Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Clouston offers insight on Russian, Kazakhstani draft picks; Tomek's future
KAMLOOPS - The two countries that share the longest continuous international border in the world will be represented next season on the Kamloops Blazers' roster. Kamloops selected 6-foot-2, 188-pound ...
Jun 30, 2026 (Image Credit: Anthony Corea/CFJC Today)
'It's become more of a destination': Clearwater-area looking ahead to summer tourism season
CLEARWATER, B.C. - School is out for the summer and for some that means loading up the family and heading off on vacation. The Clearwater area remains a popular area for tourists and efforts are under...
Jun 30, 2026 Helmcken Falls in Wells Gray Provincial Park (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
B.C. Conservative leader Findlay retains former rival Milobar in shadow cabinet
VICTORIA - New B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has kept former rival Peter Milobar and his supporters in her shadow cabinet, a day after installing a caucus leadership team that skewed to...
Jun 30, 2026 B.C. Conservative MLA Peter Milobar speaks during a press conference at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
RCMP looking for person of interest after suspicious June 19 house fire in Brocklehurst
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for help in identifying a person of interest in relation to a suspicious house fire from earlier this month.RCMP say officers were called to the 2400-block of ...
Jun 30, 2026 Kamloops RCMP have released this picture of a person of interest after a suspicious fire damaged a house in the 2400-block of Young Avenue on June 19. (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)
City of Kamloops releases details about Canada Day 2026 festivities at Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - It's full steam ahead for the City of Kamloops as it prepares to mark Canada Day with a series of events at Riverside Park. The festivities will get underway with the Lions Club pancake bre...
Jun 30, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Nicola, South Thompson and Fraser Canyon
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 5:50 p.m.): The severe thunderstorm watch has been lifted for the Fraser Canyon and the Nicola areas.It is still in effect for the South Thompson region.More information can be foun...
Jun 30, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Build Kamloops projects eligible for federal infrastructure funding, city says
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says its ambitious Build Kamloops initiative aligns with the criteria for a new federal infrastructure funding stream.That's according to Communications Supervisor Quin...
Jun 30, 2026 A rendering of the arena multiplex in Dufferin. (Image Credit: Group2 Architecture Interior Design Ltd.)
Blazers pick Russian defenceman, forward from Kazakhstan in CHL Import Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers selected twice in the CHL Import Draft on Tuesday [June 30]. Kamloops picked left-shot defenceman Mikhail (Misha) Cherepanov of Yekaterinburg, Russia, 39th overall in R...
Jun 30, 2026 Blazers pick twice. (Image Credit: CHL)
Last call for participant registrations at 2026 BC 55+ Games in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Time is running out for interested participants to register for the 2026 55+ BC Games in Kamloops.Organizers say participant registration closes Tuesday June 30, with the games set to run b...
Jun 30, 2026 Diane Murphy, the President of the BC Seniors Games Society, at a torchlighting ceremony at Riverside Park on June 12, 2026. (Image Credit: 55+ BC Games/Contributed)
One youth killed, another injured in crash near Lumby
LUMBY, B.C. - A youth was killed after being hit by a vehicle near Lumby.Police responded to a rural property near the North Okanagan community for a report of a crash involving a pedestrian at around...
Jun 30, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
