Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Merritt's ER to face 25-hour weekend closure
MERRITT, B.C. - The emergency department in Merritt's Nicola Valley Hospital will be closed for 25 hours starting Sunday morning (July 26), marking the sixth such closure this year.Interior Health sai...
Jul 25, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC File photo)
Evacuation measures expand north, east due to raging Fiftynine Creek fire near Clinton
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - UPDATE (5:00 p.m.): An evacuation alert prompted by the Fiftynine Creek fire has now stretched into the Cariboo Regional District (CRD).The CRD has put 366 parcels on evacuation ...
Jul 25, 2026 (Image Credit: TNRD)
Water damage closes Tudor Village Laboratory in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) said the Tudor Village Laboratory in Kamloops will be closed until further notice due to water damage at the facility.The health authority said the lab, which is typica...
Jul 25, 2026 (Image Credit: Canadian Press)
Efforts underway to protect Village of Clinton structures from Pear Lake fire
CLINTON, B.C. - (UPDATE 2:00 p.m.): Firefighters with the Clinton Fire Department, the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) and other fire departments are working to protect homes and businesses from the raging...
Jul 25, 2026 Pear Lake Wildfire pictured on July 23, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Kamloops International Cup begins Saturday as wildfire smoke leads to altered schedule
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops International Cup women's soccer action is slated to begin this weekend.Top-flight English professional team Nottingham Forest will square off against Vancouver Rise FC Academy, wi...
Jul 25, 2026 Nottingham Forest fans supporting the club's U-21 men’s team at the 2025 Kamloops International Cup. (Image Credit: Facebook/Kamloops International Cup)
Village of Clinton stills standing with some structure losses, but wildfire still looms
CLINTON, B.C. - An official with the village of Clinton says the community is largely still standing after an overnight battle against a raging wildfire. Brian Doddridge, with the village's emergency ...
Jul 25, 2026 The Pear Lake wildfire near Clinton. (Image Credit: Annette Roehlig/Facebook)
Ainslie Creek wildfire prompts evacuation orders and alerts near Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has issued an Evacuation Order for more than 60 properties in response to the growing Ainslie Creek wildfire.The order is in effect for 61 ...
Jul 25, 2026 Ainslie Creek wildfire, pictured on July 24, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Search underway for swimmer presumed drowned at Riverside Park in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Festivities at Riverside Park took a turn for the worse as Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) are looking for a missing swimmer who is presumed to have drowned.KSAR was dispatched Saturday m...
Jul 25, 2026 Kamloops RCMP officers on the Overlanders Bridge looking towards the Riverside Park beach around 7:40 p.m. on July 24, 2026. (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today)
Jesmond, Chasm on evacuation order; 70 Mile House on alert due to 'aggressive' Fiftynine Creek fire
CLINTON, B.C. - There are more evacuation orders and alerts in effect north and west of the Village of Clinton as a pair of wildfires continue to run amok in the south Cariboo.Friday (July 24) afterno...
Jul 24, 2026 (Image Credit: Anthony Corea/CFJC Today)
'There can be only one Canadian champion': Sun Peaks hosting national downhill mountain bike championships
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Megan Pretorius of Kamloops is among 300 racers registered to compete at the Dunbar Summer Series Canadian Downhill Mountain Bike Championships on Saturday (July 25) and Sunday at Su...
Jul 24, 2026 Megan Pretorius (Image Credit: Jeremy Russo/CFJC Today)
