Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Mobile Trades Unit brings advanced training to prospective welders in Logan Lake
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - For 19 years, the Mobile Trades Unit (MTU) has brought welding certification programs to rural communities like Clearwater, Barriere and others. It's co-owned by Thompson Rivers Uni...
Feb 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Kamloops RCMP report disturbing increase in sexual assault, child exploitation files in 2025
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP Detachment Commander Supt. Jeff Pelley presented his 2025 year end numbers to city council on Tuesday (Feb. 24). Kamloops Mounties saw a slight increase to overall files of ju...
Feb 26, 2026 Kamloops RCMP Detachment (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Man acquitted of 2016 North Shore killing given jail time for perjury admission
KAMLOOPS - A man who was acquitted of manslaughter for his part in a 2016 incident on the Kamloops North Shore has been sent to jail after admitting to misleading the court during his trial.James Davi...
Feb 26, 2026 Wood Street and Tranquille Road, site of Sean Dunn's death, Dec. 30, 2016. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Stake Lake ski trails reopening with limited terrain after 6-week closure
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE Feb. 27): The Overlander Ski Club will be opening the Stake Lake ski trails this weekend, but they caution there will be limited terrain available.The ski and snowshoe trails south ...
Feb 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Overlander Ski Club)
B.C. minimum wage to increase by 40 cents to $18.25 on June 1
VICTORIA - Some of the province's lowest-paid workers will be getting another 40-cent increase on June 1 when B.C.'s minimum wage goes up in an effort to keep pace with inflation.The B.C. government s...
Feb 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Bayne Stanley/The Canadian Press)
TRU Day of Giving hopes to raise $100,000 for students
KAMLOOPS - Thursday (Feb 26) is Thompson Rivers University's annual day of giving with donations being accepted until midnight. Last year, TRU was able to set a high bar as it was able to raise just s...
Feb 26, 2026 TRU Day of Giving 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Police identify man found dead in Merritt home, say criminality is involved
MERRITT, B.C. - A 63-year-old man was found dead at a home in Merritt last week. In an update distributed Thursday (Feb. 26), BC RCMP's Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) identifies the vic...
Feb 26, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Cranbrook RCMP operation in Kamloops puts OLPH and RIH on hold-and-secure
KAMLOOPS - Police placed Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) and a North Shore school in separate hold-and-secure protocols as they arrested a suspect with outstanding warrants earlier this week. A notable po...
Feb 26, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Woman killed in crash on Highway 97A south of Sicamous
SICAMOUS, B.C. - A 22-year-old woman from Salmon Arm was killed in a two-vehicle collision south of Sicamous Wednesday (Feb. 25). Sicamous RCMP say officers responded to the 8800-block of Highway 97A ...
Feb 26, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Driver clocked going 56 km/h over the speed limit in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Double the speed, double the trouble. Merritt RCMP say a vehicle was caught speeding at 106 km/h down Voght Street past the local police detachment on Monday (Feb. 23). The posted spee...
Feb 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Merritt RCMP)
