Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Air North to launch seasonal flight next May connecting Kamloops, Vancouver and Whitehorse
KAMLOOPS - Mark your calendars, Kamloops as a new airline is set to connect Fulton Field to its fifth destination in 2027. Air North is set to begin a twice-weekly seasonal flight from May 28 to Sept....
Jul 16, 2026 (Image Credit: Air North)
Some Boston Bar business owners staying back despite evacuation orders as fire threat worsens
BOSTON BAR, B.C. - Gurvinder Badyal operates the Canyon Alpine Motel in Boston Bar, whose residents were ordered to evacuate on Thursday morning after a wildfire that has been threatening the communit...
Jul 16, 2026 The Brunswick Creek wildfire consumes trees on a mountainside, in Boston Bar, B.C., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Kamloops to hire hundreds of election officials for 2026 General Local Election
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops aims to hire around 250 election officials to help out with the 2026 General Local Election on Saturday, October 17.The City will have 16 polling stations around the co...
Jul 16, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today file photo)
B.C.'s southern interior remains most drought stricken part of the province
KAMLOOPS - Drought conditions in B.C. have continued to intensify in recent months, with June being another abnormally dry month for the Kamloops region, further elevating wildfire risks.Agri-climate ...
Jul 16, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC File Photo)
Evacuation order issued for Boston Bar; Highway 1 closes nearby due to wildfire
BOSTON BAR, B.C. - The community of Boston Bar has been ordered to evacuation due to the nearby Brunswick Complex of fires. The Fraser Valley Regional District issued the evacuation order at 8:30 a.m....
Jul 16, 2026 Highway 1, about 12 kilometres north of Boston Bar at Kahmoose Road in Boothroyd, looking north. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
UPDATE: RCMP investigating after 'heavily burned' vehicle found near site of Battle Bluff grassfire
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (2:20 p.m.): Kamloops RCMP suspect a 5.7 hectare grassfire that sparked in the Battle Bluff area early Thursday (July 16) was intentionally set, and investigators are looking for a p...
Jul 16, 2026 (Image Credit: Anthony Corea/CFJC Today)
Merritt emergency department experiences sudden, temporary overnight closure
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt residents didn't have notice as the city's emergency department temporarily closed for the fourth time in 2026. In a news release issued shortly before 7:00 p.m. Wednesday (Jul...
Jul 16, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. officials brace for increased wildfire activity from dry lightning
BOSTON BAR, B.C. - Officials in British Columbia have their eyes on the skies as dry lightning strikes are listed as the probable cause of several new wildfires across the southern Interior. Environme...
Jul 16, 2026 A helicopter is used to survey the Brunswick Creek wildfire in Boston Bar, BC, on Thursday, July 9, 2026. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
Clearwater ER to close for seventh time in July
CLEARWATER, B.C. - People in the North Thompson Valley will be without emergency room coverage for the seventh time this month, and eighth time this year.Interior Health says the ER at the Dr. Helmcke...
Jul 15, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
Former co-op housing building to take on new life with RIH Foundation
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops housing co-op on Battle Street West will be getting a new lease on life as temporary accommodation for people getting treatment or working at Royal Inland Hospital. Visiti...
Jul 15, 2026 (Image Credit: Jeremy Russo/CFJC Today)
