Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Community Land Trust Foundation hits the ground running
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Community Land Trust Foundation is searching for its first executive director. Kamloops council voted in favour of establishing the independent, non-profit land steward in 2023...
May 29, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Fire Rescue knock down North Shore structure fire
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) made quick work of a shed fire on the North Shore Friday (May 29) morning. Reports of a structure fire at Don Street off Tranquille Road on the North Shore of Kam...
May 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
High streamflow advisory issued for North and South Thompson Rivers
KAMLOOPS - A high streamflow advisory is in effect for the North and South Thompson Rivers. The B.C. River Forecast Centre says the advisory issued at 11:30 a.m. Thursday (May 28) includes tributaries...
May 29, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
THE TATTLE OF HASTINGS: B.C. Lions talk thrifting, deer fear, Kamloops love as camp wraps up
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Lions wrapped up training camp on Thursday [May 28] at Hillside Stadium.Before they left the city, a few of the Lions shared thoughts on what they'll miss about Kamloops - and what...
May 28, 2026 Lions bid adieu. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Social services provider frustrated by video showing person splashed by boat on Thompson River
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops social services provider is disappointed by a video that shows a boat on the Thompson River spraying a homeless encampment near Riverside Park. In the video - which was sent to C...
May 28, 2026 (Image Credit: Contributed)
ASK Wellness opens six-storey, 80-unit affordable housing building on Kamloops North Shore
KAMLOOPS - A six-storey, 80-unit affordable housing building has officially opened its doors on the North Shore of Kamloops. What used to be an unkept parking lot and aging liquor store building at 34...
May 28, 2026 Interior of a one bedroom unit at The Confluence at 346 Campbell Avenue in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Logistical challenges for B.C. Lions training camp in Kamloops loom, with contract extension unsigned
KAMLOOPS -- The B.C. Lions can bring training camp to Hillside Stadium in 2027 by exercising the third-year option in a contract they signed with the City of Kamloops in 2024.Looming logistical proble...
May 28, 2026 B.C. Lions general manager Ryan Rigmaiden. (Image Credit: B.C. Lions.)
Downtown business association explores growing to encompass West Victoria corridor
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association (KCBIA) has proposed expanding its current boundaries to include the West Victoria corridor and several blocks on the east end of downt...
May 28, 2026 Expanded KCBIA boundary (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Indian Residential School Survivor Society opens new office in Sun Rivers
KAMLOOPS - Support services for residential school survivors and their families will now be available closer to home for many in the community. The Indian Residential School Survivors Society official...
May 28, 2026 Ribbon cutting (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Lillooet emergency department closes for the third time this month
LILLOOET, B.C. - Interior Health (IH) officials said Lillooet Hospital emergency department will be closed for 25 hours, starting Friday morning (May 29).IH said emergency services will be unavailable...
May 28, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: Aaron Schulze/CFJC Today)
