KAMLOOPS - The 28th edition of Wildlights at the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops is underway with well over a million lights and festive displays on offer.BC Wildlife Park General Manager Glenn Grant says while the annual holiday lights display features a number of returning displays, park staff also try to include someth...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Council has adopted the latest iteration of KAMPLAN - the City of Kamloops' Official Community Plan.The 2025 edition of KAMPLAN was adopted the Dec. 9 meeting of council.All municipalities in British Columbia are required to adopt an official community plan, and this version of the planning doc...

HOPE, B.C. - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla as more rain is expected to fall over the next few days. The weather alert also covers the already drenched Fraser Valley as well as the Manning - Skagit Valley and Highway 3 from Hope to Princeton v...

KAMLOOPS - The average rent in Kamloops saw another year-over-year increase in 2025 as the vacancy rate remains well below the national average. According to data as of October 2025 from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) latest Rental Market Survey, the average rent for a two-bedroom unit in an apa...

KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 12:50 p.m.): RCMP say two people were arrested at a house in North Kamloops late Friday (Dec. 12) night in connection with an alleged home invasion and vehicle theft in Kelowna.S/Sgt. Kris Clark told CFJC that police in Kamloops were notified about the incident in Kelowna, as the suspects were report...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Kamloops Blazers erased a three goal deficit but they fell 5-4 in a shootout to the Prince George Cougars Friday (Dec. 12) at the CN Centre. Tommy Lafrienere scored twice and added an assist as the Blazers were bested by Salmon Arm's Preston Lewis, who was called up from the Devon Xtreme in the Albe...

KAMLOOPS - A familiar face will take over behind the CFJC news desk following Bill O'Donovan's retirement at the beginning of January. Dylana Kneeshaw will become CFJC-TV's producer and lead anchor.Viewers have gotten to know Dylana since she was first hired as a reporter in 2018.During that time, she has covered some ...

KAMLOOPS - Thousands of people in the Thompson Region are still without a family doctor, but that figure has started to lessen, according to the Thompson Region Division of Family Practice (TRDFP). The membership led, non-profit which coordinates people on the waitlist with local primary care providers. notes there are...

KAMLOOPS - The North Shore Business Improvement Association (NSBIA) in Kamloops is joining the chorus of local voices speaking out against the Ministry of Housing's shift away from a Recovery-Oriented Housing System. Critics say the implementation of BC Housing's Appendix E - or Minimum Requirements Checklist - in RFP ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are urging people to be wary of scams this holiday season after a senior was defrauded out of $5,000 in a gift card scam on Monday (Dec. 8). According to the RCMP, the scammer - who claimed to be calling from a bank - convinced the senior that their accounts had been compromised. They directed ...

KAMLOOPS - A Quebec company which is behind a wind farm that was selected by BC Hydro as part of its 2024 call for power is eyeing land in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) for a portion of its project. Located between Merritt and Kelowna, Innergex is planning to build the K2 wind project near the Pennask Su...

KAMLOOPS - This evening's (Dec. 12) KIJHL game between the Kamloops Storm and the Golden Rockets has been postponed to Sunday after a fatal two-semi crash forced a lengthy closure of the Trans-Canada Highway.RCMP say the driver of one of the semis was killed in the head-on crash which happened around 9:20 a.m. near the...

KAMLOOPS - Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc and the City of Kamloops have released a statement regarding a decade-old land claim by Stk'emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation (SSN) to provide "clarity and reassurance as questions arise across B.C. regarding land claims."In the Friday (Dec. 12) statement, the two g...

HOPE, B.C. - The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit has confirmed that the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) between Hope and Manning Park sustained extensive damage as a result of this week's extreme precipitation events. In a brief statement issued Thursday (Dec. 11), the Ministry said a full ground assessment o...

