Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
New Gold board recommends shareholders okay sale to U.S.-based Coeur Mining
KAMLOOPS - The sale of the New Afton mine's parent company has taken another step forward. In a news release issued Tuesday (Jan. 13), New Gold announced its board of directors has unanimously recomme...
Jan 13, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Mild weather prompts ski area closure at Harper Mountain; tube park remains open
KAMLOOPS - The mild weather is once again playing havoc with a local ski area. In a post to social media, management at Harper Mountain near Kamloops says skiing is on pause until more snow falls.The ...
Jan 13, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Fewer flights, fewer passengers through Kamloops Airport in 2025
KAMLOOPS - It was a slightly quieter year at Kamloops Airport, which released its year-end passenger totals for 2025 Monday (Jan. 12) afternoon. There were a total of 293,840 passengers who made their...
Jan 13, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops Airport)
Kamloops' Iranian community in the dark as political unrest and calls for revolution intensify
KAMLOOPS - Canada has joined a host of other nations - including Australia and members of the European Union - in condemning Iran for the killing and arresting of protestors. While the official statem...
Jan 12, 2026 Iran protests (Image Credit: CNN)
Kamloops RCMP looking for suspects after pair of recent suspicious fires
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are asking for help in locating two suspects who may be responsible for a pair of suspicious fires in recent days. The first fire was in the 700-block of Athabasca Street in t...
Jan 12, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)
Wood stove suspected source of Dallas fire Monday
KAMLOOPS - A fire in the Dallas area was extinguished by Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) Monday morning (Jan. 12). Crews were called to a house in the 5,000 block of Todd Hill Crescent and KFR says there a...
Jan 12, 2026 (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum / CFJC Today)
Work to build new 55-unit supportive housing project underway in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Work to build a new supportive housing project adjacent to Truck Chilling Park on McGill Road in Kamloops is officially underway. BC Housing and the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental H...
Jan 12, 2026 Site work underway at 1453 McGilll Road in Kamloops. (Image Credit: CMHA Kamloops)
Man seriously injured in Sunday house fire on Tk'emlups reserve
TK'EMLUPS - RCMP say a man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a house on the Tk'emlups reserve was destroyed by fire Sunday (Jan. 11) night. In a statement, Tk'emlups Rural RCMP says of...
Jan 12, 2026 The remnants of the house in the 600-block of Shuswap Road as seen on Jan. 12, 2026. (Image Credit: Curtis Goodrum/CFJC Today)
Wind warning reissued for Lytton-area with intermittent gusts of 90 km/h expected Monday
LYTTON, B.C. - A wind warning is back in effect for the Lytton area Monday (Jan. 12), as Environment Canada warns of gusts that could touch 90 km/h in parts of the Fraser Canyon.The warning was first ...
Jan 12, 2026 A woman struggles with an umbrella in the wind in the file photo. (Image Credit: Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Large-scale rainfall warning expanded to include Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt
MERRITT - Environment Canada has issued a yellow-level rainfall warning for the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla Highway.The warning was issued just before 4:30 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 11) as the w...
Jan 11, 2026 (Image Credit: Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press)
