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KFR puts out interface fire near Aberdeen Mall; cause under investigation
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) put out an interface fire along Hillside Drive over the weekend. KFR says firefighters received the call of a 100-by-50-foot fire near the parking lot across from...
Pattison Media Apr 20, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Murder charge stayed for man accused in 2025 beating death at Notre Dame Drive bus shelter
KAMLOOPS - The BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) is confirming the man accused in a beating death outside a Kamloops homeless shelter last year is no longer facing charges. Early on the morning of Septemb...
Pattison Media Apr 20, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Decades-old temperature records fall in B.C. as four communities reach record highs
CACHE CREEK - Four British Columbia communities set or matched their daily high temperature records on Sunday as warm weather swept across parts of the province. Among those that broke the daily recor...
The Canadian Press Apr 20, 2026

UPDATE: Search underway after driver with reported stolen trailer crashes into Kamloops RCMP vehicle
KAMLOOPS - A stretch of Pacific Way south of Hugh Allen Drive will remain closed until at least the 9:00 a.m. hour Monday (April 20) after an early morning collision. Tk'emlups Rural RCMP responded to...
Pattison Media Apr 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Michael Reeve/CFJC Today)

Prescribed burn to spark near Brunson Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) and Williams Lake First Nation will collaborate on a prescribed ecosystem restoration burn near Brunson Lake starting Monday (April 20), if conditions al...
Pattison Media Apr 19, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)

Kamloops council to decide on three-year extension to Pathways shelter
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Council will decide whether to grant a three-year extension to the Pathways shelter during Tuesday's meeting (April 21).According to council documents, city staff are recommen...
Pattison Media Apr 19, 2026 File photo of the Pathways shelter at 142 Tranquille Road in Kamloops. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Stankoven helps Carolina Hurricanes top the Ottawa Senators to open NHL playoffs
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Logan Stankoven and Taylor Hall scored and Frederik Andersen came through with a big third-period performance in net to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators 2-0 o...
The Canadian Press Apr 18, 2026

B.C. Conservative leadership candidates face final $60,000 fee deadline
VICTORIA - The final field of candidates to lead the B.C. Conservatives is expected to be confirmed today, as the contenders face a deadline to pay a final entrance fee of $60,000. Today also brings a...
The Canadian Press Apr 18, 2026 (Image Credit: Mainstreet Research)

Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge to soon welcome visitors
TURTLE VALLEY, BC - The Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge is welcoming a donkey named Donkey and his mule best friend Carlos this month as they get ready to open the rescue to visitors for the year.The two ...
Pattison Media Apr 18, 2026 Carlos and Donkey at the Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge (Image Credit: Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge)

UPDATE: Missing Kamloops senior and her dog found safe
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (April 19): An 81-year-old woman who was reported missing on Friday, April 17, has been found safe. In an update Sunday evening, BC RCMP say the woman and her dog were found on a for...
Pattison Media Apr 17, 2026

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