Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Logan Lake RCMP seeking details on rash of vehicle break-ins
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Logan Lake RCMP are turning to the public for information about a suspect believed to have been behind multiple vehicle break-ins.Shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Friday (May 1), the det...
May 01, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC file photo)
Kamloops Councillor Sarai to serve as SILGA president for 2026-27
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops councillor will serve as the head of the Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) executive over the next year. Bill Sarai was elected as SILGA president for the 20...
May 01, 2026 Kamloops Councillor Bill Sarai (centre) will serve as SILGA president for 2026-27. (Image Credit: Nancy Bepple/Bluesky)
Kamloops goaltender receives $25,000 scholarship for academics and community service
KAMLOOPS - A teenaged Kamloops goaltender received a $25,000 scholarship for demonstrating character, leadership and a drive to succeed both off and on the ice. The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announ...
May 01, 2026 (Image Credit: CHL)
Kamloops Christmas Market wins award for community connection, cultural vibrancy
KAMLOOPS - The inaugural Kamloops Christmas Market received recognition at the BC Recreation and Parks Association awards of excellence ceremony. The City of Kamloops announced it received the Events ...
May 01, 2026 Crowds at the Kamloops Christmas Market in the Heritage House parking lot. (Image Credit: Kamloops Christmas Market/Facebook)
Cariboo Regional District issues evacuation alert for eight parcels due to Webster Creek wildfire
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) issued an evacuation alert Thursday (April 30) in response to a wildfire burning nearly 50 kilometres northwest of Williams Lake. The alert co...
May 01, 2026 Webster Creek Wildfire on April 30. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
After six finals losses, KVA girls get over hump at provincial club volleyball championships
KAMLOOPS - They decided to make light of their shortcomings, huddling around a book and taking a photo that was posted to social media before the Tier 1 Volleyball B.C. Provincial Championship last we...
Apr 30, 2026 B.C. CHAMPIONS. (Image Credit: KVA BLACK)
"We can't just keep waiting and hoping": Hospital board feels hand was forced to back cardiac study
KAMLOOPS - The chair of the Thompson Regional Hospital District (TRHD) says the board is "disappointed" it has to support a third-party study of cardiac care outcomes for area residents. The study - w...
Apr 30, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops area forecast predicts unseasonably high temperatures
KAMLOOPS - Forecasters are predicting temperatures for the Kamloops area to rise as high as 30 degrees by next Tuesday (May 5), significantly higher than average temperatures for early May. Colin Fong...
Apr 30, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo / Jennifer Hanna)
TNRD to test emergency alert system
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) will test its Voyent Emergency Alert System next Thursday (May 7).The TNRD said the test notice will go out to its electoral areas at 10:30 a.m....
Apr 30, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC file photo)
Cache Creek receives $2.7M in provincial funding for emergency lift station
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - For the second time in as many months, the Village of Cache Creek is receiving an influx of provincial funding for a disaster-related project. The B.C. government announced $2.7 mi...
Apr 30, 2026 Village of Cache Creek. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File photo)
