Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Applications open for City of Kamloops' new FireSmart rebate programs
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has opened applications for a pair of FireSmart rebate programs in a bid to try and make it easier for people to take precautions by incentivizing some fuel mitigation ...
Mar 18, 2026 Removal of cedars at a property in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kamloops Fire Rescue/File photo)
Blazers fall to Cougars on the road 3-2 in a shootout
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers fell to the Prince George Cougars 3-2 in a shootout Tuesday (March 17) in a potential playoff preview. The Blazers opened the scoring in the first period in Prince Geor...
Mar 18, 2026 (Image Credit: Prince George Cougars)
Same Sky Collective operator speaks against potential closure of Pathways shelter
KAMLOOPS - The Pathways shelter has been in the spotlight over the past few weeks, with some members from the North Shore business community calling for the facility to be shut down. Lana Fine, the ar...
Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Mayor of Lytton hopes report on 2021 wildfire disaster will lead to change
LYTTON, B.C. - Four-and-a-half years after a wildfire tore through Lytton, British Columbians are finally getting a look into the challenges that plagued the village's rebuild as the Auditor General h...
Mar 17, 2026 File photo of Lytton (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Trans Canada Highway closed between Revelstoke and Golden until Thursday for avalanche control
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - One of the main east-west routes through the BC Interior will be closed for at least the next two days.In an update to Drive BC, the province says the Trans Canada Highway closed do...
Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Drive BC)
RIH Foundation helping to put Kamloops in view of international healthcare professionals
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia has been working to attract United States trained healthcare professionals to come to the province to practice medicine. That includes pulling out all the stops like airing...
Mar 17, 2026 Royal Inland Hospital (Image Credit: File photo)
WolfPack head coach Grimm reflects on program-best season, looks ahead to future
KAMLOOPS - TRU WolfPack women's volleyball head coach Chad Grimm is confident his team is well-seasoned for the future. "Until you go through it, you don't know what it's going to feel like to be in t...
Mar 17, 2026 TRU WolfPack women's volleyball team. (Image Credit: Connor Hood)
Lytton, B.C., officials 'immediately overwhelmed' by wildfire rebuild, auditor says
A report from the office of British Columbia's auditor general says the province expected the small Village of Lytton to lead its own recovery from the wildfire that destroyed most of the community an...
Mar 17, 2026
TNRD solid waste disposal fees increases to take effect April 1
KAMLOOPS - Residents are being told of increased disposal fees at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District's (TNRD) 27 solid waste network facilities. Effective April 1, 2026 the TNRD says bagged garbage...
Mar 17, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Village of Cache Creek receives $4.2M to replace flood-damaged Quartz Road culvert
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Village of Cache Creek has received nearly $4.2 million in funding to replace the culvert on Quartz Road with a permanent bridge. The link between Quartz Road and Highway 1 in ...
Mar 17, 2026 Rendering of the proposed bridge to replace the Quartz Road culvert. (Image Credit: Village of Cache Creek)