KAMLOOPS - A proposal for a new mixed-use neighbourhood adjacent to the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre has taken a step forward.At Tuesday's (Dec. 9) meeting, Kamloops council voted 8-0 to allow the proposal that seeks to rezone 36 hectares of land so as many as 1,350 housing units can be built to go to a public...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The emergency department in 100 Mile House will be temporarily closed for most of Friday (Dec. 12). Interior Health says emergency services at 100 Mile House District General Hospital will be unavailable from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday. Patients in need of emergency care are being rerouted to ...

KAMLOOPS - Heading into the height of holiday party season, medical professionals are once again reminding people to get their seasonal respiratory vaccinations. This week, B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry issued a statement explaining that while the province is seeing a new strain of H3N2 that is not as...

KAMLOOPS - Four different secondary schools around Kamloops have been competing over the last several weeks to see who can collect the most items for the Kamloops Food Bank. The annual campaign is meant to give back to the community while teaching students about the importance of food security. For the seventh annual h...

KAMLOOPS - Representatives from the Kruger Pulp mill along with Arrow Transportation presented to the TNRD on Thursday (Dec. 11) afternoon regarding how they utilize slash piles.Historically, slash piles have been burned as waste. Arrow is now expanding a program of grinding the debris and then using that fibre as hog ...

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says work to build a second permanent access route to Juniper Ridge has begun. The $11.2-million project will connect Qu'Appelle Boulevard and Rose Hill Road, and the city will recoup more than half of that amount from Juniper West Developments Ltd., as city staff noted the developers do...

KAMLOOPS - B.C. Minister of Housing Christine Boyle speaks with CFJC's Michael Reeve regarding the province's position that the new BC Housing project at Fortune Drive and Leigh Road in Kamloops be low-barrier housing and not recovery focused. WATCH: Full interview with Minister Boyle, Dec 10 2025

MERRITT, B.C. - The mayor of Merritt is aiming to ease the nerves of residents getting flashbacks to the atmospheric river that flooded the city in 2021. Speaking to Q101-Merritt Thursday (Dec. 11) morning, Mike Goetz says the BC River Forecast Centre has indicated that it doesn't expect the Coldwater River to cause an...

KAMLOOPS - A longtime local politician in Kamloops has died. Helen Barnett, formerly known as Helen Kerr, passed away on December 1, according to an obituary submitted to CFJC Today. Barnett served on Kamloops council for two consecutive two-year terms between 1980 and 1984. Her council tenure was sandwiched between tw...

KAMLOOPS - UPDATE (4:00 p.m.): The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt has reopened after a roughly 20-hour closure due to flooding. DriveBC says the highway was reopened in both directions at 3:45 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 11). The major thoroughfare was closed around 8:00 p.m. Wednesday due to flooding at Sowaqua. ...

KAMLOOPS - Fans brought stuffed animals, tuques, mittens and scarves to the rink on Friday (Dec. 5) when the Kamloops Blazers hosted the Penticton Vees on Teddy Bear Toss Night at Sandman Centre. When Kayd Reudig scored the Blazers' first goal, more than 2,000 Teddy bears rained down onto the ice - 2,065 to be exact. T...

KAMLOOPS - Isolation is often named as a top concern for seniors who don't have family or friends nearby to regularly visit with. It's why the Kamloops Centre for Seniors Information organizes Operation: Secret Santa every year. Staff and volunteers with the Centre in Northills Mall have turned the office into Santa's ...

KAMLOOPS - BC Highway Patrol and BC RCMP say they checked more than 52,000 vehicles over the past weekend for their Light Up the Province campaign, and wound up issuing more than 600 tickets while catching hundreds of intoxicated motorists. Check stops were set up around the province Saturday evening (Dec. 6), meant to...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council threw some jabs at the B.C. government on Tuesday (Dec. 9) - more specifically at the Ministry of Housing led by Christine Boyle. Council's anger comes with regards to a proposed BC Housing project on the corner of Fortune Drive and Leigh Road. That is where the city would like to see r...