Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Judicial recount to come for North Thompson school trustee race as recount leads to tie
KAMLOOPS - It's another twist in the race for the school trustee seat in Area 2 (North Thompson) of the Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73), as a recount held on Tuesday (Oct. 20) has led to a ti...
Oct 21, 2026 Shelley Sim (L) and Lee Onslow are pictured here. (Image Credit: Contributed)
Barb’s Used Book & Music Sale returns to St. Andrew’s on the Square
KAMLOOPS - The latest edition of Barb's Used Book and Music sale is underway, and it's back in the space it hopes to call home for the foreseeable future. The twice-annual sale has returned to St. And...
Oct 21, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Fraser-Nicola pits incumbent Conservative against former chief running for the Greens
KAMLOOPS - Fraser-Nicola is a vast riding covering the communities of Merritt, Hope, Lillooet, Logan Lake, Lytton, Ashcroft and Cache Creek. Since the riding's inception in 2009, three parties have wo...
Oct 21, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
MLA CANDIDATE ISSUE #3 - Addressing challenges in the healthcare sector
KAMLOOPS - Rural emergency room closures have become all too common in recent years, with many folks being forced to travel multiple hours for critical care. A lack of primary-care physicians also imp...
Oct 21, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
O'Reilly topped every polling location to win mayor's chair: chief election officer
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor-elect Mike O'Reilly won all 19 polling stations to take the mayoral vote handily on Saturday (Oct. 17).Detailed numbers published by City of Kamloops Chief Election Officer A...
Oct 21, 2026 Voters head into a polling location on Saturday, Oct. 17. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Internal email thread copied to Kamloops media confirms outgoing mayor's heart attack
KAMLOOPS - The outgoing mayor of Kamloops was being treated for a heart attack in the final week of the municipal election campaign.The confirmation is contained in a lengthy email thread that began l...
Oct 21, 2026 Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson speaks to CFJC after election results were made public, Oct. 17, 2026. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / File Photo)
Peterson Creek Nature Park prescribed burn to ignite Thursday
KAMLOOPS - Exactly a month after it was announced, the City of Kamloops says conditions are now right for a prescribed burn in Peterson Creek Nature Park to go forward. The six-hectare burn will be ig...
Oct 21, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
WolfPack rookie Poole shoots shot, buries crucial penalty to push TRU closer to post-season
KAMLOOPS - Noel Poole is a Canada West rookie, but he walked toward the ball with the conviction of a fifth-year hitman and designated penalty taker on Saturday [Oct. 17] in Langley, with his TRU Wolf...
Oct 21, 2026 NOEL POOLE. (Image Credit: Alessandro Boggio/Thymos Capture)
Three dead after van collides with tow truck east of Sicamous
SICAMOUS, B.C. - Three people are dead following a two-vehicle collision east of Sicamous over the weekend. Sicamous RCMP say officers responded to the Trans-Canada Highway near Stadnicki Road at arou...
Oct 21, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Ten-hectare prescribed burn planned for south of Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A prescribed burn project south of the City of Williams Lake could begin as early as next week. The BC Wildfire Service says its crews will be working with Williams Lake First Na...
Oct 21, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
