Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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)
Reduced 50 km/h speed limit coming to section of Tranquille Road in Brocklehurst Friday
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE Dec. 19): Drivers along Tranquille Road in Kamloops are being reminded to watch their speedometers as speed limits are set to be lowered along a section in Brocklehurst this Friday ...
Dec 18, 2025 A 50 km/h speed sign on Tranquille Road in Kamloops (Image Credit: Google Maps/Screengrab)
Drop in international students having major impact on Kamloops labour market: TRU professor
KAMLOOPS - An economics professor at Thompson Rivers University says the lower cap on international students coming to the university is having a compounding effect on the Kamloops labour market.Peter...
Dec 18, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Sagebrush family shocked by Kamloops CSO decision to return dog home after attack on child
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops family is calling for stronger enforcement surrounding animal attacks after their son was brutally mauled by a dog three weeks ago. The incident caused life-altering injuries to ...
Dec 18, 2025 (Image Credit: Jennifer Billingsley)
TNRD, Neskonlith put pen to paper on memorandum of understanding
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) and Neskonlith Indian Band have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). It's the fourth MOU that the regional district has signed in recent ...
Dec 18, 2025 MOU signing (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
TNRD advocacy pays off with government pausing assessment changes for pipelines
KAMLOOPS - After weeks of uncertainty, B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey has announced there will be no changes to the assessment of pipeline properties in the province. The proposed change was heav...
Dec 18, 2025 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Difficult business climate lamented at Kamloops council committee
KAMLOOPS - The executive director of the Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce was frank when describing the state of the local business community at a Kamloops council committee meeting Thursday ...
Dec 18, 2025 File Photo (Image Credit: Contributed / Terry Kress)
Two days left for Kamloops Christmas Cheer Donation Station
KAMLOOPS - This year's Christmas Cheer Donation Station is only open for two more days, and the BC Interior Community Foundation is hoping for a final fundraising push to reach its goal of $36,000. Fo...
Dec 18, 2025 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
