Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Driver clocked at nearly double the speed limit on the Okanagan Connector
MERRITT, B.C. - A driver has lost his vehicle for a week after driving nearly double the speed limit on the Okanagan Connector and stopping left of the passing lane. BC Highway Patrol says an eastboun...
Apr 15, 2026 (Image Credit: BC Highway Patrol)
TRU and FNHA aim to advance health and wellness for First Nations communities through MOU
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) and the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to improve health outcomes for First Nations communities in B....
Apr 15, 2026 (Image Credit: TRU/Contributed)
Sections of North Okanagan Shuswap Rail Trail open to the public
SALMON ARM, B.C. - People looking to get outdoors to walk, run or ride have portions of a new trail to explore.The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO), Splatsin Development Corporation (SDC) an...
Apr 15, 2026 Open section of the Splatsin te Secwépemc / Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail along Mara Lake. (Image Credit: RDNO, SDC and CSRD)
School safety concern in Revelstoke unfounded by RCMP
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A reported school safety concern involving a student in Revelstoke was determined to be unfounded by police. At around 5:00 p.m. Monday (April 13), Revelstoke RCMP say they were tol...
Apr 15, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Fisher, Kolomaya, Dunstone, Pincott reflect on curling free-agent frenzy
KAMLOOPS - With the beginning of a new winter Olympic quadrennial comes transformative changes to curling rosters across the country. The free-agent frenzy hit Kamloops this week, with four curlers on...
Apr 14, 2026 Samantha Fisher, Corryn Brown, Sarah Koltun. (Image Credit: Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
Kamloops advocates, support workers mark 10-year anniversary of B.C. toxic drug crisis
KAMLOOPS - It's been 10 years since British Columbia declared a public health emergency over the growing number of overdose deaths in the province. In the last decade, more than 18,000 people have die...
Apr 14, 2026 The rally at the BC Legislature to mark the 10 year anniversary of B.C.'s public health emergency declaration related to the toxic drug crisis (Image Credit: Troylana Manson/Contributed)
AAPs on borrowing for McMaster purchase, Tranquille Phase 3 to begin April 20
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents will have a 38-day window to register their opposition to long-term borrowing for a pair of big ticket projects already underway.At Tuesday's (April 14) regular meeting, ...
Apr 14, 2026 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
'We are on budget and on track'; Build Kamloops Committee receives PAC update
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Centre for the Arts is still on time and on budget according to a update presented to the Build Kamloops Committee on Monday (April 13) afternoon. Work on the building's substr...
Apr 14, 2026 (Image Credit: City of Kamloops)
Distraught woman dodging downtown Kamloops traffic had been assaulted: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a distraught woman found wandering in downtown Kamloops traffic during the Tuesday morning (April 14) commute appears to have been the victim of an assault.Officers were called to ...
Apr 14, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Injured dirt biker airlifted from remote area near Duffy Lake
KAMLOOPS - A dirt biker was airlifted and sent to hospital after a crash near Duffy Lake southwest of Kamloops. Kamloops Search and Rescue says 13 of its members were called out at around 2:20 p.m. Mo...
Apr 14, 2026 (Image Credit: Facebook/Kamloops Search and Rescue)
