Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Kamloops RCMP seeking driver in Saturday collision
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are seeking information about a man who is believed to have crashed his vehicle into a pair of houses.Police officials said the detachment received a call just before noon on ...
Pattison Media Apr 26, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC File Photo)

Kamloops looking to revamp snow and ice policy
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will give its old snow removal policies the cold shoulder as the Committee of the Whole is set to consider a revamped Snow and Ice Control Policy on Tuesday (April 28)....
Pattison Media Apr 25, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)

Kamloops-Thompson School District to discuss annual budget
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District's (SD 73) Board of Education will discuss its 2026-2027 annual budget on Monday's meeting (April 27).The School District anticipates an overall budget ...
Pattison Media Apr 25, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

CSRD highlights year's activities in 2025 Annual Report
SALMON ARM - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) has published its 2025 Annual Report, highlighting the regional government's work and developments throughout the year.The document provides ...
Pattison Media Apr 25, 2026 (Image Credit: Columbia Shuswap Regional District)

CFJC Boogie the Bridge set for Sunday morning
KAMLOOPS - The CFJC Boogie the Bridge goes Sunday (April 26), beginning from Riverside Park. Organizer Jo Berry says participants are entered in runs and walks of different distances - ranging from fi...
Pattison Media Apr 24, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Kamloops' Verhoeff earns Jim and Ginette Munson Autism Leadership Award, will shape national strategy
KAMLOOPS - Luke Verhoeff of Kamloops was honoured last week at the Canadian Autism Leadership Summit in Ottawa. He is the fifth winner of the Jim and Ginette Munson Autism Leadership Award, which is p...
Pattison Media Apr 24, 2026 Luke Verhoeff (Image Credit: Submitted)

AI and Robotics at TRU: Institutional Augmentation - Part 2
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University president Airini has said institutional goals include patenting and monetizing artificial-intelligence creations and becoming one of Canada's leading universities...
Pattison Media Apr 24, 2026 Gursahib Singh (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Curtis Goodrum)

New 27-unit cooperative housing development set to rise in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Propolis Cooperative Housing Society is moving ahead with plans for a new four-storey, 27-unit apartment building on St. Paul Street in downtown Kamloops. Located at the intersection of...
Pattison Media Apr 24, 2026 A rendering of Propolis' proposed project on St. Paul Street in downtown Kamloops. (Image Credit: Propolis Cooperative Housing Society via City of Kamloops)

Wildfire fighter bootcamp behind smoke near Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Smoke near Merritt on Friday and Saturday (April 24 and 25) is likely no cause for alarm as the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is giving new recruits live fire training.The BCWS said its N...
Pattison Media Apr 24, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)

Wildfire Service holding human-caused wildfire northwest of Clinton
CLINTON, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is holding back a human-caused wildfire northwest of Clinton, near Marble Range Provincial Park.BCWS officials said the wildfire sparked on Thursday (Apr...
Pattison Media Apr 24, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)

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