Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops Community Concert Band announces co-founder's farewell concert
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Community Concert Band's (KCCB) next performance in November will be the last for its longtime music director and co-founder.The KCCB said the event, A Classic Concert, will ca...
Oct 22, 2026 Kamloops Community Concert Band music director and co-founder Cliff Noakes. (Image Credit: Kamloops Community Concert Band)
Eli Tverdovsky, son of two-time Stanley Cup champion Oleg, enjoying growth spurt with Blazers
KAMLOOPS - Two-time Stanley Cup champion defenceman Oleg Tverdovsky was the second overall selection in the 1994 NHL Draft, picked by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The family eventually settled in the ...
Oct 22, 2026 ELI TVERDOVSKY. (Image Credit: Brian Johnson/Kamloops Blazers)
Kamloops SPCA among branches to take in 46 farm animals
KAMLOOPS - The BC SPCA has welcomed 46 more animals from a farm that could no longer care for them, with the Kamloops branch among those taking some of them in.SPCA officials said 22 cats and kittens,...
Oct 22, 2026 (Image Credit: BC SPCA)
Incoming SD73 board pledges to step up calls for better schools, funding - regardless of next government
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) board is keeping a close watch on this Saturday's (Oct. 24) provincial election, as it - like most British Columbians - waits to see who will fo...
Oct 22, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. Conservative leader Doerkson chats Red Bridge and PET-CT
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops' two incumbent Conservative MLAs had been advocating to the province prior to the election call on two major pieces of capital. Current polls have the Tories switching to the gover...
Oct 22, 2026 Lorne Doerkson speaks with CFJC News, Oct. 22. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Tablets being sold in Kamloops contain opioid '50 times stronger' than fentanyl: Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - For the third time in nearly a month, Interior Health has issued a toxic drug alert for Kamloops. According to the health authority, a white tablet being sold as dilaudid/hydromorphone cont...
Oct 22, 2026 (Image Credit: Interior Health)
Advance voting turnout up in two Kamloops ridings: Elections BC
KAMLOOPS - Advance polling has closed ahead of the 2026 provincial election and tens of thousands of Kamloops-area voters have shown up to cast their ballots in the six-day early voting window. Electi...
Oct 22, 2026 People going to vote at the Kamloops Full Gospel Tabernacle on Oct. 16. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Jobs, growth, workforce challenges of Cariboo's mining sector discussed in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Mining's role in supporting Cariboo jobs and businesses, and what it will take to sustain the industry, were the focus of a recent discussion in Williams Lake. A luncheon hosted ...
Oct 22, 2026 MABC president and CEO Michael Goehring speaking during the Oct. 14 luncheon in Williams Lake.
Blazers continue heating up, shut out Americans 4-0
KAMLOOPS - Goaltender Logan Edmonstone stopped all 22 shots he faced as the Kamloops Blazers shut out the Tri-City Americans 4-0 from Sandman Centre Wednesday (Oct. 21) night. Defenceman Isa Guram ope...
Oct 22, 2026 (Image Credit: Brian Johnson via Facebook/Kamloops Blazers)
Ceremonial first poppy presented as Kamloops Legion prepares for annual poppy campaign
KAMLOOPS - The first poppy was pinned on the deputy mayor of Kamloops Wednesday (Oct. 21) at the Battle Street Cenotaph, as the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 52 prepares for the start of this year's po...
Oct 21, 2026 The poppy on Stephen Karpuk's lapel as seen on Oct. 21, 2026. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
