Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
SD73 adds new accessible school bus to increase equitable field trip transportation
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) has added a new accessible school bus to its fleet, which it says will help it "expand equitable field trip transportation opportunities" in the...
Jan 31, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops-Thompson School District)
BC Seniors Advocate sounds alarm on lack of long-term care beds
KAMLOOPS - The province's seniors advocate has called on the province to act on the lack of government-funded long-term care beds. The oldest baby boomer is now 80 years old, and these beds are in gre...
Jan 30, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Chase RCMP looking for person of interest in connection with November arson investigation
CHASE, B.C. - Police in Chase have released a picture of person of interest in connection with an ongoing arson investigation that dates back to November. Police and firefighters in Chase were called ...
Jan 30, 2026 (Image Credit: Contributed / Chase RCMP)
Leadership hopeful Fulmer unveils rural healthcare plan ahead of campaign stop in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Yuri Fulmer will be the first BC Conservative leadership race contender to hold a campaign event in Kamloops this weekend as he stops into the Tournament Capital on Saturday (Jan. 31). So f...
Jan 30, 2026 Yuri Fulmer (Image Credit: Yuri Fulmer)
Judge dismisses Kamloops mayor's defamation suit against councillor
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson's defamation case against Katie Neustaeter has been dismissed in a written decision delivered Friday (Jan. 30). "The defendant's application to dismiss the...
Jan 30, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Upper Nicola Band issues U.S. travel advisory
UPPER NICOLA, B.C. - The Upper Nicola Band (UNB) has issued a travel advisory cautioning against travel to the United States of America. The advisory, which was issued Friday (Jan. 30), follows a trav...
Jan 30, 2026 (Image Credit: Upper Nicola Band)
Kamloops Centre for the Arts construction kicks into high gear Monday; traffic impacts expected
KAMLOOPS - The first in a series of traffic impacts around the site of the Kamloops Centre for the Arts downtown will begin on Monday (Feb. 2) when construction kicks into high gear. The City of Kamlo...
Jan 30, 2026 Signs on a new fence around the Kamloops Centre For The Arts property. (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum/CFJC Today)
RCMP believe thief is targeting older pickup trucks in the Shuswap
SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP believe a thief is targeting a specific model of vehicles in the Shuswap. At around 8:25 a.m. on Jan. 15, Salmon Arm RCMP say a man reported that his white 2006 Ford F-350 pick...
Jan 30, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Three years later, Williams Lake RCMP renew plea for information into missing man's disappearance
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - More than three years after his disappearance, Williams Lake RCMP are renewing their plea to the public for help in finding a missing man. In a news release issued Thursday (Jan....
Jan 30, 2026 (Image Credit: Williams Lake RCMP)
Kamloops Christmas Market 'a resounding success' as organizers eye expansions in future years
KAMLOOPS - Organizers of the Kamloops Christmas Market say last year's inaugural event was a resounding success. According to the Kamloops Sports Council, which spearheaded the 10-day German Christmas...
Jan 29, 2026 Crowds at the Kamloops Christmas Market in the Heritage House parking lot. (Image Credit: Kamloops Christmas Market/Facebook)
