Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
TNRD, Chase launch household organics pilot project
CHASE, B.C. - A few households within the village of Chase will spend the next year testing out the possibilities of an organics composting program.The program is being launched by Chase and Area Fami...
Jun 09, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Cash, drugs and handgun seized in raid at Merritt home
MERRITT, B.C. - More than $7,000 in cash along with bags of suspected drugs were seized during a raid in Merritt last week. With help from the Southeast District Emergency Response Team, Merritt RCMP ...
Jun 09, 2026 (Image Credit: Merritt RCMP)
Kamloops woman scratches lotto ticket, dives into $100,000 prize
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops resident has a pool party for her friends on the agenda - although likely not a pool filled with coins like Scrooge McDuck - after winning $100,000 off a scratch ticket. Accordin...
Jun 09, 2026 (Image Credit: BCLC)
Arson suspected in overnight landscape fire along Mission Flats Road
KAMLOOPS - A landscape fire along Mission Flats Road kept Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) busy overnight. KFR received the call at around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday (June 9). A fire measured at around 50-by-50 fee...
Jun 09, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Snow accumulation expected for Okanagan Connector
MERRITT, B.C. - April showers bring May flowers, and in some cases, June flurries. Environment Canada has a special weather statement in effect for the Pennask Summit on the Okanagan Connector from Me...
Jun 09, 2026 Highway 97C, about 74 kilometres west of Kelowna, looking west at around 6:40 a.m. Tuesday. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Turvey of NorKam Secondary among winners of Premier’s Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport
KAMLOOPS - The Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council last week named 10 provincial recipients of the 2025 Premier's Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport. NorKam Seconda...
Jun 08, 2026 Daniel Turvey (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
St. Ann's alumnus Stankoven has support of Crusaders in Stanley Cup pursuit
KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven of the Carolina Hurricanes is doing the St. Ann's Crusaders proud in the Stanley Cup Final.The students at his former school want him to know that, so they posted a video on...
Jun 08, 2026 WESTON CURLEY (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Evidence submission hearing begins in trial of man Kamloops man accused of killing his mother in 2023
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (June 9): An earlier headline for this story stated testimony in the trial had been delayed. A spokesperson for the BC Prosecution Service contacted CFJC Today Tuesday to indicate th...
Jun 08, 2026 Brandon Donovan shows CFJC a photo of his mother, Jo-Anne Donovan, March 2023. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
Tkemlúps te Secwepemc eyeing future opportunities as Chief Louis Crossing project nears completion
TK'EMLPS TE SECWPEMC - Business is booming on Tkemlps te Secwepemc (TteS) and the development at Chief Louis Crossing is a visible example. Three buildings on what used to be marshland are occupied an...
Jun 08, 2026 Businesses at Chief Louis Crossing on June 8, 2026. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Pride Week begins in Kamloops with celebration of community, culture and connection
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Pride Week (June 8-14) is officially underway in Kamloops, with community members across the city gathering on Monday (June 8) afternoon to celebrate identity, culture and inclusion a...
Jun 08, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC News / Jeremy Russo)
