Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Simpcw, province working on regulatory matrix ahead of Yellowhead Copper mine approval process
CLEARWATER, B.C. - Simpcw First Nation officials have started negotiations with the province ahead of regulatory processes for a Clearwater-area mine proposal.In a news release, the province's Environ...
Mar 11, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Man shot to death outside downtown Kamloops 7-Eleven early Wednesday; RCMP identify victim
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are now confirming a man was shot to death outside the downtown Kamloops 7-Eleven store early Wednesday morning (March 11). In a news release issued Wednesday afternoon, RCMP E-Divisio...
Mar 11, 2026 RCMP examine a crime scene outside downtown Kamloops 7-Eleven Wednesday. Inset shows Emmanual 'Manny' Brooks. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds, Contributed / Kamloops RCMP (inset).)
Winter storm warning in effect for Okanagan Connector and Highway 3
UPDATE (12:00 p.m.): A wind warning is also in effect for the Fraser Canyon and Nicola regions, along with the Coquihalla Highway from Kamloops to Merritt. Environment Canada is forecasting wind gusts...
Mar 11, 2026 Highway 97C (Okanagan Connector), about 74 kilometres west of Kelowna, looking east. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Councillor alleges Kamloops mayor broke law by not complying with FOI request; privacy commissioner investigating
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops councillor says the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) has launched a formal inquiry into allegations that Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is refusing to comply w...
Mar 10, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops council approves $40M 'safety net'
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has approved a new bylaw that would allow staff to borrow up to $40 million to pay the bills.But Revenue Manager Lewis Hill told council Tuesday (March 10) the short-term b...
Mar 10, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops council approves public submissions on future of Pathways shelter
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council will soon hear from the public on the future of the Pathways shelter on the North Shore. During Tuesday's (March 10) regular meeting, council voted 7-1 in favour of distrib...
Mar 10, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Art Exposed fundraiser returns to Old Courthouse Gallery
KAMLOOPS - For over 10 years, artists from across the Thompson Nicola region have been participating in the Kamloops Art Council's (KAC) Art Exposed exhibit. The exhibit brings in hundreds of painting...
Mar 10, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Curtis Goodrum)
UPDATE: Winter storm warning issued as up to 60 cm of snow expected on Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 5:45 p.m.): Environment Canada has upgraded a winter storm watch for the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla to a winter storm warning. The weather agency says hazardous winte...
Mar 10, 2026 Highway 5, about 61 kilometres south of Merritt, looking north at around 12:00 p.m. Tuesday. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Kamloops RCMP, businesses team up to collar shoplifting suspect
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say their efforts have nabbed a serial shoplifter.In a news release, Superintendent Jeff Pelley says the frontline officers and members of the detachment's Crime Reduction Uni...
Mar 10, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Fire that damaged Williams Lake Surplus Herby's Monday believed to be deliberately set
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The manager of the Surplus Herby's location in Williams Lake says a fire that heavily damaged her store is just the latest in a series of nuisance fires across the community. Fla...
Mar 10, 2026 (Image Credit: Facebook / Scott Nelson)
