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Cariboo Regional District issues evacuation alert for eight parcels due to Webster Creek wildfire
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) issued an evacuation alert Thursday (April 30) in response to a wildfire burning nearly 50 kilometres northwest of Williams Lake. The alert co...
Pattison Media May 01, 2026 Webster Creek Wildfire on April 30. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)

After six finals losses, KVA girls get over hump at provincial club volleyball championships
KAMLOOPS - They decided to make light of their shortcomings, huddling around a book and taking a photo that was posted to social media before the Tier 1 Volleyball B.C. Provincial Championship last we...
Pattison Media Apr 30, 2026 B.C. CHAMPIONS. (Image Credit: KVA BLACK)

"We can't just keep waiting and hoping": Hospital board feels hand was forced to back cardiac study
KAMLOOPS - The chair of the Thompson Regional Hospital District (TRHD) says the board is "disappointed" it has to support a third-party study of cardiac care outcomes for area residents. The study - w...
Pattison Media Apr 30, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Kamloops area forecast predicts unseasonably high temperatures
KAMLOOPS - Forecasters are predicting temperatures for the Kamloops area to rise as high as 30 degrees by next Tuesday (May 5), significantly higher than average temperatures for early May. Colin Fong...
Pattison Media Apr 30, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo / Jennifer Hanna)

TNRD to test emergency alert system
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) will test its Voyent Emergency Alert System next Thursday (May 7).The TNRD said the test notice will go out to its electoral areas at 10:30 a.m....
Pattison Media Apr 30, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC file photo)

Cache Creek receives $2.7M in provincial funding for emergency lift station
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - For the second time in as many months, the Village of Cache Creek is receiving an influx of provincial funding for a disaster-related project. The B.C. government announced $2.7 mi...
Pattison Media Apr 30, 2026 Village of Cache Creek. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File photo)

Vancouver man in custody for stealing and crashing Kamloops Transit bus
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP has a man in custody for his involvement in a suspected bus theft and collision on Saturday night (April 25). Police said officers were dispatched to the 500-block of Lansdown...
Pattison Media Apr 30, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC file photo)

BC Hydro repairs to prompt 7-week closure of First Avenue near Kamloops City Hall
KAMLOOPS - A portion of First Avenue in downtown Kamloops will be closed for the next month and change so BC Hydro can complete some "critical" infrastructure repairs. Starting Thursday (April 30) unt...
Pattison Media Apr 30, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)

New 10-hectare wildfire emerges nearly 50 kilometres northwest of Williams Lake
UPDATE (9:00 a.m.): The wildfire northwest of Williams Lake has grown to 66 hectares in size.EARLIER: WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A new wildfire has emerged nearly 50 kilometres northwest of Williams Lake. ...
Pattison Media Apr 30, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)

SD73 refocusing efforts after province rejects business case for proposed Batchelor Heights elementary school
KAMLOOPS - A long-discussed elementary school in the Batchelor heights neighbourhood of Kamloops will not be going ahead as planned. The Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) says the provincial go...
Pattison Media Apr 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)

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