Friday, May 29, 2026

📰 News

SD73 is asking for prefab classrooms because the long-term school build queue is too slow. Castanet reports the district has put modular additions for Pacific Way Elementary and Sa-Hali Secondary at the top of its 2027-28 capital submission, arguing those projects could arrive in less than two years while permanent builds can take four to six. For families in the southwest sector, this is the clearest sign yet that the district is shifting from waiting for big projects to chasing faster capacity. (Castanet)

Kamloops picked up more FireSmart money before the hottest stretch of the week. CFJC Today reports the City is receiving $200,000 in 2026, another $200,000 in 2027 and a separate $75,000 for fuel-mitigation work near neighbourhoods. The funding is meant to expand staffing, green-space management, public education and emergency-preparedness work heading into wildfire season. (CFJC Today)

NorthPaws baseball is back on Friday, May 29, with continuity doing most of the local optimism work. Castanet reports Kamloops opens its fifth West Coast League season against Corvallis at Norbrock Stadium with Riley Jepson back as head coach and six returning players on the early roster. After three straight years out of the playoffs, this is one of the cleaner weekend watch items if you want something distinctly local. (Castanet)

🏛️ City Hall

Council moved to protect AAP responses after an email-address mistake. CFJC Today reports Kamloops amended its bylaw on Tuesday, May 26 so responses sent to the wrong embedded email address on two active alternative approval process forms can still count. The borrowing questions cover a $16.75-million public-works-yard land purchase and a $9-million third phase of the Tranquille sewer replacement, and the response deadline is Friday, May 29. (CFJC Today)

Council also backed the idea of bringing a retired Snowbirds jet to the airport. CFJC Today reports councillors voted to send a letter of support in principle after Coun. Stephen Karpuk suggested Kamloops should try to acquire one of the aging CT-114 Tutor aircraft once the fleet is retired. The display would sit at Fulton Field near the memorial to Capt. Jennifer Casey, tying the proposal to a local aviation story people here still feel closely. (CFJC Today)

🚨 Safety

RCMP are still looking for witnesses after Monday night’s fatal motorcycle crash on the North Shore. Castanet reports an officer came across the collision at Tranquille Road and 12th Street at about 10:50 p.m. on Monday, May 25. Police said the 29-year-old Kamloops rider died at the scene, the pickup driver stayed on site and no charges had been laid as of Tuesday, May 26. (Castanet)

📅 Events

Back in Play is collecting sports gear on Friday, May 29. The trade-in and donation event is a practical one: usable equipment can go back into circulation for families who need it instead of sitting in a garage. (Castanet)

Fragments is on Saturday, May 30 at Kelson Hall. Bass-baritone Micah Schroeder and pianist Frances Armstrong perform at 7:30 p.m. in a Kamloops Symphony-presented recital built around opera and art song. (Castanet)

The BC SPCA Fur Ball is on Saturday, May 30 at TRU. The fundraiser brings back dinner, entertainment, prizes and the cuddle lounge, which is enough to make it one of the more distinctive charity events on the weekend calendar. (Castanet)

🛣️ Roads & Weather

🌧️ Friday, May 29 looks cooler than Thursday, with a chance of showers and a forecast high of 26 C. The fallback Environment Canada snapshot in local staging shows a low of 12 C, sunrise at 4:58 a.m., sunset at 8:59 p.m. and low air-quality risk.

🚧 The Highway 1 bridge project between Pacific Way and Summit Drive remains the main in-town traffic watch. DriveBC’s latest local staging snapshot says the work continues until Monday, June 15, with westbound traffic reduced to one lane each way, a 50 km/h speed limit and overnight detours from 10 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. (DriveBC)

🚧 Highway 1 west of Chase still has weekday maintenance zones on Friday, May 29. DriveBC lists work between Chief Neskonlith Drive and Shuswap Chase Creek Road from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with delays expected. (DriveBC)