Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Airport passenger totals off to flying start in 2026
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Airport is reporting a strong start to the year, as it reveals that the first quarter of 2026 was the second-best start on record in the post COVID-19 world.Data released Wednesday...
Apr 15, 2026 Passengers checking in for their flights at Kamloops Airport. (Image Credit: CFJC Today File)
Kamloops mayor's latest code of conduct breach costs taxpayers $52k; total tab nears $500k
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson has been found to have again breached council's code of conduct. "The Investigator found that Mayor Hamer-Jackson breached the Code of Conduct by sending a...
Apr 15, 2026 Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
SD73 confirms Elementary Visuals Arts program not ending
KAMLOOPS - Rumours circulating on social media speaking to the demise of the elementary visual arts programs at the Kamloops School of the Arts are not accurate, according to the Kamloops-Thompson Sch...
Apr 15, 2026 KSA Students, File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Driver clocked at nearly double the speed limit on the Okanagan Connector
MERRITT, B.C. - A driver has lost his vehicle for a week after driving nearly double the speed limit on the Okanagan Connector and stopping left of the passing lane. BC Highway Patrol says an eastboun...
Apr 15, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Highway Patrol)
TRU and FNHA aim to advance health and wellness for First Nations communities through MOU
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) and the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to improve health outcomes for First Nations communities in B....
Apr 15, 2026 (Image Credit: TRU/Contributed)
Sections of North Okanagan Shuswap Rail Trail open to the public
SALMON ARM, B.C. - People looking to get outdoors to walk, run or ride have portions of a new trail to explore.The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO), Splatsin Development Corporation (SDC) an...
Apr 15, 2026 Open section of the Splatsin te Secwépemc / Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail along Mara Lake. (Image Credit: RDNO, SDC and CSRD)
School safety concern in Revelstoke unfounded by RCMP
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A reported school safety concern involving a student in Revelstoke was determined to be unfounded by police. At around 5:00 p.m. Monday (April 13), Revelstoke RCMP say they were tol...
Apr 15, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Fisher, Kolomaya, Dunstone, Pincott reflect on curling free-agent frenzy
KAMLOOPS - With the beginning of a new winter Olympic quadrennial comes transformative changes to curling rosters across the country. The free-agent frenzy hit Kamloops this week, with four curlers on...
Apr 14, 2026 Samantha Fisher, Corryn Brown, Sarah Koltun. (Image Credit: Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
Kamloops advocates, support workers mark 10-year anniversary of B.C. toxic drug crisis
KAMLOOPS - It's been 10 years since British Columbia declared a public health emergency over the growing number of overdose deaths in the province. In the last decade, more than 18,000 people have die...
Apr 14, 2026 The rally at the BC Legislature to mark the 10 year anniversary of B.C.'s public health emergency declaration related to the toxic drug crisis (Image Credit: Troylana Manson/Contributed)
AAPs on borrowing for McMaster purchase, Tranquille Phase 3 to begin April 20
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents will have a 38-day window to register their opposition to long-term borrowing for a pair of big ticket projects already underway.At Tuesday's (April 14) regular meeting, ...
Apr 14, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
