Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Hundreds of new CRD, TNRD properties under evacuation order due to Clinton-area wildfire
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - UPDATE (2:25 p.m.): The BC Wildfire Service has updated the estimated fire size to 90,475.2 hectares, or about 905 square kilometres. UPDATE (11:30 a.m.): Residents in an additio...
Jul 31, 2026 The Pear Lake wildfire as shown in the BC Wildfire Service's update video on July 31. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Dugdale throws complete game shutout as NorthPaws beat Riverhawks 7-0, win series
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops NorthPaws could be ending their season on a positive note as they've now won three straight series. Kamloops' collegiate summer baseball club took two of three home games again...
Jul 31, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Clinton-area evacuation alert area reaches Highway 24
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) has put hundreds more properties on evacuation alert, threatened by the massive Pear Lake wildfire.On Thursday evening (July 30), the CRD enac...
Jul 30, 2026 Looking north along Highway 97, July 27. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Danger from month-old Lillooet-area wildfire creeps into TNRD; SLRD expands alerts
LILLOOET, B.C. - (UPDATE 9:15 p.m.): A wildfire south of Lillooet that was declared 'being held' two weeks ago is once again out of control - and spreading toward the Thompson-Nicola Regional District...
Jul 30, 2026 The Riley Creek fire burns in steep terrain on July 28. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Kamloops Venom to host Port Coquitlam Saints in provincial lacrosse final
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Venom will host the Port Coquitlam Saints in the B.C. Junior B Tier 1 Lacrosse Provincial Championship this weekend at Memorial Arena.As CFJC Today reports, the Venom are aimin...
Jul 30, 2026 B.C. Championship. (Image Credit: TOJLL/Instagram)
'It takes a whole bunch of stress off': Interior wildfire evacuee pets given temporary shelter in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - For many wildfire evacuees affected by the flames across the Interior, finding a living space has been difficult.For those with pets? Even harder. "The hardest part of the whole situation s...
Jul 30, 2026 (Image Credit: Jeremy Russo / CJFC Today)
UPDATE: New Green Lake-area fire being held at 3.7ha
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - (UPDATE 9:30 p.m.): A new wildfire that sparked near the community of Green Lake in the south Cariboo is currently being held at 3.7 hectares in size.That's the latest update fro...
Jul 30, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC File Photo)
Fighting fire with fire: planned ignitions helping contain massive Clinton-area blaze
CHASM, B.C. - (UPDATE 3:00 p.m.): The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is using planned ignitions around the massive Pear Lake wildfire to help contain the flames, but only when conditions allow. An inversi...
Jul 30, 2026 Firefighters near the Pear Lake wildfire, pictured on July 29, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
'It grew incredibly quickly'; Logan Lake residents describe fast-spreading Guichon Creek fire
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - (UPDATE 5:15 p.m.): Efforts to contain the out-of-control Guichon Creek fire that sparked just outside of Logan Lake Wednesday (July 29) afternoon have continued into a second day, ...
Jul 30, 2026 Residents watch the Guichon Creek fire outside of Logan Lake, July 29. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
BC Hydro beginning work to repair fire-damaged infrastructure in BC Interior
KAMLOOPS - BC Hydro is in the early phases of repairing 'unprecedented' infrastructure damage left by the Big Bar Complex and Brunswick Complex wildfires, which cut power to about 1,200 customers. BC ...
Jul 30, 2026 Burned power pole (Image Credit: BC Hydro)
