Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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))
Dog recovering at Kamloops SPCA shelter after being struck by a train
KAMLOOPS - A dog in Kamloops is on the mend after being struck by a train earlier this month. According to the BC SPCA, two CN Rail employees noticed a dog in medical distress on the tracks in the rai...
Dec 23, 2025 (Image Credit: BC SPCA)
Abduction report from Dallas neighbourhood leads to one arrest: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - While one abduction report that triggered a police chase on the North Shore was found to be non-credible, Kamloops RCMP made an arrest to a similar incident on Monday (Dec. 22). At around n...
Dec 23, 2025 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Abduction report that triggered North Shore police chase found non-credible: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - The driver of the Dodge Ram pickup involved in a police chase on the North Shore remains in custody. Just after 7:00 p.m. Monday, Kamloops RCMP say they received a report of a potential abd...
Dec 23, 2025 Police incident, Dec 23 (Image Credit: Contributed/Adam Donnelly)
UPDATE: Coquihalla reopens between Hope and Merritt; travel advisory remains with new snowfall warning issued
UPDATE (1:00 p.m. ): DriveBC says the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt has reopened after an overnight closure.However, a travel advisory remains in effect and drivers are told to expect co...
Dec 23, 2025 Highway 5 about 61 kilometres south of Merritt, looking north, at around 4:25 a.m. Tuesday (Image Credit: DriveBC)
VIDEO: Kamloops RCMP pursuit ends with apparent police-involved collision near North Shore Canco station
KAMLOOPS - An apparent RCMP chase ended in the heart of the Kamloops North Shore business district Monday evening (Dec. 22). Video Credit: Contributed / Adam Donnelly Kamloops RCMP have yet to publici...
Dec 22, 2025 (Image Credit: Contributed / Adam Donnelly)
Another 10 to 20 cm of snow expected to fall at Coquihalla Summit Monday
MERRITT - (UPDATE 8:50 p.m.): A travel advisory has been reinstated on the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla Highway as a snowfall warning is into its fifth day, with more snow is on the way. ...
Dec 22, 2025 Highway 5 southbound at the Zopkios Rest area near the Coquihalla Summit, looking north as pictured around 5:25 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2025. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Plow collision prompts driver safety reminder through holiday travel season
MERRITT - Yellowhead Road and Bridge (YRB) Nicola is reminding drivers to keep their distance from plows and other road clearing equipment, after one of their plows was involved in a hit and run over ...
Dec 22, 2025 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
Thousands of gifts delivered to Christmas Amalgamated as B-100 Toy House campaign wraps up
KAMLOOPS - The B-100 Toy House campaign is wrapping up and organizers say this year has been one of the biggest ones in the campaign's history."I've been doing this for nine years, and it is one of th...
Dec 22, 2025 (Image Credit: Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer discusses 2025 in B.C. politics
KAMLOOPS - 2025 marked the first full year for Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer in the B.C. Legislature, as he transitioned from municipal politics in Barriere to the provincial capital. Stamer...
Dec 22, 2025 Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
