Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Red Wings draft Blazers' Hurlbert 23rd overall in 2026 NHL Draft
BUFFALO - J.P. Hurlbert is going to Hockeytown.The outgoing Kamloops Blazers forward was picked by the Detroit Red Wings 23rd overall in the first round of the 2026 NHL draft at KeyBank Center in Buff...
Jun 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Detroit Red Wings)
TRU WolfPack hockey returns with men's, women's teams; Miners retire moniker
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - TRU WolfPack hockey went the way of the dodo in 2014, the men's team folding after operating for five seasons in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL). Pack puck will retur...
Jun 26, 2026 Potential new TRU WolfPack jerseys.
Canada Day fireworks show in Kamloops a go, but weather may still play spoilsport
KAMLOOPS - There will be a fireworks display in Kamloops this Canada Day, as long as Mother Nature cooperates. Kamloops Fire Rescue has approved a permit for the annual July 1 fireworks show at Rivers...
Jun 26, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
Second rally planned Saturday as Kamloops advocates push back against autism funding changes
KAMLOOPS - A second rally to protest changes to the way the B.C. government supports families and children with disabilities is set to take place this Saturday (June 27) outside the Kamloops Law Court...
Jun 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Jeremy Russo/CFJC Today)
Kamloopa Powwow weekend gets underway Friday night
TK'EMLUPS te SECWEPEMC - The 45th annual Kamloopa Powwow is set to take over the Tkemlps Powwow Arbour this weekend, starting Friday night (June 26). The three-day event is hosted through the Kamloopa...
Jun 26, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
UPDATE: Man missing since mid-June found
KMALOOPS - (UPDATE July 9): Kamloops RCMP say the 59-year-old man who had been missing since June 19 after he left Royal Inland Hospital has been located and is no longer considered missing.(Please no...
Jun 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP / Contributed)
Fifth-annual Colour Run Sunday to help raise money for childhood cancer
KAMLOOPS - Colours will fly at Riverside Park this Sunday (July 28) as the Miles For Smiles Cancer Foundation works to raise money to aid in the fight against childhood cancer. The fifth annual Colour...
Jun 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Miles for Smiles/Contributed)
BC Interior Community Foundation accepting donations slated for Build Kamloops project
KAMLOOPS - Residents and businesses wanting to contribute to the Build Kamloops project now have an incentive to do so. The City of Kamloops announced it has partnered with the BC Interior Community F...
Jun 26, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today)
B.C. jury rejects explanations of ex-husband, guilty of murdering Tatjana Stefanski
KAMLOOPS - Vitali Stefanski said he had answers for many of the circumstances surrounding the death of his ex-wife, Tatjana Stefanski, in 2024. He said he got into his black Audi by climbing over her ...
Jun 26, 2026 Jason Gaudreault, whose partner Tatjana Stefanski was found dead on April 14, 2024, after disappearing a day earlier, shows a photograph of her on his phone, in Lumby, B.C., on Monday, May 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Kamloops applauds provincial action to make communities safer
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops and council welcome a $16-million provincial investment over the next two years to bolster community safety and coordinated responses to complex social challenges acros...
Jun 26, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
