Prescribed Burns
BC Wildfire Service details plans for burns in North Shuswap
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) says it is set to complete some prescribed burns in a popular Shuswap Park.The operation is slated to begin Wednesday (Nov. 6) in Tsútswecw Provincial Park, formerly known as Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park.In a news release, BCWS says the fuels management project ...
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Median Ride
DASHCAM VIDEO: Semi driver in Valleyview takes wild median ride to avoid U-turning pickup
KAMLOOPS - A video posted to social media Tuesday (Nov. 5) shows a truck driver's perspective of a harrowing highway encounter in Valleyview.WATCH: (Video Credit: Facebook / Skilled Truckers Canada)The video, posted to the Facebook page 'Skilled Truckers Canada', shows dashcam footage from a heavy truck travelling west...
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PEARCE: What is prosperity and how do we truly define it?
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Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce
38th Annual Business Excellence Awards
Question of the Week
If the time change was eliminated in B.C., which time would you prefer?
Nov 04, 2024
Week in Review
Week in Review: Week of Oct. 28
Nov 04, 2024
Kamloops and Area
Wanted Man
Man wanted on violent charges may be in Kamloops, Nanaimo: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP would like your help tracking down a wanted man who may be in Kamloops or Nanaimo.The courts have issued warrants for Ronald Douglas Arndt, 31, on charges of robbery and assault causing bodily harm."Although Ronald Arndt was noted to be in the Kamloops area, his current whereabouts are unknown,&quo...
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Build Kamloops
Group sues to have Kamloops councillor removed, citing conflict of interest over arena multiplex location
KAMLOOPS - A group of Kamloops residents has launched a lawsuit against Kamloops councillor Mike O'Reilly in an effort to have him removed from council.The 10 residents filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court Thursday (Oct. 31). Their agent is listed as Paul Lake resident Bronwen Scott.The basis of the suit is that O'Re...
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ANONYMOUS DONATION
Youth can play again after mystery couple donates instruments to replace gear destroyed in church fire
KAMLOOPS -- Several user groups were impacted by the fire that caused substantial damage to Kamloops United Church on Aug. 13. The Kamloops Music Collective is one of them, with its Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music using church space to meet and store equipment. As CFJC Today reports, the non-profit was in dire...
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CITY HALL DRAMA
Against his will, Kamloops mayor departs council chambers for access hub debate
KAMLOOPS - The long-discussed access hub took a step forward on Tuesday (Nov. 5) during a heated regular meeting of Kamloops council. Council voted to approve a motion to distribute a notice of intent to consider a temporary use permit for the former Butler Auto property along the Tranquille corridor. The approval allo...
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Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce
38th Annual Business Excellence Awards
Watch the replay of the 2024 Business Excellence Awards livestream hosted on CFJC Today. Congratulations to all finalists and winners from all of us at Pattison Media Ltd. To get in touch with the Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce, go to KamloopsChamber.ca
Oct 25, 2024
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Making Compost for the Garden
Fall time means a lot of chores for the back yard gardener, but one particular chore is quite rewarding! Maury Hik from Art Knapp's in Kamloops takes time talk about it in this episode of the Art of Gardening!
Oct 02, 2024
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Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening - Get it Done for the Fall Season
You may have had a bit of time off from working in the garden during the summer, but fall is on it's way so it's time to get back to work! Ivy Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops has list of things that you should to get to before the fall weather arrives.
Sep 26, 2024
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British Columbia
B.C. court allows police to apply to dispose of evidence at serial killer's property
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court says it has jurisdiction to order the disposal of thousands of pieces of evidence seized from Robert Pickton's pig farm decades ago, whether it was used in his murder trial or not. The court says in a ruling issued online today that the RCMP can apply to dispose of some 15,000 pieces ...
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A look at potential fresh faces around Premier David Eby's next B.C. cabinet table
British Columbia Premier David Eby's new cabinet will be sworn in on Nov. 18, and it will have to feature a significant number of new ministers after last month's election saw several incumbents defeated while others didn't run. Eby will also have to figure out how the cabinet will represent rural regions, given that t...
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Ontario man with indeterminate prison sentence dies at 47 of 'natural causes' in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Correctional Service of Canada says Angel Jones, who was serving an indeterminate sentence in a British Columbia prison for biting a woman's nose off, has died of natural causes at the age of 47. Jones was declared a dangerous offender by an Ontario court in 2007 and jailed indefinitely for the c...
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Local Sports
Blazers 4 Royals 3 OT
Keller scores overtime winner as Blazers take first game from Royals 4-3
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers took the first of two straight games on Vancouver Island Tuesday (Nov. 5) with a 4-3 overtime win over the Victoria Royals. The Blazers surrendered the first two goals of the game before defenceman Harrison Brunicke got them into the game with a bit of luck. His rebound bounced off a Roy...
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WATERHOUSE SERVES
WolfPack-strong Waterhouse dazzles in Den; McInnis remembered as mother hands out scholarship, delivers rousing speech
Owen Waterhouse was certain he was ready. He had been practising serving three or four times per week at Kelowna secondary, his alma mater, and final preparations went well with TRU WolfPack men's volleyball head coach Pat Hennelly. But this was different. Everyone was watching him - 1,000 strong on Friday (Nov. 2) at ...
Nov 05, 2024
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T-Wolves 61 WolfPack 51
WolfPack women's basketball team can't hang on to halftime lead, fall to T-Wolves 61-51
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack women's basketball team is still searching for their first win of the 2024-25 Canada West season. The WolfPack fell to the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves in Prince George 61-51. TRU held a seven-point lead at halftime but were outscored 35-1...
Nov 04, 2024
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Canada
B.C. court allows police to apply to dispose of evidence at serial killer's property
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court says it has jurisdiction to order the disposal of thousands of pieces of evidence seized from Robert Pickton's pig farm decades ago, whether it was used in his murder trial or not. The court says in a ruling issued online today that the RCMP can apply to dispose of some 15,000 pieces ...
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A look at potential fresh faces around Premier David Eby's next B.C. cabinet table
British Columbia Premier David Eby's new cabinet will be sworn in on Nov. 18, and it will have to feature a significant number of new ministers after last month's election saw several incumbents defeated while others didn't run. Eby will also have to figure out how the cabinet will represent rural regions, given that t...
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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ottawa orders TikTok's Canadian arm to be dissolved
OTTAWA - The government says it's ordering the dissolution of TikTok Technology Canada, the Canadian arm of the app's owner ByteDance, after a national security review. It says the move will not block Canadians' access to the TikTok app. More coming. The Canadian Press
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World
Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump's agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. House majority hung in the balance Wednesday, teetering between Republican control that would usher in a new era of unified GOP governance in Washington or a flip to Democrats as a last line of resistance to a Trump second-term White House agenda. A few individual seats, or even a single one,...
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Republican Jen Kiggans keeps House seat in Virginia while 7th District race remains a close contest
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans won her bid for reelection Wednesday in Virginia's 2nd District race, defeating her Democratic challenger in a victory for Republicans aiming to keep the congressional seat in their battle to control the House. Democrats had backed candidate Missy Cotter Smasal in ho...
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Democrat Elissa Slotkin wins Michigan's open Senate seat, defeating the GOP's Mike Rogers
DETROIT (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin has won Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, giving Democrats a bittersweet victory in a swing state that also backed Republican President-elect Donald Trump in his successful bid to return to the White House. Slotkin, a third-term representative, defeated former Republic...
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