Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
UPDATE: Missing teen found safe
UPDATE (Jan. 6): TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlups Rural RCMP say the 18-year-old teenage girl who was reported missing on Jan. 5, 2025, has been found and is safe. (Please note: for privacy considerations any pr...
Jan 05, 2026
Despite above normal snowfall, December 2025 was seventh warmest on record in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - If you thought December in Kamloops was warmer and wetter than usual, you would be correct as there was plenty of rain and snow during the final month of 2025. Environment Canada says this ...
Jan 05, 2026 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Outdoor skating rink at Riverside Park to open on January 7
KAMLOOPS - Skaters and skating enthusiasts will be able to use the new outdoor rink at Riverside Park in Kamloops starting this Wednesday, Jan. 7. The refrigerated rink cost $7.16-million to construct...
Jan 05, 2026 The Zamboni being tested on the Riverside Park skating rink on Dec. 22, 2025 (Image Credit: Sandie Helgeson/Contributed)
Counterfeit $100 bills circulating in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP in Salmon Arm are urging business owners, employees and shoppers to keep an eye out for counterfeit $100 bills. Police say there have been three recent reports of imitation $10...
Jan 05, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
UPDATE: Woman seriously injured after being hit by vehicle at Lower Sahali intersection
UPDATE (12:30 p.m.): Kamloops RCMP say a woman who was hit by a vehicle while crossing the street at the intersection of Summit Drive and Columbia Street remains in hospital with serious injuries. RCM...
Jan 05, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops via X/Kamscan)
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP make three arrests after woman allegedly held against her will
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 12:40 p.m.): Kamloops RCMP say three people were arrested Sunday (Jan. 4) night after a woman was allegedly being held against her will in her own vehicle along the Trans-Canada Hig...
Jan 05, 2026 (Image Credit: Facebook/Cheryl L M Goold)
Emergency department in 100 Mile House to temporarily close for second time in 2026
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - For the second time in 2026, the emergency department in 100 Mile House will be temporarily closed. In a news release, Interior Health says emergency services at 100 Mile House ...
Jan 05, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: Interior Health)
BC Wildlife Park to commemorate Diamond Jubilee in 2026
KAMLOOPS - Planning work is already underway as the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops is preparing to celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2026. General Manager Glenn Grant says while nothing has been finaliz...
Jan 04, 2026 Entrance to the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops (Image Credit: File Photo)
TNRL seeking feedback in first review of mobile library since 2016
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) will be seeking feedback for another two weeks as it prepares to review the Mobile Library service for the first time in a decade. Launched in 19...
Jan 04, 2026 The TNRL mobile library (Image Credit: Thompson-Nicola Regional Library)
Brier-bound Kamloops trio wins men's B.C. curling title; Brown foursome falls in women's final
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - (UPDATE 8:00 p.m.): Jared Kolomaya, Mitchell Kopytko, and Coburn Fadden of the Kamloops Curling Club (KCC) have qualified to compete at the 2026 Brier, which is scheduled to run from...
Jan 04, 2026 Team Tanaka with the 2026 BC men's curling championship trophy (Image Credit: Tunnel Town Curling Club/Facebook)
