Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Heavy rain, snowfall expected on Coquihalla, Trans-Canada Highways amid atmospheric river
KAMLOOPS - While most of the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland are bracing for another atmospheric river, the Kamloops area is being warned about the potential for heavy rain and snow on higher elevati...
Dec 10, 2025 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
CSRD opens taps on new Scotch Creek water system
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. - Officials in the North Shuswap are celebrating the completion of a public works project seven years in the making.The $4.1-million Scotch Creek Water System expansion was officall...
Dec 10, 2025 (L to R) CSRD Electoral Area F Director Jay Simpson, Manager Utility Services Tim Perepolkin and CSRD Board Chair Natalya Melnychuk. (Image Credit: Columbia Shuswap Regional District)
AAP discussion on 3 projects, including Kamloops RCMP headquarters, pushed further forward
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council won't consider its next set of potential alternative approval processes (AAPs) for capital borrowing until labour strife at Canada Post is finally put to rest. At its regul...
Dec 10, 2025 Proposed new RCMP headquarters (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
More units added to rental housing development at former North Shore car dealership
KAMLOOPS - Plans have changed for a previously proposed rental housing development on the North Shore. During Tuesday's (Dec. 9) regular meeting, Kamloops council approved a 150-unit residential renta...
Dec 10, 2025 Total Concept Developments
High streamflow advisory in effect for Coldwater River, South Thompson basin
KAMLOOPS - A pair of high streamflow advisories are in effect for the South Thompson River basin and the Coldwater River. In a statement issued Tuesday (Dec. 9), B.C.'s Ministry of Water, Land and Res...
Dec 10, 2025 CFJC Today/File photo
Citing mayor's struggles to maintain decorum, Kamloops council extends suspension of public input at meetings
KAMLOOPS - Festivus came 14 days early for Kamloops council as Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and multiple councillors aired their grievances during a debate on public input at regular council meetings. Dur...
Dec 10, 2025 Curtis Goodrum/CFJC Today
Service levels, RCMP, transit among areas being explored to trim Kamloops tax increase
KAMLOOPS - Back in November, Kamloops city council directed staff to come back with ways to cut down the 2026 tax rate after the preliminary figure came in north of 10 per cent. City staff provided a ...
Dec 10, 2025 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops residents gather to showcase concerns over rising taxes
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Voters Society held a rally out front of city hall on Tuesday (Dec 9) afternoon just ahead of the regular scheduled council meeting. The protest was attempting to bring to ligh...
Dec 09, 2025 Protest Sign (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
TRU second-quarter budget projections climb out of deficit position
KAMLOOPS - In the wake of federal changes to how many international students are able to come to Canada to study, Thompson Rivers University was put into an untenable financial position, and forced to...
Dec 09, 2025 (Image Credit: Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
Anglo American, Teck Resources shareholders clear combination deal
Shareholders have given their blessing to a plan by Anglo American PLC and Teck Resources Ltd. to join forces and create one of the world's biggest copper miners. Two resolutions were up for a vote at...
Dec 09, 2025
