Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
More units added to rental housing development at former North Shore car dealership
KAMLOOPS - Plans have changed for a previously proposed rental housing development on the North Shore. During Tuesday's (Dec. 9) regular meeting, Kamloops council approved a 150-unit residential renta...
Dec 10, 2025 Total Concept Developments
High streamflow advisory in effect for Coldwater River, South Thompson basin
KAMLOOPS - A pair of high streamflow advisories are in effect for the South Thompson River basin and the Coldwater River. In a statement issued Tuesday (Dec. 9), B.C.'s Ministry of Water, Land and Res...
Dec 10, 2025 CFJC Today/File photo
Citing mayor's struggles to maintain decorum, Kamloops council extends suspension of public input at meetings
KAMLOOPS - Festivus came 14 days early for Kamloops council as Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and multiple councillors aired their grievances during a debate on public input at regular council meetings. Dur...
Dec 10, 2025 Curtis Goodrum/CFJC Today
Service levels, RCMP, transit among areas being explored to trim Kamloops tax increase
KAMLOOPS - Back in November, Kamloops city council directed staff to come back with ways to cut down the 2026 tax rate after the preliminary figure came in north of 10 per cent. City staff provided a ...
Dec 10, 2025 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops residents gather to showcase concerns over rising taxes
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Voters Society held a rally out front of city hall on Tuesday (Dec 9) afternoon just ahead of the regular scheduled council meeting. The protest was attempting to bring to ligh...
Dec 09, 2025 Protest Sign (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
TRU second-quarter budget projections climb out of deficit position
KAMLOOPS - In the wake of federal changes to how many international students are able to come to Canada to study, Thompson Rivers University was put into an untenable financial position, and forced to...
Dec 09, 2025 (Image Credit: Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
Anglo American, Teck Resources shareholders clear combination deal
Shareholders have given their blessing to a plan by Anglo American PLC and Teck Resources Ltd. to join forces and create one of the world's biggest copper miners. Two resolutions were up for a vote at...
Dec 09, 2025
Virtual emergency care launching at four hospitals in B.C.'s Interior
KAMLOOPS - Patients seeking emergency care at four hospitals in British Columbia's Interior may now be seen by a doctor working virtually in a pilot project aimed at modernizing rural health services....
Dec 09, 2025
Gypsum recovery mostly complete at CPKC derailment site at Kamloops Lake
CHERRY CREEK, B.C. - The gypsum recovery efforts underwater and on the embankment of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) derailment site along Kamloops Lake are mostly complete as crews stand down...
Dec 09, 2025 CPKC derailment site along Kamloops Lake on Wednesday, Nov. 12 (Image credit: B.C government).
Kamloops building sector experiences cooler November; still nearly on par with 2024 numbers
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops building sector may be limping across the finish line to surpass last year's construction revenue. New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division sho...
Dec 09, 2025 File photo (Image credit: CFJC Today).
