Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Poor air quality in Kamloops area behind multiple outdoor event cancellations
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Poor air quality from wildfire smoke billowing across southern B.C. is leading to multiple cancellations and rescheduling of outdoor events around the region.One such event affected ...
Aug 7, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today)
TNRD issues evacuation order for Coldwater area, expands alert to southwest of Merritt due to wildfire
MERRITT, B.C. - Residents in dozens of properties near Kingsvale that have been threatened by the Ainslie Creek wildfire are now being ordered to evacuate. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD)...
Aug 7, 2026 Ainslie Creek wildfire on Aug. 4, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Winds expected to increase fire activity near massive Clinton-area wildfire
CLINTON, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service is warning of potential increase in fire behaviour on the mammoth Pear Lake wildfire near Clinton through the weekend. In an update late Thursday (Aug. 6) eveni...
Aug 7, 2026 Pear Lake wildfire as of the BC Wildfire Service's Aug. 3 update. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
National champion Smigielski to play NCAA lacrosse, offers praise to Kamloops mentors
KAMLOOPS - Alivia Smigielski is a two-time national lacrosse champion at age 17. The Regis University Rangers-committed defender credits many people for her success, including her older brother, Becke...
Aug 6, 2026 Jenny Kyle Cup national champions. (Image Credit: B.C. Lacrosse.)
Wildfire, drought seasons bring unique challenges for B.C.'s ranching community
KAMLOOPS - Ranchers in British Columbia are enduring another harrowing summer, as they navigate this year's wildfire season as well as lingering drought and water shortage issues. Wildfires, like the ...
Aug 6, 2026 Cattle in pens at the BC Livestock Producers Co-operative location in Kamloops. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Merritt's emergency department facing 25-hour closure
MERRITT B.C. - The emergency department at the Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt will be closed for 25 hours starting Friday (Aug. 7) morning, marking the eighth time the community's ER has closed thi...
Aug 6, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC File Photo)
Longtime advocate Patel 'excited' RIH coronary care unit will reopen next year
KAMLOOPS - Royal Inland Hospital is set to revamp its coronary care services for the first time in years.Interior Health announced Thursday (August 6) four coronary care beds will be open within the h...
Aug 6, 2026 (Image Credit: File Photo)
'They represent the very best of Mexico': second batch of wildfire fighters arrive in B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Reinforcements are here - and even more are on the way by the plane-load - as B.C. continues to navigate what's been a challenging fire season. "We are welcoming resources from across Canad...
Aug 6, 2026 Kelly Greene, Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (L), Premier David Eby, and Adem Díaz de León, the Consul General of Mexico in Vancouver (R) at Abbotsford Airport on Aug. 6. (Image Credit: BC Government/YouTube)
100 Mile House ER facing two 13-hour closures
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The emergency room at the 100 Mile District General Hospital is facing a pair of 13 hour closures in the days ahead.Interior Health (IH) said the ER will be closed from 7:00 a.m...
Aug 6, 2026 (Image Credit: Interior Health)
Day parole again extended for former Kamloops man who killed his girlfriend in 2000
KAMLOOPS - A former Kamloops man imprisoned for killing his pregnant girlfriend has had his day parole extended, four months after it was briefly suspended.Trent Larsen killed his girlfriend, Angel Fe...
Aug 6, 2026 (Image Credit: Facebook / Trent Larsen)
