Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Local CUPW leadership says members should make their own decisions on tentative Canada Post deal
KAMLOOPS - Canada Post and CUPW have reached a tentative agreement on a contract with the national CUPW board. There still needs to be a vote from membership, which could happen at some point in May, ...
Feb 12, 2026
City grapples with high subsidy, low usage of Westsyde Pool and Fitness Centre
KAMLOOPS - At Tuesday's (Feb. 10) Committee of the Whole meeting, Kamloops council outlined a number of initiatives developed to possibly lower the tax rate in the city, including the need to increase...
Feb 12, 2026 Westsyde Pool (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
City of Kamloops seeking input on potential corridor improvements near Dufferin multiplex
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is seeking feedback on conceptual designs for short-and-long-term improvements along the Hillside Drive and Copperhead Drive corridors to handle the anticipated influx ...
Feb 12, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Man charged in connection with fatal November 2024 crash at Canco parking lot
KAMLOOPS - A man has been charged in connection with a November 2024 crash in a gas station parking lot on the North Shore that claimed the life of one person. Court records show Mark Earl Crick, who ...
Feb 12, 2026 Police tape around a Toyota Corolla in the Canco parking lot on Tranquille Road on Nov. 27, 2024. (Image Credit: Sydney Chisholm/CFJC Today File)
Charges approved in 2021 New Afton fatality; New Gold does not expect sale to be impacted
KAMLOOPS - A spokesperson for New Gold says he does not expect Mines Act charges laid in relation to a fatal 2021 incident at its Kamloops-area mine to affect the company's sale. Contract driller Ray ...
Feb 12, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Sports Council to take over organization of Ribfest
KAMLOOPS - Another non-profit organization will carry the tongs and organize Ribfest in Kamloops in 2026 and beyond. The Kamloops Sports Council has announced plans to partner with local sports organi...
Feb 12, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops councillor Sarai hopes for municipal voice in reconciliation legislation
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops councillor Bill Sarai is asking for more municipal government involvement in the province's reconciliation and cultural conservation policies. He brought forward the resolution in ...
Feb 11, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
SD73, City of Kamloops express support for Tumbler Ridge after devastating school shooting
KAMLOOPS -The Kamloops-Thompson School District and the City of Kamloops released statements Wednesday (Feb. 11) regarding the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge. In an emailed statement to CFJC Today, ...
Feb 11, 2026 Flags fly at half-staff at Kamloops City Hall Wednesday (Feb. 11). (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
'It was a passion and his calling'; Family, colleagues laud former KFR chief Moroz' heart for emergency response
KAMLOOPS - Former Kamloops Fire Rescue Chief Neill Moroz passed away this week after a short battle with occupational cancer. Moroz spent 28 years with KFR before he retired as chief, he then went on ...
Feb 11, 2026 Chief Neill Moroz (Image Credit: Kamloops Fire Fighters / Facebook)
Interior Health issues region-wide alert for street drugs contaminated with medetomidine
KELOWNA - Interior Health (IH) has issued an alert for the entire region concerning contaminated street drugs.Distributed Wednesday (Feb. 11), the alert warns drug users of substances being sold as 'd...
Feb 11, 2026
