Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
RCMP searching for 500-kilogram sculpture stolen from the Shuswap
SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP in the Shuswap are looking for a missing heavy sculpture after an apparent coordinated effort to steal it. In a news release issued Friday (July 24), Salmon Arm RCMP say the sc...
Jul 24, 2026 (Image Credit: Salmon Arm RCMP)
Two Boston Bar-area fires merge together after spell of hot, dry and windy conditions
BOSTON BAR, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says two major fires burning in the Boston Bar-area have merged together because of aggressive fire behaviour and strong winds on Thursday (July 23). In an o...
Jul 24, 2026 Aggressive fire behaviour seen at the Anderson Creek fire on July 22, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Highway 3 reopens after wildfire threat but Trans-Canada remains closed near Boston Bar
HOPE, B.C. - One of two major highways connecting the B.C. Interior to the Lower Mainland has reopened with a single-lane alternating traffic, and drivers are being told to not stop in the wildfire zo...
Jul 24, 2026 The Anderson Creek fire shortly after it was sparked on July 21 in the vicinity of Trans-Canada Highway in the Fraser Canyon. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
TNRD expands Clinton-area evacuation orders due to Pear Lake wildfire
CLINTON, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has expanded an evacuation order in the Clinton-area because of an increased threat presented by the nearby Pear Lake wildfire.The TNRD ord...
Jul 24, 2026 A plume of smoke seen at the site of the Pear Lake fire looking north on July 23, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
CMHA offers tour of temporary homes opening soon on McGill Road
KAMLOOPS - Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Kamloops branch executive director Alfred Achoba said a 55-unit transitional housing project at 1449 McGill Rd. will mitigate a bottleneck at city ...
Jul 23, 2026 1449 McGill Rd. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Jeremy Russo)
Kamloops crime severity on slow decline: StatsCan
KAMLOOPS - Statistics Canada has released its latest look at the rates and severity of crime across the country, and it shows an overall decline in Kamloops last year. However, the city is still in th...
Jul 23, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
As nearby evacuation measures expand, Clinton residents remains calm
CLINTON, B.C. - The Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is responding to three wildfires burning in Electoral Area 'E', known as the Big Bar Complex fires near Clinton. The TNRD has been forced t...
Jul 23, 2026 Clinton, July 23 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Evacuation order expands near French Bar Creek wildfire
CLINTON, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is expanding its evacuation order in response to the French Bar Creek wildfire, which continues to spread out of control.The TNRD said the ...
Jul 23, 2026 The French Bar Creek Wildfire pictured on July 19, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
UPDATE: Evacuation order issued due to rapidly growing Felker wildfire southeast of Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - UPDATE (7:30 p.m.): Evacuation orders have been issued by the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) Thursday evening (July 23), for hundreds of parcels previous under evacuation alert ...
Jul 23, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
UPDATE: Grassfire along Coquihalla near Kamloops under control; highway lane closed for vehicle recovery
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 5:00 p.m.): A wildfire that was sparked by a motorhome that went up in flames on the Coquihalla Highway south of Kamloops is now under control, but one southbound lane remains close...
Jul 23, 2026 (Image Credit: Somy Joon / Facebook)
