Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Police incident north of Coquihalla Summit cleared; details remain unclear
MERRITT - (UPDATE 1:00 p.m.): DriveBC says the Coquihalla Highway has been cleared and traffic is flowing again.ORIGINAL STORY - Drivers on the Coquihalla Highway heading from Hope to Merritt are bein...
Feb 01, 2026 Traffic lined up behind police vehicles on the Coquihalla Highway on Feb. 1, 2026. (Image Credit: Lisa Burns/Facebook)
UPDATE: Traffic moving again after multi-vehicle crash near Coquihalla, Trans-Canada intersection in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 4:15 p.m.): Traffic on Highway 5 is flowing again after a closure caused by a multi-vehicle crash near the intersection with the Trans-Canada Highway Saturday (Jan. 31) afternoon.Ac...
Jan 31, 2026 Traffic at a standstill near the intersection of highway 1 and highway 5 west of Kamloops (Image Credit: Shantel Renner/Facebook)
'We actually need to treat the problem': Fulmer discusses plans on drug recovery
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council has been extremely vocal with their desire to see more recovery focused housing come to the community, in return they have been faced with opposition by the B.C. Gover...
Jan 31, 2026 Yuri Fulmer (Image Credit: Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press)
SD73 adds new accessible school bus to increase equitable field trip transportation
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) has added a new accessible school bus to its fleet, which it says will help it "expand equitable field trip transportation opportunities" in the...
Jan 31, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops-Thompson School District)
BC Seniors Advocate sounds alarm on lack of long-term care beds
KAMLOOPS - The province's seniors advocate has called on the province to act on the lack of government-funded long-term care beds. The oldest baby boomer is now 80 years old, and these beds are in gre...
Jan 30, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Chase RCMP looking for person of interest in connection with November arson investigation
CHASE, B.C. - Police in Chase have released a picture of person of interest in connection with an ongoing arson investigation that dates back to November. Police and firefighters in Chase were called ...
Jan 30, 2026 (Image Credit: Contributed / Chase RCMP)
Leadership hopeful Fulmer unveils rural healthcare plan ahead of campaign stop in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Yuri Fulmer will be the first BC Conservative leadership race contender to hold a campaign event in Kamloops this weekend as he stops into the Tournament Capital on Saturday (Jan. 31). So f...
Jan 30, 2026 Yuri Fulmer (Image Credit: Yuri Fulmer)
Judge dismisses Kamloops mayor's defamation suit against councillor
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson's defamation case against Katie Neustaeter has been dismissed in a written decision delivered Friday (Jan. 30). "The defendant's application to dismiss the...
Jan 30, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Upper Nicola Band issues U.S. travel advisory
UPPER NICOLA, B.C. - The Upper Nicola Band (UNB) has issued a travel advisory cautioning against travel to the United States of America. The advisory, which was issued Friday (Jan. 30), follows a trav...
Jan 30, 2026 (Image Credit: Upper Nicola Band)
Kamloops Centre for the Arts construction kicks into high gear Monday; traffic impacts expected
KAMLOOPS - The first in a series of traffic impacts around the site of the Kamloops Centre for the Arts downtown will begin on Monday (Feb. 2) when construction kicks into high gear. The City of Kamlo...
Jan 30, 2026 Signs on a new fence around the Kamloops Centre For The Arts property. (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum/CFJC Today)
