Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Several weeks of repairs needed at site of washout on Highway 3 east of Hope
HOPE - Travellers between the Lower Mainland and Southern Interior will have to use an alternate route as repairs continue on the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) between Hope and Manning Park, after it ...
Dec 20, 2025 A section of Highway 3 remains closed for repairs after a washout on Wednesday, Dec. 16. (Image Credit: Ministry of Transportation and Transit)
Travel advisory in effect on Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt with more snow expected
MERRITT - A travel advisory is in effect on the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquhalla Highway, which remains open at this time, though travel is not recommended. The advisory was put in place aroun...
Dec 20, 2025 Highway 5 about 7 km north of Zopkios Brake Check, looking north as pictured at 6:54 a.m. on Dec. 20, 2025. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
BC Wildlife Park puts on dazzling luminary display for Wildlights
KAMLOOPS - This year's edition of Wildlights at BC Wildlife Park has attracted more than 6,000 visitors since December 12. Anyone who come has borne witness to the dazzling display of more than a mill...
Dec 19, 2025 (Image Credit: Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Funds allotted to rebuild new emergency services centre, Elders lodge in Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - Two major projects will use up the remaining funds from the $64 million the federal government allotted to help rebuild public buildings in the Village of Lytton. Earlier this week, the...
Dec 19, 2025 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Merritt woman killed this week remembered for caring nature, dedication to 6 children
MERRITT - At 27 years old, Nathan Jarvis is the oldest of six, with his youngest sibling being 14. This week, they suddenly lost their mother - Pamela Jarvis - in an unthinkable tragedy. "I just want ...
Dec 19, 2025 (Image Credit: Facebook / Pamela Jarvis)
Arrest of former The Loop operator overshadows calls for community day space in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Loop was shut down back in the summer of 2024, after it was declared a nuisance property by the City of Kamloops, leading to the eviction and closure of the only day space in Kamloops o...
Dec 19, 2025 NOMADS Drop-in Services (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
UPDATE: Missing woman found
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (Jan. 20, 2026): RCMP say the woman reported missing December 19, 2025 has been located.
Dec 19, 2025 Image Credit: Pattison Media
Annual CPKC Holiday Train stop collects thousands in donations for Kamloops Food Bank
KAMLOOPS - The CPKC Holiday Train rolled into Kamloops Thursday (Dec. 18) as it made its latest cross-country stop to help raise money, food and awareness to support food banks.The Kamloops event outs...
Dec 19, 2025 The CPKC Holiday Train in Kamloops on Dec. 18, 2025.
Guns, drugs seized in coordinated, North Shore-focused enforcement push: police
KAMLOOPS - Police say a concentrated enforcement push last week took drugs and guns off the streets of Kamloops.In a news release issued Friday (Dec. 19), the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unite...
Dec 19, 2025 Weapons seized in last week's operation. (Image Credit: CFSEU-BC)
Kamloops homeless advocate arrested outside City Hall while calling for action on new day space
KAMLOOPS - The former operator of The Loop drop-in centre and the Kamloops Community Meal Train was arrested for obstruction Friday (Dec. 19).Glenn Hilke was taken into custody by Kamloops RCMP outsid...
Dec 19, 2025 Glenn Hilke being arrested outside Kamloops City Hall on Dec. 19, 2025. (Image Credit: Michael Reeve/CFJC Today)
