Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
STEPS opens North Shore community health centre with goals of attaching more than 4,000 patients
KAMLOOPS - A new health centre has officially opened on the North Shore and its set to bring longitudinal family doctor care to Kamloops. The facility is being run by Supporting Team Excellence with P...
Jun 17, 2025
Kamloops Airport partners with numerous tourism agencies to try and bolster offerings at YKA
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Airport (YKA) has partnered with a number of tourism agencies as part of a new effort to try and bring in new flights to Fulton Field. The YKA LINK (Leveraging Investment, Networki...
Jun 17, 2025 CFJC Today File Photo
Wildfire near Battle Bluffs trailhead under control, BCWS says
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says the wildfire that sparked west of the Battle Bluffs trailhead on Sunday (June 15) afternoon is currently under control. "BCWS responded with both ground ...
Jun 16, 2025
Lillooet ER to be closed for fourth time in a week; 38th closure this year
LILLOOET, B.C. - Residents in the Lillooet will be without emergency room coverage for the fourth time this week, and 38th time this year. Interior Health says emergency services at the Lillooet Hospi...
Jun 16, 2025
Forensic accountant tells trial how accused Kamloops lawyer blew through murdered client's $774k
VANCOUVER - A first-degree murder trial for a former Kamloops lawyer accused of killing his client is hearing critical expert testimony this week. Monday (June 16), a forensic accountant testified to ...
Jun 16, 2025
Kidney donor found: Firman passes mom note at work to share news on 'best day ever'
KAMLOOPS - When Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) pops up on his call display, Ryan Firman's stomach churns. News can be grim and morbid. The opposite was true on May 29, when the 25-year-old Kamloopsi...
Jun 16, 2025
Annual pride parade a celebration of support, visibility in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Pride Week in Kamloops came to a close this weekend with the seventh annual parade lighting up the downtown. The parade took place on Victoria Street with motorized floats, sign holders and...
Jun 16, 2025
UPDATE: Grassfire along West Shuswap Road under control, Tkʼemlúps says
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 4:30 p.m.): Tkemlps te Secwpemc (TteS) says a grassfire that sparked along West Shuswap Road on Monday (June 16) afternoon is under control, though its not clear what sparked the bl...
Jun 16, 2025
Crews battle large Sunday fire at Tkemlúps landfill
KAMLOOPS - The operator of the Stswkstem Engineered Waste Management Facility on Tkemlps te Secwpemc says crews made quick work of a fire that broke out at the landfill late Sunday (June 15) evening.I...
Jun 16, 2025
TNRD to host free chipping day events in four Kamloops-area communities
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) will be hosting free chipping day events in four rural communities in the Kamloops-area over the next two weeks. In a statement, the TNRD said t...
Jun 16, 2025
