Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: New Green Lake-area fire being held at 3.7ha
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - (UPDATE 9:30 p.m.): A new wildfire that sparked near the community of Green Lake in the south Cariboo is currently being held at 3.7 hectares in size.That's the latest update fro...
Jul 30, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC File Photo)
Fighting fire with fire: planned ignitions helping contain massive Clinton-area blaze
CHASM, B.C. - (UPDATE 3:00 p.m.): The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is using planned ignitions around the massive Pear Lake wildfire to help contain the flames, but only when conditions allow. An inversi...
Jul 30, 2026 Firefighters near the Pear Lake wildfire, pictured on July 29, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
'It grew incredibly quickly'; Logan Lake residents describe fast-spreading Guichon Creek fire
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - (UPDATE 5:15 p.m.): Efforts to contain the out-of-control Guichon Creek fire that sparked just outside of Logan Lake Wednesday (July 29) afternoon have continued into a second day, ...
Jul 30, 2026 Residents watch the Guichon Creek fire outside of Logan Lake, July 29. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
BC Hydro beginning work to repair fire-damaged infrastructure in BC Interior
KAMLOOPS - BC Hydro is in the early phases of repairing 'unprecedented' infrastructure damage left by the Big Bar Complex and Brunswick Complex wildfires, which cut power to about 1,200 customers. BC ...
Jul 30, 2026 Burned power pole (Image Credit: BC Hydro)
Extra caution urged on 'low-volume' Highway 24 amid Cariboo Highway closure
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Residents are being asked to drive with extra care when traveling on Highway 24 between the Clearwater and 100 Mile House areas. BC Highway Patrol says its officers are focused ...
Jul 30, 2026 A police motorcycle and unmarked SUV parked alongside the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement as part of a road safety surge on Highway 24. (Image Credit: BC Highway Patrol)
Kamloops wins $7M grant for arts centre lobby; millions more awarded for Savona, Ashcroft water projects
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has won a $7-million federal grant for its Centre for the Arts project. Kamloops was included in a list of successful funding recipients through the Strategic Prioritie...
Jul 30, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Kamloops reports 16 per cent reduction in water use after Drought Level 4 restrictions implemented
KAMLOOPS - Enhanced water use restrictions have been in place in Kamloops for a little over a week, and the city says it is already seeing the desired outcome. The Drought Level 4 watering restriction...
Jul 30, 2026 Sign showing the current drought level in the City of Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Kamloops Fire Rescue knocks down house fire in Sagebrush
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops resident is uninjured but was forced to leave their Sagebrush home after a notable house fire. Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) responded to the 1000-block of Fraser Street at around 8...
Jul 30, 2026 (Image Credit: Howie Reimer/Facebook)
Quarterback Rigler takes reins of hometown Kamloops Broncos
KAMLOOPS - Cole Rigler will always remember his first throw for his hometown Kamloops Broncos, a deep-ball completion to his old high school teammate Hudson Jones on the first play of his B.C. Footbal...
Jul 29, 2026 Cole Rigler (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Jeremy Russo)
TNRD, District of Logan Lake issue evacuation alerts due to nearby wildfire
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - UPDATE (7:45 p.m.): The fast-spreading Guichon Creek wildfire west of Logan Lake has prompted parallel evacuation alerts from the District of Logan Lake and the Thompson-Nicola Regi...
Jul 29, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Victor Kaisar)
