Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Kamloops' Verhoeff earns Jim and Ginette Munson Autism Leadership Award, will shape national strategy
KAMLOOPS - Luke Verhoeff of Kamloops was honoured last week at the Canadian Autism Leadership Summit in Ottawa. He is the fifth winner of the Jim and Ginette Munson Autism Leadership Award, which is p...
Apr 24, 2026 Luke Verhoeff (Image Credit: Submitted)
AI and Robotics at TRU: Institutional Augmentation - Part 2
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University president Airini has said institutional goals include patenting and monetizing artificial-intelligence creations and becoming one of Canada's leading universities...
Apr 24, 2026 Gursahib Singh (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Curtis Goodrum)
New 27-unit cooperative housing development set to rise in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Propolis Cooperative Housing Society is moving ahead with plans for a new four-storey, 27-unit apartment building on St. Paul Street in downtown Kamloops. Located at the intersection of...
Apr 24, 2026 A rendering of Propolis' proposed project on St. Paul Street in downtown Kamloops. (Image Credit: Propolis Cooperative Housing Society via City of Kamloops)
Wildfire fighter bootcamp behind smoke near Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Smoke near Merritt on Friday and Saturday (April 24 and 25) is likely no cause for alarm as the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is giving new recruits live fire training.The BCWS said its N...
Apr 24, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Wildfire Service holding human-caused wildfire northwest of Clinton
CLINTON, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is holding back a human-caused wildfire northwest of Clinton, near Marble Range Provincial Park.BCWS officials said the wildfire sparked on Thursday (Apr...
Apr 24, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
UPDATE: Missing man found safe
UPDATE (April 27): KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say the 61-year-old man who was reported missing on April 23, 2026, has been found and is safe. (Please note: for privacy considerations any previous inform...
Apr 23, 2026
Williams Lake to implement campfire ban within city limits
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The City of Williams Lake will implement a campfire ban within city limits as of noon on Friday (April 24).This follows a ban on Category 2 and 3 burns in the Cariboo Fire Centre...
Apr 23, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Food Bank hopes Saturday's Rotary Food Drive replenishes barren shelves
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Rotary Spring Food Drive in support of the Kamloops Food Bank is slated for this Saturday (April 25). After back-to-back record-breaking food drives, the food bank is in need o...
Apr 23, 2026 Empty shelves ahead of Saturday's food drive (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops to launch downtown planning initiative
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is inviting residents, business owners and other community partners to take part in a public engagement initiative aimed at shaping the future of the city's downtown ar...
Apr 23, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC file photo)
Weeks after suicide attempt, Ontario man passes through Kamloops on cross-country run for mental health
KAMLOOPS - Carter Armstrong knows all too well the perils of mental-health distress. "I was in a really dark place," Armstrong said. "I actually attempted suicide two months ago. I struggled a lot. I ...
Apr 23, 2026 Carter Armstrong (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
