Lotto Winner
Quesnel man wins $46M Lotto 6/49 jackpot
QUESNEL - A Quesnel man is planning a trip to see the pyramids after winning a life-changing $46-million Lotto 6/49 jackpot.Richard Z. learned he held the winning ticket from the December 20, 2025 Gold Ball draw after hearing the jackpot-winning ticket had been purchased in Quesnel.That prompted him to check his ticket...
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20 Piles Burning
Pile burning project near Sun Peaks aims to reduce wildfire risk
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - A pile burning project is set to begin near Sun Peaks this week. The BC Wildfire Service says it's supporting the mountain resort municipality in burning nearly 20 piles about four kilometres northwest of Sun Peaks. While the exact timing of the pile burning is weather and site condition dependent, th...
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Question of the Week
How satisfied are you with the results of the election for Kamloops mayor and council?
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Labour Day
Art of Gardening Special Edition - Labour Day
1000 Ways to Heal
1000 WAYS TO HEAL: What are you carrying?
Oct 19, 2026
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Kamloops and Area
B.C. Votes 2026
MLA CANDIDATE ISSUE #1 - The province's role in public safety
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops just concluded a local election where public safety and street disorder was a main issue for voters. But responsibility for that lies in the grey area between municipal and provincial politics. As resident prepare to head back to the polls this Saturday to elect two Kamloops MLAs, CFJC will be highl...
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Enrolment pressures
Kamloops-Thompson School District enrolment up 120+ students
KAMLOOPS - Already bursting at the seams in many schools, the Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) is reporting growth of about 120 students for the 2026-27 school year.The new totals appear in a report from Secretary-Treasurer Kim Morris to the outgoing SD73 Board of Trustees for its meeting Monday evening (Oct. 1...
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Tranquille Sewer Main
Tranquille sewer main project slightly behind schedule, but paving work to wrap up this year
KAMLOOPS -Work is still progressing on a major sewer replacement project along Tranquille Road in Brocklehurst, but the city says crews can see the finish line in the distance. Work on this third and final phase of the project began last year, and crews are currently focused on the intersection of Tranquille Road and S...
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Kamloops Votes 2026
Mayoral runner-up Dever, outgoing councillor Bass reflect on election night losses
KAMLOOPS - While there are 14 people celebrating election wins in Kamloops, there are 37 other candidates looking back on what might have been, as their bids for public office was unsuccessful. It was all smiles from Nelly Dever after she placed second in the mayoral race with 6,969 votes, or roughly 23.25 per cent. De...
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Thanksgiving
Art of Gardening Special Edition - Thanksgiving
Fall is starting to give way to the frost, and there are just a few things left to do to tie up the season. Here's how to bundle, winterize, start compost, and more!
Oct 12, 2026
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Kamloops Votes 2026
CFJC Kamloops Mayoral Candidates Debate 2026
KAMLOOPS - Four of the six candidates for Kamloops mayor discuss issues submitted by you, our viewers. Topics range from homelessness and relations with First Nations to civility and decorum in government. On Oct. 17, you decide which candidates vision will bring Kamloops forward. All of CFJC's coverage of the upcoming...
Oct 8, 2026
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Hope & Healing
Hope & Healing: National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Reconciliation is not a given. It is a choice to participate, and how to participate based on the needs of those most affected. Hope & Healing is a special half-hour presentation for the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. Join Dylana Kneeshaw in exploring how communities are still being affected by generatio...
Sep 30, 2026
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British Columbia
Skin grafts and surgeries: Reservist among critically injured in military base fire
Teresa Hiatt wasn't worried about her younger brother while he was training at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta before deployment to Latvia. All that changed Saturday when news broke that a fast-moving grass fire at the military base had kill...
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Both NDP and Conservatives make same SkyTrain election promise for Surrey, B.C.
Both the British Columbia Conservatives and the New Democrats have promised to extend the SkyTrain transit line in Surrey, B.C., in an attempt to sway support in the vote-rich city, just days before the Oct. 24 provincial election. The campaigns issue...
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Election results are tied between mayoral candidates in Lytton, B.C.
LYTTON - The municipal election in Lytton, B.C., has resulted in a tie between two mayoral candidates with differing views on the community's recovery from a devastating wildfire that destroyed much of the village five years ago. The results posted to ...
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Local Sports
WolfPack vs. Spartans
Late-game performance held mixed results for TRU WolfPack
KAMLOOPS - Some late game action ended with mixed results when the TRU WolfPack soccer teams were up against the Trinity Western Spartans in Langley on Saturday (Oct. 17).In the men's matchup, late game heroics from Kamloops local Noel Poole gave the WolfPack men's soccer team a very important 1-1 tie against the Spart...
Oct 18, 2026
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Blazers 3 Wild 2
Cherepanov scores first WHL goal as Blazers hold on for narrow win over Wild
WENATCHEE, WASH. - The Kamloops Blazers finished off a weekend U.S. road trip on a winning note Saturday (Oct. 17) night in Wenatchee, as they took down the Wild in a 3-2 victory at Town Toyota Center. Eli Tverdovsky netted the opening goal of the night at the 11:40 mark of the first period to put the Blazers up 1-0. T...
Oct 18, 2026
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Storm 9 Leafs 1
Storm wash out Leafs in 9-1 victory
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Storm crushed the Nelson Leafs in a 9-1 victory at McArthur Park Arena on Saturday (Oct 17).Malcolm Anderson scored the opening goal 1:28 into play for the Storm.At the 14:15 mark, Luca D'Amore scored the second goal for the Storm, finishing off the first frame with a 2-0 lead.In the second peri...
Oct 18, 2026
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Canada
Galloway defamation trial hears of 'inflated and outrageous' email rhetoric
VANCOUVER - A former creative writing student testifying in author and former UBC professor Steven Galloway's defamation trial says she was "shocked" and "horrified" at language used in a mass email by a fellow student investigating misconduct allegati...
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'Perfect storm': Extreme weather fuelled Wainwright military base fire, expert says
Powerful winds with shifting directions and dry weather contributed to rapid expansion of the grass fire at a military base in Wainwright, Alta., that left four soldiers dead and 39 others wounded, a wildfire expert said. Environment and Climate Change...
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New lawsuit filed challenging Trump's tariffs on Canada
A U.S. food importer has filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs targeting Canada. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by the non-profit Liberty Justice Center on behalf of Gellert Glob...
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World
Nigeria confirms Ebola case in Abuja as woman who arrived from Uganda tests positive
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, on Tuesday after a woman who arrived from Uganda tested positive for the virus, the Health Ministry said. The woman began showing symptoms on Oct. 7 and was admi...
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2 men rearrested in UK on suspicion of assisting Iran over suspected plot at a US-run air base
LONDON (AP) - British police said Tuesday they have rearrested two men on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service over a suspected plot at a U.S.-run air base in England last month. Counter Terrorism Policing said the men, a 24...
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Attack by Islamic State-affiliated group in Mali kills 48 people, official says
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - A weekend attack by militants affiliated to the Islamic State group killed 48 people in the Ménaka region of eastern Mali, a lawmaker told The Associated Press Tuesday. Fighters from the Islamic State in Sahel Provinc...
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