Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Free-of-charge cancer supportive care helps build community around Kamloops patients and caregivers
KAMLOOPS - InspireHealth's Supportive Cancer Care Centre is officially open in Kamloops, as the ribbon was cut on Wednesday (Jan. 14) evening at the Seymour Street location. The centre is designed to ...
Pattison Media Jan 15, 2026 InspireHealth (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

UPDATE: Missing woman found safe
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (Jan. 19): Kamloops RCMP say the 35-year-old woman who was reported missing on Jan. 14, 2026, has been found and is safe.(Please note: for privacy considerations any previous informa...
Pattison Media Jan 15, 2026

Kamloops RCMP arrest two suspects after pair of recent suspicious fires
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say they've arrested two people in connection with a pair of recent suspicious fires in the Mount Paul Industrial Park and near the Halston Bridge.Police say the two people - ...
Pattison Media Jan 15, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)

Man wanted for matters out of Fort St. James may be in the Kamloops area: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a wanted man. According to the RCMP, 30-year-old Darion Erickson has two unendorsed warrants related to offences including assault,...
Pattison Media Jan 15, 2026 (Image Credit: Contributed / Kamloops RCMP)

Kamloops Fire Rescue snuff out overnight fire at abandoned Victoria Street commercial building
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 1:00 p.m.): Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) says the former Fashion 5 building on Victoria Street will be demolished, if a structural engineer determines its not safe to access. Platoon ...
Pattison Media Jan 15, 2026 (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today)

More than 20 dogs removed from Merritt property as rescuer criticizes city officials
MERRITT - More than two dozen dogs have been removed from appalling conditions at a property in Merritt, in what rescuers called a serious case of animal neglect."Apparently, neighbours had been calli...
Pattison Media Jan 15, 2026 (Image Credit: Angel's Animal Rescue/Facebook)

Kamloops Councillor reiterates need for pilot training as YKA reports slower 2025
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Councillor is reiterating his call for the provincial and federal governments to help train new pilots following a slight downturn in the number of passengers who made their way ...
Pattison Media Jan 14, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)

B.C. to end drug decriminalization project, after 'challenging' three-year-experiment
British Columbia won't be renewing its agreement with Health Canada that allowed for the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal possession, officially ending a three-year program tha...
The Canadian Press Jan 14, 2026

Venture Kamloops reports strong 2025 for local businesses despite economic uncertainty
KAMLOOPS - New data from Venture Kamloops indicates that an estimated 700 new business licences were registered in Kamloops in 2025, and the economic development organization for the City of Kamloops ...
Pattison Media Jan 14, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)

KSAR reports increase to water rescues, concern over social media influenced calls
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) responded to their first call of 2026 in Monday to help a driver who was reportedly stuck in snow on Martin Prairie Road near Pritchard. This first call of...
Pattison Media Jan 14, 2026 Kamloops Search and Rescue (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

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