Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Red Bridge replacement absent from B.C. budget as next update delayed to fall 2026
KAMLOOPS - On Tuesday, the BC NDP Government released its latest budget to a chorus of criticism from the business community as well as from the opposition benches in Victoria. In Kamloops, the budget...
Feb 19, 2026 The smoldering remains of the Red Bridge in September 2024. (Image Credit: CFJC Today File)
Tourism Kamloops fixes costs, eyes potential sites for trio of proposed iconic structures
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops is another step closer to bringing a new feature attraction to the city. Tourism Kamloops had previously created three business cases for potential investment, including a ...
Feb 19, 2026 AI renderings of three potential iconic structures in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Tourism Kamloops)
BC Coroners Service reports 54 toxic drug deaths in Kamloops in 2025 as provincial total drops below 2,000
KAMLOOPS - New data from the BC Coroners Service shows another four people in Kamloops lost their lives due to unregulated drug toxicity in the final two months of 2025. The data released Thursday (Fe...
Feb 19, 2026
B.C. proposing legislative changes to allow online driver's licence renewals
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government is proposing legislative changes that would allow people to renew or replace their drivers licence's online.The province on Thursday (Feb. 19) announced the proposed cha...
Feb 19, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today File Photo)
TRU basketball players Scott and Stephens named to year-end Canada West teams
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's basketball players have earned year-end honours from Canada West. Westsyde Secondary alumnus Cason Scott was named to the Canada We...
Feb 19, 2026 Cason Scott (left) and Jayden Stephens in action for the TRU WolfPack (Image Credit: TRU WolfPack/Contributed)
Memorial skate at Riverside Park being held for three junior hockey players killed in crash
KAMLOOPS - Residents in Kamloops and area are invited to partake in a memorial skate to pay tribute to the three junior hockey players who were killed in a car crash in southern Alberta earlier this m...
Feb 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Global/Contributed)
Increased need for cold weather shelter beds puts strain on providers
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday (Feb. 14) extreme cold weather beds were opened once again for those needing them across the city. The response measure allows groups like the Canadian Mental Health Association...
Feb 18, 2026 (Image Credit: File Photo / CFJC Today)
'Kill small business budget'; Kamloops business leaders don't mince words over potential budget impacts
KAMLOOPS - Those in Kamloops associated with the business sector are sharing similar concerns about the 2026 budget, pointing to issues around increasing taxes, and changing the implementation of PST ...
Feb 18, 2026 Kamloops (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops MLA's concerned over rising deficit and increases to taxation in 2026 budget
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. NDP government unveiled their 2026 budget on Tuesday (Feb 17) afternoon, showing an increasing deficit from last year's projection of $10 billion, to now $13.3 billion. The new bud...
Feb 18, 2026 Minister Brenda Bailey (Image Credit: BC Legislature/YouTube)
Chris Rose Therapy Centre for Autism still processing provincial funding change
KAMLOOPS - Until June 2026, B.C.'s $6,000-per-year tax credit for families who have children diagnosed with ASD autism aged 6 to 18 years old will continue to be available. After that time, a new mode...
Feb 17, 2026 (Image Credit: File Photo / CFJC Today)
