Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Incumbent Middleton to run for re-election to Kamloops council
KAMLOOPS - Another incumbent Kamloops councillor has announced plans to seek another term in office this October. "I believe we need thoughtful leadership, sound counsel, respectful dialogue and a con...
Jun 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Wildfire near Stump Lake being held at 149ha
UPDATE (12:15 p.m.): Residents of one property at 8805 Kullagh Creek Rd. may return home.The TNRD downgraded the evacuation order to an evacuation alert. In total, 31 properties within the regional di...
Jun 17, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Michael Reeve)
Police identify suspect, looking for person of interest in two suspicious fires in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP are investigating a pair of suspicious fires in the city over the last week. At around 9:15 p.m. on Saturday (June 13), RCMP say officers responded to the 900-...
Jun 17, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Fire Rescue responding to early morning trailer fire on the Tk'emlups reserve
UPDATE (9:30 a.m.): A fire that started in an RV spread to a nearby house on the same property on the Tk'emlups reserve. Details are slim, but KFR Platoon Chief Shawn Davidson says the fire extended i...
Jun 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Anthony Corea/CFJC Today)
Inside Lytton's contentious recovery, where concerns smoulder 5 years after wildfire
Mayor Denise O'Connor concedes that Lytton, B.C., looks "pretty empty" these days, aside from the homes of about 75 residents and a couple other buildings. It's almost five years since a wildfire kill...
Jun 17, 2026
Kamloops United to join B.C. Soccer Premier League youth ranks this fall
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops United will join the B.C. Soccer Premier League [BCSPL] youth ranks this fall. "So many families [have been] going to [Thompson Okanagan Football Club] to play in the BCSPL, two ho...
Jun 16, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops United)
Stankoven spills on marathon Stanley Cup party, Caniacs madness, Kamloops celebration ideas
RALEIGH, N.C. - Not even Logan Stankoven's parents were exactly sure of his location as of Monday (June 15) morning in Las Vegas. His Carolina Hurricanes partied into the wee hours after winning the S...
Jun 16, 2026 Hurricanes at Teets. (Image Credit: Walt Ruff/X)
B.C.'s seniors advocate addresses Clearwater residents at Tuesday forum
CLEARWATER, B.C. - The Dutch Lake Community Centre was packed with Clearwater-and-area residents who were in attendance Tuesday (June 16) to listen to a presentation from B.C.'s seniors advocate. Dan ...
Jun 16, 2026 Dan Levitt speaking during a seniors forum in Clearwater on June 16, 2026. (Image Credit: Jeremy Russo/CFJC Today)
From the ashes, Fireweed Honey helping forge a path to recovery for Venables Valley
VENABLES VALLEY, B.C. - Residents of the Venables Valley were forced to evacuate their homes nearly two years ago, as the encroaching Shetland Creek wildfire tore through the valley. Venables is locat...
Jun 16, 2026 Fireweed in Venables Valley (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
MP Caputo's bill 'Bailey's Law' officially passes, awaits royal assent to become law
OTTAWA - In a surprise vote, parliament has passed Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola MP Frank Caputo's private members bill, known as Bailey's Law. Caputo expected the bill to have more extensive debate, think...
Jun 16, 2026 MP Caputo speaks with Bailey's family outside the Kelowna Law Courts (Image Credit: Global)
