Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Build Kamloops committee to consider phased approach to Dufferin multiplex
KAMLOOPS - As estimates for the planned arena multiplex in Dufferin have climbed, the City of Kamloops says it's also possible that the facility won't be fully completed when it opens in a few years' ...
Apr 14, 2026 The proposed floor plan of the Dufferin arena multiplex (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)
Kamloops building sector continues prosperous start to 2026 with red hot March
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops building sector's preposterously busy start to 2026 accelerated in March. New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division show just over $68 million i...
Apr 14, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C. police chase sees pickup truck lose couch, crash into two RCMP cruisers
SALMON ARM - Mounties in B.C.'s southern interior say a wild chase ended with two police cruisers being hit and a couch flying from the back of a pickup truck. RCMP say officers were called two weeks ...
Apr 14, 2026 Image credit: Salmon Arm RCMP
Snowfall warning for Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt as up to 25cm expected Tuesday
MERRITT - Old man winter refuses to let go just yet, even as the first month of spring 2026 is nearly in the books.Environment Canada has issued a yellow level snowfall warning for the Hope to Merritt...
Apr 13, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Gala night: Kamloops Sports Council, Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame celebrate in style
KAMLOOPS - Two sports galas were held conjointly on Saturday [April 11] at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre. The Kamloops Sports Council handed out its annual athletic awards for 2025 an...
Apr 13, 2026 JESSICA HEWITT. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Former Brown rink members find new teams; Kolomaya joins Vernon-based Cotter rink
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops curlers have been active in free agency. On the women's side, three former Team Brown members - Erin Pincott, Samantha Fisher and Sarah Koltun - are on the move. Pincott will curl ...
Apr 13, 2026 L to R: Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Sarah Koltun, Samantha Fisher, Jim Cotter (Image Credit: Team Brown)
Blazers' De Palma to coach at third consecutive U-18 World Championships
KAMLOOPS - Dan De Palma will be coaching Team Canada's goaltenders at the under-18 men's world championships for the third year in a row. The Kamloops Blazers Director of Goaltender Development was in...
Apr 13, 2026 (Image Credit: Kamloops Blazers)
Kamloops MP Arnold weighs in as Carney nears majority government
KAMLOOPS - By the end of the night, Prime Minister Mark Carney may have his majority government, as votes are cast in three separate by-elections. Entering the day, the Liberals were one seat shy of m...
Apr 13, 2026 MP Mel Arnold (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
UPDATE: Milobar calls for clarity and preparation around B.C. Conservative leadership race
VICTORIA - (UPDATE 1:45 p.m.): The B.C. Government says the bill to suspend sections of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) for up to three years, will not be introduced th...
Apr 13, 2026 File photo
Chilliwack RCMP remind public not to bring unsecured, unregistered firearms to detachment
CHILLIWACK - In response to the ongoing federal firearms buyback program, police in the Chilliwack-area are reminding the public that they need to properly secure their firearms before turning them in...
Apr 13, 2026 A restricted gun licence holder holds an AR-15 at his home in Langley on May 1, 2020. (Image Credit: Jonathan Hayward, The Canadian Press)
