Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Evacuation alert ends in Boston Bar, B.C., after weeks of threat from wildfire
BOSTON BAR - A series of evacuation alerts has been lifted for communities in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon that have been under threat from wildfires for more than a month. The Fraser Valley Regio...
Aug 26, 2026
Williams Lake man charged in fatal, fiery crash on Highway 1 near Spences Bridge
LYTTON, B.C. - A charge has been laid in relation to a fiery crash that killed two people on the Trans-Canada Highway near Spences Bridge last year. In an update Wednesday (Aug. 26), BC Highway Patrol...
Aug 26, 2026 Two burned-out vehicles and a trailer following the collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Spences Bridge. (Image Credit: BC Highway Patrol)
Cariboo Regional District lifts multiple evacuation alerts near French Bar Creek wildfire
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) has given the "all clear" for residents in multiple areas around the massive French Bar Creek wildfire. During the 9:00 a.m. hour Wednesday (...
Aug 26, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
SD73 touts success of CEA program; future expansion possible
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Thompson School District (SD73) is praising the first cohort of students set to graduate from its in-house certified education assistant (CEA) program. The success story has th...
Aug 26, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops RCMP arrest three, recover stolen truck
KAMLOOPS - Three people were arrested and a stolen truck was recovered by Kamloops RCMP earlier this month. On Aug. 7, RCMP say the driver, Gregory O'Neil, was arrested and charged with possession of ...
Aug 26, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
'He would be thrilled': KSAR receives $160K from Middleton family for future headquarters site
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue's (KSAR) fundraising campaign for its new headquarters in Rayleigh got off on the right foot Tuesday (Aug. 25). The search and rescue organization was the recipie...
Aug 26, 2026 Margot Middleton (second right) and her family donated $160,000 to Kamloops Search and Rescue. KSAR's new training room will be named after her late husband, Thomas James Middleton. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
'We just never had any rain,' lack of water plaguing Blackwell Dairy Farm in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A hot and dry summer is continuing to wreak havoc on farmers and ranchers in the Southern Interior. That's also the case at Blackwell Dairy Farm in Barnhartvale. A number of fields at the K...
Aug 25, 2026 Dairy cows eating at Blackwell Dairy Farm in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Second-year assistant coaches Marr, Toma aim to hit ground running with Blazers
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' assistant coaches Brayden Toma and Steve Marr acknowledge they had much to learn in terms of time management last season, their rookie campaigns behind a Western Hockey Le...
Aug 25, 2026 Blazers' coaches Brayden Toma, Shaun Clouston, Steve Marr. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
B.C. down to three wildfires of note as Brunswick Creek removed from list
A wildfire in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon continues to burn out of control, but it is no longer considered a fire of note, leaving three remaining in the province. The BC Wildfire Service says th...
Aug 25, 2026
Four illicit drug deaths recorded in Kamloops in June; declining trends continue
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops lost four lives due to the toxic drug crisis in June 2026. New figures released Tuesday (Aug. 25) by the BC Coroners Service show 17 suspected unregulated drug deaths were recorded...
Aug 25, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
