Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
'It was a passion and his calling'; Family, colleagues laud former KFR chief Moroz' heart for emergency response
KAMLOOPS - Former Kamloops Fire Rescue Chief Neill Moroz passed away this week after a short battle with occupational cancer. Moroz spent 28 years with KFR before he retired as chief, he then went on ...
Feb 11, 2026 Chief Neill Moroz (Image Credit: Kamloops Fire Fighters / Facebook)
Interior Health issues region-wide alert for street drugs contaminated with medetomidine
KELOWNA - Interior Health (IH) has issued an alert for the entire region concerning contaminated street drugs.Distributed Wednesday (Feb. 11), the alert warns drug users of substances being sold as 'd...
Feb 11, 2026
Kamloops building sector off to hottest start since 2020
KAMLOOPS - The commercial sector and a large multi-family building got the Kamloops building sector off to a strong start in 2026. New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Divi...
Feb 11, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Dry and warm January doesn't deplete snowpack in Kamloops region
KAMLOOPS - Despite a drier and warmer month of January in the Southern Interior, snowpack conditions in the Kamloops area are still closer to normal than they were at this point last year. The B.C. Ri...
Feb 11, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Japanese Canadian Museum and Archives opens to the public after year-long remodel
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Japanese Culture Centre reopened to the public after a year of renovations to its storage facilities and basement museum. The museum is a combination of Canadian-Japanese histo...
Feb 11, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Farcical comedy 'The Fiancée' is WCT's newest production
KAMLOOPS - The Fiance is a play written by former Kamloopsian Holly Lewis. It is a comedy set in the 1940s about a woman during World War II who gets engaged to three different men, all of whom are re...
Feb 10, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Kamloops council further defers RCMP hiring to cut tax increase to 5.7 per cent
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council was back at work Tuesday (Feb. 10), looking to decrease the 2026 property tax rate. Back when the budget process began in late 2025, council was working off a 10.67 per cen...
Feb 10, 2026 Kamloops council (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Shuswap-area First Nations denounce OneBC leader's planned Tuesday visit to Sorrento
SORRENTO, B.C. - Three Shuswap-area First Nations have written an open letter to the community of Sorrento in response to a controversial event planned for Tuesday evening (Feb. 10).The letter express...
Feb 10, 2026 Sorrento Community Hall (Image Credit: CSRD)
B.C. mining company intends to drill at potential copper-gold site north of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A mineral exploration company based in northwestern B.C. is planning to drill on a mining property within the Kamloops Mining Division. Decade Resources announced Tuesday (Feb. 10) drilling...
Feb 10, 2026 (Image Credit: Decades Resources)
Man arrested after stolen suspect vehicle spotted in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - A man was arrested after a vehicle that was stolen months prior was spotted in Salmon Arm. At around 9:40 a.m. on Jan. 31, Salmon Arm RCMP say officers on patrol saw a Honda CR-V th...
Feb 10, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
