Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Williams Lake praises work of new Rapid Response Crew
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The City of Williams Lake is praising the efforts of their newly created Rapid Response Crew during wildfire season.The City said Williams Lake Fire Department's Rapid Response C...
Aug 16, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Williams Lake)
Salmon Arm council renews Downtown Business Improvement Area for seven years
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Businesses in Salmon Arm will be able to take advantage of a municipal fund aimed at improving the city's downtown core.This comes as Salmon Arm City Council passed the Business Imp...
Aug 16, 2026 (Image Credit: CSRD)
Interior Health restores services in Clinton
CLINTON, B.C. - With the evacuation order on the Village of Clinton downgraded to an alert, Interior Health (IH) has resumed its services in the community as residents return home.IH said services res...
Aug 16, 2026 (Image Credit: Anthony Corea/CFJC Today)
BCWS places area restriction around Ainslie Creek wildfire
MERRITT - The BC Wildfire Service has placed an area restriction around the Ainslie Creek wildfire as crews battle the out of control blaze.The area restriction came into effect at 12 p.m. on Friday (...
Aug 15, 2026 Ainslie Creek wildfire on August 8, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
TRU, NVIT sign new education collaboration agreement
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) and Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further their collaboration on public education with a f...
Aug 15, 2026 TRU President and Vice-Chancellor Airini (left) and NVIT President and CEO Dr. John Chenoweth sign a memorandum of understanding that creates a framework for future collaboration between the two institutions. (Image Credit: Thompson Rivers University)
TNRD opens free appliance disposal from returning Pear Lake wildfire evacuees
CLINTON, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) is accepting fridges and freezers at the Clinton Eco-Depot for free from properties that were evacuated due to the Pear Lake wildfire. "Fri...
Aug 15, 2026 (Image Credit: Thompson-Nicola Regional District)
Highway 97 to reopen in South Cariboo
CLINTON, B.C. - After weeks of being closed, Highway 97 between Clinton and 70 Mile House in the South Cariboo is set to reopen at noon on Saturday (Aug.15), with drivers urged to take some precaution...
Aug 15, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Clinton and area residents to return home Saturday; cleanup continues along Pear Lake wildfire
CLINTON, B.C. - Hundreds of people displaced by the Pear Lake wildfire will soon be able to return to the Clinton area.However, officials are still warning residents that the encounter of continued sm...
Aug 14, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
'Not the first British Columbian that has had these feelings'; Milobar leaves Tory Caucus
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar has left the BC Conservative Party Caucus and effective immediately will sit as an independent in the legislature. It's a move that may have been brewing s...
Aug 14, 2026 Peter Milobar (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Armstrong RCMP Musical Ride canceled due to wildfires
ARMSTRONG, B.C. - The RCMP is calling off its Musical Ride event in Armstrong this weekend due to the wildfire situation in the province.The event was initially scheduled for Saturday and Sunday (Aug....
Aug 14, 2026 The RCMP Musical Ride in Kamloops in June 2023. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
