Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
New StatsCan data shows slight population decline in Kamloops for first time in over two decades
KAMLOOPS - New data from Statistics Canada shows there was a slight drop in the population in the Kamloops area for the first time in over two decades. The estimated population in the Kamloops census ...
Jan 19, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
B.C. postponing changes to heritage act to increase consultation, says minister
VICTORIA - The B.C. government is postponing changes to the law that governs the designation and protection of heritage sites as Forests Minister Ravi Parmar said more time is needed to consult with F...
Jan 19, 2026
B.C. First Nations raise alarm over Chilcotin River landslide risk
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - First Nations in the B.C. central Interior are sounding the alarm over landslide risk along the same stretch of the Chilcotin River where a massive slide blocked the waterway for...
Jan 19, 2026
'He was always himself': Kamloops gathers to grieve homicide victim Zafar
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday evening (Jan. 17), around 100 people gathered at the Riverside Park bandshell to hold a vigil for Muhammad 'Ash' Zafar. A police investigation has been launched after Zafar was ...
Jan 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
TNRD board to debate borrowing up to $6.3M for joint search-and-rescue, fire station in Rayleigh
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is looking to the alternative approval process (AAP) to fund its share of the cost of a new purpose-built headquarters for Kamloops Search and R...
Jan 19, 2026 Rendering of the proposed KSAR and KFR Facility on Devick Road in Rayleigh. (Image Credit: TNRD)
'We remain each other's biggest fans': Kamloops-based Brown rink to part ways
KAMLOOPS - There will be a shakeup on the pebbled ice in Kamloops as Team Brown is "exploring new curling opportunities" after two decades together. The current iteration of Team Brown - skip Corryn B...
Jan 18, 2026 Team Brown with coach Jim Cotter. (Image Credit: Team Brown/Facebook)
B.C. psychologist says government ignored two decades of addiction research
BURNABY, B.C. - A B.C. psychologist who led a major study into addiction and criminality is speaking out now that the government is shutting down its decriminalization experiment.Health Minister Josie...
Jan 18, 2026 Dr. Julian Somers is a clinical psychologist and Simon Fraser University professor. (Image Credit: Simon Fraser University)
New landfill tipping fees to take effect across CSRD on May 1
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Increased tipping fees will take effect in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) on May 1.The CSRD board has brought in the new fee schedule, which will see the disposal fee...
Jan 18, 2026 (Image Credit: Pattison Media File)
UPDATE: Williams Lake RCMP say missing 13-year-old found safe
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - (UPDATE 11:45 a.m.): Police in Williams Lake say the 13-year-old who was reported missing on Saturday (Jan. 17) has been found and is safe.(Please note: for privacy consideration...
Jan 18, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
Kamloops Outdoor Skating Association realizes decade-old dream with new Riverside rink
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Outdoor Skating Association's roughly decade-old dream to see people skating at Riverside Park is finally a reality. The association's Nancy Bepple says members are thrilled to...
Jan 18, 2026 People using the outdoor rink in Kamloops on opening day, Jan. 7. (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum/CFJC Today File)
