Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Charges approved in 2021 New Afton fatality; New Gold does not expect sale to be impacted
KAMLOOPS - A spokesperson for New Gold says he does not expect Mines Act charges laid in relation to a fatal 2021 incident at its Kamloops-area mine to affect the company's sale. Contract driller Ray ...
Feb 12, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Sports Council to take over organization of Ribfest
KAMLOOPS - Another non-profit organization will carry the tongs and organize Ribfest in Kamloops in 2026 and beyond. The Kamloops Sports Council has announced plans to partner with local sports organi...
Feb 12, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops councillor Sarai hopes for municipal voice in reconciliation legislation
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops councillor Bill Sarai is asking for more municipal government involvement in the province's reconciliation and cultural conservation policies. He brought forward the resolution in ...
Feb 11, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
SD73, City of Kamloops express support for Tumbler Ridge after devastating school shooting
KAMLOOPS -The Kamloops-Thompson School District and the City of Kamloops released statements Wednesday (Feb. 11) regarding the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge. In an emailed statement to CFJC Today, ...
Feb 11, 2026 Flags fly at half-staff at Kamloops City Hall Wednesday (Feb. 11). (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
'It was a passion and his calling'; Family, colleagues laud former KFR chief Moroz' heart for emergency response
KAMLOOPS - Former Kamloops Fire Rescue Chief Neill Moroz passed away this week after a short battle with occupational cancer. Moroz spent 28 years with KFR before he retired as chief, he then went on ...
Feb 11, 2026 Chief Neill Moroz (Image Credit: Kamloops Fire Fighters / Facebook)
Interior Health issues region-wide alert for street drugs contaminated with medetomidine
KELOWNA - Interior Health (IH) has issued an alert for the entire region concerning contaminated street drugs.Distributed Wednesday (Feb. 11), the alert warns drug users of substances being sold as 'd...
Feb 11, 2026
Kamloops building sector off to hottest start since 2020
KAMLOOPS - The commercial sector and a large multi-family building got the Kamloops building sector off to a strong start in 2026. New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Divi...
Feb 11, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Dry and warm January doesn't deplete snowpack in Kamloops region
KAMLOOPS - Despite a drier and warmer month of January in the Southern Interior, snowpack conditions in the Kamloops area are still closer to normal than they were at this point last year. The B.C. Ri...
Feb 11, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Japanese Canadian Museum and Archives opens to the public after year-long remodel
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Japanese Culture Centre reopened to the public after a year of renovations to its storage facilities and basement museum. The museum is a combination of Canadian-Japanese histo...
Feb 11, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Farcical comedy 'The Fiancée' is WCT's newest production
KAMLOOPS - The Fiance is a play written by former Kamloopsian Holly Lewis. It is a comedy set in the 1940s about a woman during World War II who gets engaged to three different men, all of whom are re...
Feb 10, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
