Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Council to decide final price for Dufferin Multiplex project
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council is set to discuss the finalized price of the Dufferin Arena Multiplex, now with a project budget $14 million more than their previous estimate. The city says the facil...
Aug 30, 2026 A rendering of the arena multiplex in Dufferin. (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
TRU invites public donations to help students impacted by wildfire
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is asking the public to support students dealing with impacts of wildfires raging across the B.C. and Canada.According to the University, the TRU Disaster R...
Aug 30, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC file photo)
More evacuation orders and alerts lift near Clinton-area wildfire
CLINTON, B.C. - With activity along the southern flank of the Pear Lake wildfire dying down, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) has lifted some evacuation orders and alerts for nearby prop...
Aug 30, 2026 South flank of the Pear Lake wildfire near Robertson Creek, pictured on August 27, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
TNRD partially downgrades Pear Lake wildfire evacuation response
CLINTON, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has partially downgraded its evacuation response for three properties near the Pear Lake Wildfire.The TNRD said the evacuation order is bei...
Aug 29, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Kamloops Search and Rescue save pair of stranded hikers
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Search and Rescue assisted a pair of hikers who became stranded at the Mt. Savona Caves on Friday night (Aug. 28).KSAR officials said RCMP called the team and they deployed nine me...
Aug 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops Search and Rescue)
CSRD opens another section of Splatsin te Secwépemc / Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) has announced another milestone on the Splatsin te Secwpemc / Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail with the opening of a new section betwe...
Aug 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Columbia Shuswap Regional District)
TNRD and Coldwater Indian Band downgrade evacuation response near Ainslie Creek wildfire
MERRITT, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) and the Coldwater Indian Band (CIB) have downgraded their evacuation alerts and orders near the Ainslie Creek wildfire. The TNRD said peopl...
Aug 29, 2026 (Image Credit: BC WIldfire Service)
SLRD lifts some evacuation orders and alerts near Bonanza Creek wildfire
LILLOOET, B.C. - With the Bonanza Creek wildfire posing less risk to properties in the region, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) has lifted parts of their evacuation orders and alerts in ...
Aug 29, 2026 East of the south flank of the Bonanza Creek wildfire looking east on Aug. 27, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Kamloops Imagination Library mourns the passing of founder Dolly Parton
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops branch of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is morning the loss of the foundation's namesake after her death as 80 years old."The local Kamloops partners of Dolly Parton's Ima...
Aug 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Dolly Parton's Imagination Library)
'Coming for that starting position': Goaltending competition underway at Blazers' training camp
KAMLOOPS - Kaeden Tate of Huntington Beach, Calif., is 6-foot-4 and entering his 17-year-old season with lofty goals. "Yeah, coming for that starting position, coming for Eddy's spot," Tate said with ...
Aug 28, 2026 KAEDEN TATE. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
