Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Evacuation alerts issued as BC Wildfire Service battles fire near Lytton
LYTTON - (UPDATE 11:20 p.m.): The Lytton First Nation has issued an evacuation alert for a number of properties as a wildfire burns on the west side of the Fraser River, Monday (June 30) night. It is ...
Jun 30, 2025
Kamloops Multicultural Society enthusiastic to celebrate Canada's 158th Birthday
KAMLOOPS - Canada Day festivities in Kamloops will feature events all day, including a flag parade to birthday wishes worldwide and the singing of O'Canada at the Riverside Park bandshell."Canada is s...
Jun 30, 2025
Kamloops donors lining up to fund PET-CT scanner as Province remains unwilling
KAMLOOPS - Residents and politicians in the Kamloops-area are asking the Province for equitable health care when it comes to the new Kamloops Cancer Centre. It comes as the long-awaited cancer centre ...
Jun 30, 2025
Mayor files police report alleging assault by Kamloops journalist
KAMLOOPS - The Mayor of Kamloops has filed a police report alleging that he was assaulted by Castanet Kamloops News Director Tim Petruk over the weekend. CFJC Today was able to confirm the existence o...
Jun 30, 2025
UPDATE: Evacuation orders and alerts in effect as grassfire near Chase grows in size
CHASE, B.C. - (UPDATE 8:00 p.m.): Evacuation orders and alerts are in place as a wildfire that is burning near the Village of Chase has grown to an estimated 35 hectares in size. The evacuation order ...
Jun 30, 2025
Property tax deadline around the corner as City of Kamloops urges people to go digital
KAMLOOPS - There is not long left for people in Kamloops and elsewhere to pay their 2025 property taxes before a provincially mandated 10 per cent penalty kicks in. Corporate Services Director David H...
Jun 30, 2025
Four years after tragic Lytton fire, community still ‘frustrated with delays’
LYTTON, B.C. - It has been four years since a wildfire devastated the community of Lytton in the Fraser Canyon. The fire started a day after the town set national temperature records for hitting almos...
Jun 30, 2025
Caputo to contemplate various private members' bills before fall session of Parliament
KAMLOOPS - After some minor shuffling to remove cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries, Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola Conservative MP Frank Caputo now sits atop the order paper, meaning he's first...
Jun 30, 2025
New liquor pilot launches in Kamloops; no consumption during Canada Day or other community events
KAMLOOPS - While the City of Kamloops has launched its new pilot program that allows people to consume alcohol in a section of Riverside Park, you won't be able to - legally - crack a cold one in the ...
Jun 30, 2025
UPDATE: RCMP say impaired driver sparked wildfire along Highway 5A near Merritt Sunday
MERRITT, B.C. - (UPDATE 10:45 a.m.): Police in Merritt say the driver of the vehicle that sparked a wildfire along Highway 5A near Nicola Lake Sunday (June 29) afternoon was was likely impaired by liq...
Jun 30, 2025
