Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Change in philosophy for Kamloops United at B.C. Premier League level
KAMLOOPS -- Kamloops United Football Club has a minus-eight goal differential after two men's B.C. Premier League (BCPL) games, both defeats. More losses are likely to come and the club is just fine w...
Apr 16, 2026 Kamloops United (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
English import Sarll takes reins of Kamloops United men's BCPL team
KAMLOOPS - Darren Sarll is technical director and head of coaching for Kamloops United Football Club. This is his first year at the helm of the KUFC men's B.C. Premier League team. He replaces John An...
Apr 16, 2026 Darren Sarll (Image Credit: Anthony Corea/CFJC Today)
Tkemlúps te Secwépemc celebrates opening of 58 new housing units for band members
TKEMLPS TE SECWPEMC - Tkemlps te Secwpemc is celebrating the grand opening of 58 new homes for band members, a project that was made possible following $29.3 million in funding from the federal and pr...
Apr 16, 2026 The new 30-unit apartment building on Kamloopa Way. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Minister hopes new legislation will lessen community impact from dysfunctional councils
KAMLOOPS - An investigation into the 29th code of conduct complaint lodged against a member of Kamloops mayor and council was substantiated by an independent investigator. In total, seven of the 29 co...
Apr 16, 2026 Minister Christine Boyle (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
CSRD halts enforcement on illegal buoys on Shuswap, Mara Lakes
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Thousands of non-compliant buoys on Shuswap and Mara Lakes will remain where they are after a vote by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) Board of Directors Thursday (Apri...
Apr 16, 2026 (Image Credit: CSRD)
Thickened tailings spill reported at New Afton mine west of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The parent company of the New Afton mine just west of Kamloops is informing the public about an inadvertent tailings release at the mine.In a news release issued Thursday (April 16), Coeur ...
Apr 16, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Wet and mild winter is 'good news' for B.C. wildfire season, says forecaster
VICTORIA - The lead forecaster for the BC Wildfire Service said a relatively wet and mild winter across much of British Columbia is "really good news" for the upcoming wildfire season. Matt MacDonald ...
Apr 16, 2026
Blazers' Hurlbert finishes 12th on NHL Central Scouting final rankings; Evaschesen sneaks in
KAMLOOPS - A pair of Kamloops Blazers have made the National Hockey League (NHL) Central Scouting final rankings list. J.P. Hurlbert finished 12th overall among North American skaters, down slightly f...
Apr 16, 2026 (Image Credit: Brian Johnson/Kamloops Blazers)
Province funds emergency support services equipment, training in Kamloops-area communities
KAMLOOPS - Communities in the Thompson, Nicola and Cariboo are receiving provincial funding to expand their abilities to provide emergency support services (ESS) to people who are forced to evacuate t...
Apr 16, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Lytton was razed by fire. Some fear financial ruin is next for the tiny B.C. village
Ross and Judith Urquhart have called Lytton, B.C., home for half a century, leaving only for as long it took to rebuild after a raging wildfire forced them to flee in 2021. "All the homes around us we...
Apr 16, 2026
