Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Increased need for cold weather shelter beds puts strain on providers
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday (Feb. 14) extreme cold weather beds were opened once again for those needing them across the city. The response measure allows groups like the Canadian Mental Health Association...
Feb 18, 2026 (Image Credit: File Photo / CFJC Today)
'Kill small business budget'; Kamloops business leaders don't mince words over potential budget impacts
KAMLOOPS - Those in Kamloops associated with the business sector are sharing similar concerns about the 2026 budget, pointing to issues around increasing taxes, and changing the implementation of PST ...
Feb 18, 2026 Kamloops (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops MLA's concerned over rising deficit and increases to taxation in 2026 budget
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. NDP government unveiled their 2026 budget on Tuesday (Feb 17) afternoon, showing an increasing deficit from last year's projection of $10 billion, to now $13.3 billion. The new bud...
Feb 18, 2026 Minister Brenda Bailey (Image Credit: BC Legislature/YouTube)
Chris Rose Therapy Centre for Autism still processing provincial funding change
KAMLOOPS - Until June 2026, B.C.'s $6,000-per-year tax credit for families who have children diagnosed with ASD autism aged 6 to 18 years old will continue to be available. After that time, a new mode...
Feb 17, 2026 (Image Credit: File Photo / CFJC Today)
'Very disappointing there was nothing new'; Kamloops MLA Milobar responds to BC budget
KAMLOOPS - As the provincial budget was being presented in Victoria Tuesday (Feb. 17), those in Kamloops were searching for any new funding coming the way of the Tournament Capital. In recent years, K...
Feb 17, 2026 Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar responds to budget (Image Credit: BC Legislature/YouTube)
Tk'emlúps investigators narrow focus in search for potential gravesites, rule out some areas
TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlps te Secwpemc's latest update on the investigation into potential unmarked burials near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS) reveals experts are honing in on a more ...
Feb 17, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. hikes tax rate as budget delivers record $13 billion deficit
VICTORIA - British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey has unveiled what she calls a "serious" budget for 2026 that raises the base income tax rate while failing to rein in the deficit as previous...
Feb 17, 2026 Finance Minister Brenda Bailey (Image Credit: The Canadian Press)
New Gold laying off 85 employees at New Afton mine
KAMLOOPS - Eighty-five employees at the New Afton gold and copper mine west of Kamloops will be out of work. In a news release issued Tuesday (Feb. 17) morning, New Gold announced most of the work on ...
Feb 17, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
BCWS, Lower Nicola Indian Band announce plans to finish 3-year cultural burn project near Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says the final portion of a multi-year cultural burn project near Merritt will be finished in the coming weeks.The three-year project is being conducted ...
Feb 17, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Salmon Arm RCMP catch wanted man crawling through garage door
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A 31-year-old man wanted on multiple warrants was arrested after being caught crawling through the crack of a garage door. At around 3:00 p.m. on Feb. 8, Salmon Arm RCMP say officer...
Feb 17, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
