Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Carpenter Proctor enters Kamloops Centre MLA race as independent
KAMLOOPS - Thaelo Proctor is the first independent to run in one of the two Kamloops ridings since 2020, when Brandon Russell received less than one per cent of the vote in Kamloops-North-Thompson. Pr...
Oct 6, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Brocklehurst pub closed Tuesday after attempted ATM theft
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 2:40 p.m.) A popular Brocklehurst pub will be closed Tuesday (Oct. 6) to repair damage caused after an attempted ATM theft overnight. Kamloops RCMP say they were tracking two suspec...
Oct 6, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Novice Vancouver driver nabbed for 149 km/h jaunt through Merritt construction zone
MERRITT, B.C. - BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) has a warning for novice drivers - speeding through a construction zone can carry major consequences.On Sept. 22 at about 11:10 a.m., a BCHP officer was drivin...
Oct 6, 2026 (Image Credit: X / BC Highway Patrol)
Prescribed burn projects taking place near Merritt, East Barriere Lake
KAMLOOPS - A pair of prescribed burns in the North Thompson and Nicola regions are slated to take place this month. Nearly five kilometres west of Merritt, the BC Wildfire Service says crews will burn...
Oct 6, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
CANDIDATE CHECK-IN: O'Reilly believes zero-incumbent push is 'vocal minority'
KAMLOOPS - Six candidates will be on the ballot for the top job in Kamloops on October 17, including two of the nine currently elected around the horseshoe. Mike O'Reilly is taking aim at the mayor's ...
Oct 6, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
South Kamloops grad Olynyk to play in Italy after 13 NBA seasons
ROME - Kelly Olynyk is taking his talents to Italy.The 35-year-old South Kamloops Secondary graduate has signed with BC Roma in the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest level of competition in Italy. The ...
Oct 6, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Roma / Contributed)
RCMP searching for witnesses and video after targeted hit and run in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP are searching for witnesses to a hit and run in the city late last month. Between 11:30 p.m. and 11:50 p.m. on Sept. 24, RCMP say a black Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck...
Oct 6, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops baseball journeyman Pearce named Finals MVP of Deutsche Baseball Liga championship series
KAMLOOPS - When McCoy Pearce connects with the baseball, the sound speaks for itself and needs no translation. It's goodbye, baseball, any way you put it. Pearce, 28, is fluent in that universal langu...
Oct 5, 2026
Kamloops' top cop hopes new council location report won't delay building new RCMP headquarters
KAMLOOPS - The head of the Kamloops RCMP detachment is optimistic a recent decision to revisit potential locations for a new - and much-needed - $160-million headquarters won't cause the project to be...
Oct 5, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
Interior Health warns Kamloops residents of substance containing 'extremely high' amounts of fentanyl
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) is issuing an urgent warning to people who use drugs in the Kamloops area, saying street samples of 'down' have been found to contain "extremely high" concentrations of...
Oct 5, 2026 (Image Credit: Interior Health)
