Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops RCMP renew appeal for information in 2024 fatal injury probe
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are renewing their appeal for public information into a suspected assault just over two years ago that ultimately led to the victim's death.According to police officials,...
Sep 3, 2026 Bradley Germann-Wilson. (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)
With council go-ahead secured, earthwork for Dufferin arena multiplex to begin later this month
KAMLOOPS - Dirt should soon be on the move, as work is scheduled to begin this month on the Dufferin arena multiplex. This week, Kamloops city council approved the project's scope and budget of $168 m...
Sep 3, 2026 Arena rendering (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Suspect arrested as Kamloops RCMP, firefighters investigate arson fire near Emterra Environmental
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are investigating a suspicious fire that sparked alongside the Trans-Canada Highway in Valleyview on Wednesday (Sept. 2) evening, and they say one person has been arreste...
Sep 3, 2026 Flames visible in the trees behind Emterra Environment in Kamloops on Sept. 2, 2026. (Image Credit: Contributed)
City of Kamloops downgrades to Drought Level 3, eases water restrictions
KAMLOOPS - Normal water use can resume in the City of Kamloops as it has downgraded its drought response to Level 3. That means people can now water their lawns up to three times per week, instead of ...
Sep 3, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Scotch Creek Fire Department moves into new fire hall
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - The Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Fire Department has moved into its newly built fire hall, three years after the previous building was destroyed. The original fire hall was among 131 bu...
Sep 3, 2026 (Image Credit: Columbia-Shuswap Regional District)
CRD lifts final evacuation alert near French Bar Creek wildfire
LILLOOET, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has given the 'all clear' to properties under its final evacuation alert in response to the French Bar Creek wild...
Sep 3, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Western Canada Theatre taps former employee as new executive director
KAMLOOPS - A familiar face to Western Canada Theatre (WCT) will become its new executive director. The WCT board of directors announced Thursday (Sept. 3) Chelsea Isenor was selected to take over the ...
Sep 3, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: Jeremy Russo/CFJC Today)
TNRD announces final round of free appliance disposal for returning Clinton-area evacuees
CLINTON, B.C. - Evacuees who have returned home from weeks away due to the Pear Lake wildfire may go home to find rancid food and damaged fridges and freezers, but the Thompson-Nicola Regional Distric...
Sep 3, 2026 (Image Credit: Thompson-Nicola Regional District)
Complex of wildfires near Boston Bar being held; Pear Lake blaze no longer a fire of note
KAMLOOPS - A pair of large blazes that forced hundreds of residents to evacuate from their homes are no longer classified as "wildfires of note." In an update Thursday (Sept. 3) morning, the BC Wildfi...
Sep 3, 2026 South flank of the Pear Lake wildfire near Robertson Creek on Aug. 27. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Kamloops RCMP, ICBC clarify rules, fines around e-scooter use
KAMLOOPS - The RCMP are reminding people about the rules related to the use of e-scooters as Kamloopsians continue to get familiarized with the devices on city streets.The safety messaging comes follo...
Sep 3, 2026 An electric kick scooter being used in the Sixth Avenue bike lane in downtown Kamloops. (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today)
