooter safety in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The death of an 18-year-old teenager this month is prompting new conversations about the safety of e-scooters in Kamloops.A petition has been launched asking the city to temporarily withdra...
Aug 26, 2026 Rentable e-scooters and an e-bike at Riverside Park in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
The people behind the music celebrated with the latest exhibit at the Kamloops Museum
KAMLOOPS - Fifty years of music in Kamloops is currently being celebrated at the Museum, through their latest exhibit 'Encore, the KSO at 50'. The Kamloops Symphony Orchestra's (KSOs) humble beginning...
Aug 26, 2026 'Encore' exhibit (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
SD73 prepares to welcome students back Sept. 8
KAMLOOPS - With the latest possible start date this year, back to school is still two weeks away for families across the Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73). But while students enjoy their last f...
Aug 26, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
