Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'We just never had any rain,' lack of water plaguing Blackwell Dairy Farm in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A hot and dry summer is continuing to wreak havoc on farmers and ranchers in the Southern Interior. That's also the case at Blackwell Dairy Farm in Barnhartvale. A number of fields at the K...
Aug 25, 2026 Dairy cows eating at Blackwell Dairy Farm in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Second-year assistant coaches Marr, Toma aim to hit ground running with Blazers
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' assistant coaches Brayden Toma and Steve Marr acknowledge they had much to learn in terms of time management last season, their rookie campaigns behind a Western Hockey Le...
Aug 25, 2026 Blazers' coaches Brayden Toma, Shaun Clouston, Steve Marr. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
B.C. down to three wildfires of note as Brunswick Creek removed from list
A wildfire in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon continues to burn out of control, but it is no longer considered a fire of note, leaving three remaining in the province. The BC Wildfire Service says th...
Aug 25, 2026
Four illicit drug deaths recorded in Kamloops in June; declining trends continue
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops lost four lives due to the toxic drug crisis in June 2026. New figures released Tuesday (Aug. 25) by the BC Coroners Service show 17 suspected unregulated drug deaths were recorded...
Aug 25, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
WATCH: Police, union investigating after man spits on Kamloops transit driver
KAMLOOPS - Police are investigating after a transit bus driver in Kamloops was spat on. Video submitted to CFJC Today shows a man spitting on a BC Transit driver during an interaction at the bus stop ...
Aug 25, 2026 (Image Credit: Contributed)
Village of Clinton partially reduces evacuation alert area in response to Pear Lake wildfire
CLINTON, B.C. - The Village of Clinton partially rescinded its evacuation alert in response to the massive nearby Pear Lake wildfire. Effective 4:00 p.m. Monday (Aug. 24), residents in nearly half the...
Aug 25, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Family relieved as a man who killed a B.C. family of 6 in 1982 denied parole again.
A relative of a British Columbia family murdered during a camping trip more than four decades ago says she is relieved their killer has once again been denied parole, but frustrated her family will ev...
Aug 25, 2026
'We have to hit back'; Premier, Prime Minister react to escalating Canada-U.S. trade tensions
KAMLOOPS - Escalating trade tensions between Canada and the United States appear to show no signs of letting up after the Canadian contingent walked away from it said was a bad deal on Friday (Aug. 21...
Aug 24, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada's response to new U.S. tariffs in Ottawa on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (Image Credit: Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press)
Paton joins Milobar as independent MLA with plans to form a new party
VICTORIA - A new party is beginning to take shape in B.C. politics, as former Conservative MLAs are leaving caucus to sit as independents, vowing to present a more centric option to the voters of Brit...
Aug 24, 2026 Peter Milobar and Ian Paton outside the BC legislature in Victoria. (Image Credit: Global BC)
Kamloops RCMP, BC Coroners investigating after teenager killed in e-scooter accident
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops and the BC Coroners Service are investigating after an 18-year-old teenager was killed in an e-scooter accident earlier this month. In a statement Monday (Aug. 24), Kamlo...
Aug 24, 2026 Memorial to Hunter Dennis at Battle Street and Lee Road in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Anthony Corea/CFJC Today)
