Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'They were brothers': Players, families remember 3 who died in Alberta highway crash
STAVELY - When Sawyer Smith thinks about teammates Caden Fine and JJ Wright, he remembers an instance of team tomfoolery on the golf course. He was with Cameron Casorso on the course when Fine and Wri...
Feb 09, 2026 Chris Wright, father of JJ Wright, looks at his son's stick, helmet and gloves before the start of the Stavely Mustang hockey game in Stavely, Alta., Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026 (Image Credit: Todd Korol/The Canadian Press)
New Pritchard water treatment plant to be commissioned in March
PRITCHARD, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) says work on a new water treatment plant in Pritchard is nearing completion.In a brief statement, the TNRD said the new water treatment p...
Feb 08, 2026 Interior of the new new Pritchard water treatment plant. (Image Credit: TNRD)
City of Kamloops looking for two volunteers to serve on Arts and Culture Engagement Group
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is looking for two people who are interested in serving on the Arts and Culture Engagement Group for a minimum two-year term.The city says the members of the public wit...
Feb 08, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Details released as Kamloops prepares to organize 12th annual Family Day Festival
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has released details about next Monday's (Feb. 16) Family Day Festival at the Tournament Capital Centre.The 12th edition of the annual festival will run 10:00 a.m. to 2...
Feb 08, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
'Comprehensive' review underway as city looks to improve use, cost recovery at Westsyde pool
KAMLOOPS - The Westsyde Pool and Fitness Centre is back in the spotlight as the City of Kamloops is undertaking a "comprehensive operational review" to optimize use and improve cost recovery at the fa...
Feb 07, 2026 Interior of the Westsyde Pool and Fitness Centre (Image Credit: D&T Developments)
Balmy in B.C. and Alberta as jet stream's dip south brings deep freeze to Ontario
Meteorologists say the position of the jet stream is to blame for bone-chilling cold in southern Ontario, while daily high temperature records fall in Western Canada. Environment Canada figures show a...
Feb 07, 2026
SD73 DPAC seeking feedback on proposed School Streets project in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) is looking for feedback into its plan to run a School Streets project at a local school.DPAC has secured...
Feb 07, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today File)
'Hard to believe': One year since B.C. mother Jennifer Provencal disappeared
FOREST GROVE, B.C. - It has been a little over one year since 51-year-old Jennifer Provencal was last seen in a small unincorporated community near 100 Mile House."There's no way she would have just w...
Feb 07, 2026 (Image Credit: 100 Mile House RCMP)
Families safe but members of Kamloops Iranian community hearing few details from back home
KAMLOOPS - Since the start of mass protests in January in Iran, several thousand people are reported to have died, while a government-imposed internet and phone blackout has wreaked havoc on the flow ...
Feb 06, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Kamloops pubs and sports betters prepared for Super Bowl Sunday
KAMLOOPS - The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) is expecting a record number of bets to be placed ahead of the Super Bowl this Sunday (Feb 8). With the nearby Seattle Seahawks back in the b...
Feb 06, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
