Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Williams Lake emergency room to close for 10 hours Tuesday night
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Williams Lake area will be without emergency room coverage Tuesday (July 21) night, the latest in a series of closures that have plagued residents in the B.C. interior.Interi...
Jul 21, 2026 (Image Credit: Interior Health/File Photo)
'None of the rest of the league thought we even had a chance': Venom win TOJLL title
KAMLOOPS - Underdog status fuelled the Kamloops Venom. "I'd say the whole year it helped us," Venom runner Sam Borschowa said. "Everyone in the league would have had us as the worst team in the league...
Jul 21, 2026 TOJLL champions (Image Credit: Kamloops Venom)
Blazers' Dan De Palma to coach at third consecutive World Juniors
KAMLOOPS - Make it three World Juniors in a row for Dan De Palma.The Kamloops Blazers director of goaltending development has been named to Canada's coaching staff for the 2027 IIHF World Junior Champ...
Jul 21, 2026 Dan De Palma (Image Credit: Kamloops Blazers/File Photo)
Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music celebrates 48 years; ready to take the stage after weeks of rehearsal
KAMLOOPS - Three weeks of rehearsals and lessons are about to conclude under the stage lights as hundreds of young musicians prepare for their final performances. Kamloops Interior Summer School of Mu...
Jul 21, 2026 (Image Credit: Jeremy Russo / CFJC Today)
Caution urged during National Drowning Prevention Week following recent spike in preventable deaths
KAMLOOPS - It's National Drowning Prevention Week across Canada and provincial officials are urging vigilance around the water after a spike in drowning deaths in the last few months. As temperatures ...
Jul 21, 2026 People in the water at the only designated river swimming area at Riverside Park in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Jeremy Russo/CFJC Today)
Frightening home invasion leads to homicide in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Police in the Shuswap are investigating a rare homicide in the city of Salmon Arm.In a news release, Salmon Arm RCMP say the incident took place last Friday (July 17). At about 3:00...
Jul 21, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Water infrastructure work to impact eastbound traffic on McGill Road near TRU
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says there will be some disruptions to eastbound traffic on a section of McGill Road near Thompson Rivers University because of some water infrastructure work that got ...
Jul 21, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Kamloops among recipients of provincial funding to improve EOC operations
KAMLOOPS - Multiple emergency operations centre (EOC) projects in the Thompson, Nicola and Cariboo regions have received provincial funding. The B.C. government says it's committing $3.5 million to 11...
Jul 21, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Province and First Nations near Sun Peaks sign renewed Reconciliation Framework, MOU
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - A renewed Reconciliation Framework and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed in Sun Peaks between the province and neighbouring First Nations.Taking part in the signing on Mon...
Jul 21, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: Sun Peaks Resort)
Campfire prohibition coming into effect in Cariboo Fire Centre
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Campfires within the Cariboo Fire Centre will soon be temporarily banned. Effective 12:00 p.m. noon Wednesday (July 22), the BC Wildfire Service says campfires will be prohibited...
Jul 21, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
