Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
BC Wildfire Service, Lytton First Nation partnering on 39-hectare prescribed burn
LYTTON - The BC Wildfire Service and the Lytton First Nation will be conducting a 39 hectare prescribed burn approximately eight kilometres north of the Village of Lytton.The burn is located on Ngwyu'...
Mar 13, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Changes in autism funding spark demonstration at Kamloops City Hall
KAMLOOPS - Local advocates plan to gather at Kamloops City Hall on Saturday (March 14) to protest changes in the way the B.C. government provides support to families with children with disabilities. T...
Mar 13, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
No criminality suspected in Columbia Street crash that knocked out power for hundreds, sent two to hospital
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say no criminality is suspected in the collision that knocked out power for more than 1,000 BC Hydro customers Thursday (March 12).BC Emergency Health Services (EHS) received ...
Mar 13, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum/CFJC Today)
Interior Health says childhood vaccinations on the rise but not by enough
KAMLOOPS - Childhood vaccination rates in British Columbia are on the rise, but health officials warn that they're still lower than what they should be. In B.C., just over 58 per cent of children aged...
Mar 13, 2026 (Image Credit: Newsfile / CFJC Today)
Kamloops council furthers plan to expand potential tax exemptions to Fulton Field
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has greenlit a plan to look into expanding the city's Revitalization Tax Exemption (RTE) program to the airport in the hopes of spurring development at Fulton Field. In doi...
Mar 12, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent SImmonds)
UPDATE: Missing boy found safe
UPDATE (March 13): WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP say the 13-year-old boy who was reported missing on March 11, 2025, has been found and is safe.(Please note: for privacy considerations any ...
Mar 12, 2026
Two people died due to toxic drugs in Kamloops in January; province records 150 fatalities
KAMLOOPS - The province has begun the year by recording 150 deaths due to toxic drugs in January, including two in Kamloops.The BC Coroners Service notes the provincial total equates to about 4.8 deat...
Mar 12, 2026
UPDATE: Power restored after vehicle collision takes out power pole in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 7:25 p.m.): BC Hydro says power has been restored to all customers following the earlier crash along Columbia.According to the online outage list, power was restored to the remainin...
Mar 12, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Curtis Goodrum)
Teen suspect arrested in violent Williams Lake middle school incident
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Police have a teenaged suspect in custody after an incident at a Williams Lake middle school on Thursday (March 12) morning.Williams Lake RCMP said officers responded to the Colu...
Mar 12, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Murder suspect arrested after vehicle gets stuck on Highway 5 near Blue River
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - Police say a person wanted for murder was arrested in the North Thompson after the vehicle they were in got stuck in the ditch along Highway 5 early Thursday (March 12) morning.In a...
Mar 12, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
