Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops council furthers plan to expand potential tax exemptions to Fulton Field
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has greenlit a plan to look into expanding the city's Revitalization Tax Exemption (RTE) program to the airport in the hopes of spurring development at Fulton Field. In doi...
Mar 12, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent SImmonds)
UPDATE: Missing boy found safe
UPDATE (March 13): WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP say the 13-year-old boy who was reported missing on March 11, 2025, has been found and is safe.(Please note: for privacy considerations any ...
Mar 12, 2026
Two people died due to toxic drugs in Kamloops in January; province records 150 fatalities
KAMLOOPS - The province has begun the year by recording 150 deaths due to toxic drugs in January, including two in Kamloops.The BC Coroners Service notes the provincial total equates to about 4.8 deat...
Mar 12, 2026
UPDATE: Power restored after vehicle collision takes out power pole in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 7:25 p.m.): BC Hydro says power has been restored to all customers following the earlier crash along Columbia.According to the online outage list, power was restored to the remainin...
Mar 12, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Curtis Goodrum)
Teen suspect arrested in violent Williams Lake middle school incident
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Police have a teenaged suspect in custody after an incident at a Williams Lake middle school on Thursday (March 12) morning.Williams Lake RCMP said officers responded to the Colu...
Mar 12, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Murder suspect arrested after vehicle gets stuck on Highway 5 near Blue River
BLUE RIVER, B.C. - Police say a person wanted for murder was arrested in the North Thompson after the vehicle they were in got stuck in the ditch along Highway 5 early Thursday (March 12) morning.In a...
Mar 12, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Former SD73 secretary-treasurer nets over $320,000 in severance after October 2024 dismissal
KAMLOOPS - A former secretary-treasurer at the Kamloops-Thompson School District, who was let go in the wake of an accounting error that led to a $2.2-million budget shortfall, was paid over $320,000 ...
Mar 12, 2026 Trina Cassidy (File Photo) (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
SD58 board votes to close Merritt's Collettville Elementary at the end of the school year
MERRITT, B.C. - An elementary school in Merritt will be closing at the end of the academic year. During Wednesday's (March 11) regular meeting, the Nicola-Similkameen School District (SD58) Board of E...
Mar 12, 2026 SD58 Board Chair Gordon Swan (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File photo)
Vehicle incident and downed power lines snarl traffic on pair of highways
UPDATE (11:00 a.m. ): There are a pair of closures on Highway 5 North.Traffic is halted in both directions south of Avola due to a police incident that was first reported at around 6:30 a.m. Thursday....
Mar 12, 2026 Highway 5, about 11 kilometres east of Hope at Othello, looking north shortly before 6:00 a.m. Thursday. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Tensions flare at city hall before council opts for public input on Pathways shelter
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council will soon hear from the public before deciding on the future of the Pathways shelter on Tranquille Road, though a date has not yet been made public. During Tuesday's (...
Mar 11, 2026 The March 10 meeting of Kamloops City Council. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
