Langley impaired driving
DASHCAM VIDEO: Novice Kamloops driver loses license following impaired driving crash in Langley
LANGLEY, B.C. - A weekend impaired driving incident in Langley has landed a Kamloops novice driver with a damaged truck and a revoked license.At about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday (Sept. 19), Langley RCMP said a call came in from a witness following a Ford Ranger along Highway 1 near Langley's 264 Street exit. (Langley RCMP) ...
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Shuswap Collision
Impaired driver crashes vehicle into light pole in Salmon Arm, given 90-day driving prohibition
SALMON ARM, B.C. - An 18-year-old Class 7 "N" driver was given a 90-day driving prohibition after a destructive crash in Salmon Arm. At around 12:40 a.m. on Aug. 19, Salmon Arm RCMP say an officer on the Trans-Canada Highway near Highway 97B noticed a red Volkswagen Jetta travelling westbound at 138 km/h. In ...
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Prescribed burn north of Kamloops
Years-long prescribed burn project resumes north of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) and the Thompson Rivers Natural Resource District are working together on a years-long prescribed burn project north of Kamloops.The BCWS said the wildfire risk reduction and ecosystem restoration project this fall will cover about four hectares in the O'Connor Lake area, about...
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Shuswap Collision
Impaired driver crashes vehicle into light pole in Salmon Arm, given 90-day driving prohibition
SALMON ARM, B.C. - An 18-year-old Class 7 "N" driver was given a 90-day driving prohibition after a destructive crash in Salmon Arm. At around 12:40 a.m. on Aug. 19, Salmon Arm RCMP say an officer on the Trans-Canada Highway near Highway 97B noticed a red Volkswagen Jetta travelling westbound at 138 km/h. In ...
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Coquihalla Closure
Vehicle incident closes northbound lanes of Coquihalla Highway north of Merritt overnight
UPDATE (9:45 a.m.): DriveBC says the vehicle fire in the northbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway north of Merritt has been cleared.EARLIER: MERRITT, B.C. - A stretch of northbound traffic on the Coquihalla Highway north of Merritt remains closed early Monday (Sept. 21) morning.DriveBC first reported of a vehicle inc...
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Kamloops Children's Art Festival
Kamloops Arts Council gearing up for two-day Children's Art Festival
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Arts Council is gearing up for two days of vibrant family fun with the annual Children's Arts Festival to begin Friday (Sept. 25).The event features art-making stations, workshops, live performances, storytelling, and music."These activities aim to spark joy and foster a love of the arts in...
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Labour Day
Art of Gardening Special Edition - Labour Day
Summer is winding down to a close. If your harvesting, enjoy! But, don't forget about fall prep. Here are some tips from over the years about how to care for your yard and garden in September.
Sep 09, 2026
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BC Day
Art of Gardening Special Edition - BC Day
It's hot, everything is growing, and it'll soon be time to pick those fruit and veggies! Here's a collection of tips from Art Knapp Home & Garden for landscaping, planting in shade, and adding air plants that don't need soil at all!
Aug 04, 2026
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Foliage Shade Garden
Art of Gardening: Foliage Shade Garden
If you have a bit of shade in your garden, take advantage of it! Here's Shawn to let you know what to plant.
Jun 24, 2026
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British Columbia
B.C. government restarts planning for Burnaby Hospital expansion
VICTORIA - The provincial government is resuscitating the Burnaby Hospital expansion, a project that had been put on hold because of budget pressures. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says planning for the redevelopment has resumed and it will now pro...
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Conservatives criticized over appointment of candidate to run in Ontario byelection
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is facing criticism from within his own party after choosing to appoint a candidate to run in an upcoming byelection in southern Ontario, instead of holding a nomination contest. Poilievre announced at a ra...
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B.C. sues OpenAI, says one call could have prevented Tumbler Ridge mass shooting
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence company OpenAI in California over the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Attorney General Niki Sharma announced Monday. Sharma said the province is seeki...
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Local Sports
Pigskin problems
On brink of folding, South Kamloops Titans lament lost football season
KAMLOOPS - Ben Ford is among the Grade 12 South Kamloops Titans who will not get the chance to chase high school football glory in their senior year. "The amount of commitment we've given... Every fall, this kind of is our life for three months," Ford said. "To have our season taken away is just disappoi...
Sep 19, 2026
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Youth movement
Clouston, Blazers look ahead to WHL season ahead of home opener
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston will ice a youthful club this season and it will receive a stringent test on Saturday (Sept. 19), when the Victoria Royals come to town. In its WHL home- and season-opener, Kamloops will be without injured overage forward Gavin Nemis. Carson Ol...
Sep 18, 2026
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No pigskin
South Kamloops Titans to fold senior high school football program for 2026 season
KAMLOOPS - Head coach Teagan Norrish said his South Kamloops Titans will on Monday (Sept. 21) fold the senior football program for the season.South Kam does not have enough players to move forward, said Norrish, noting the Titans folded their junior football program in the spring for the same reason.He said the team wa...
Sep 17, 2026
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Canada
QuickQuotes: MPs react to Carney's new Building Canada Strong Act
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government tabled a bill Monday to fast-track approvals for major projects and update the Canada Labour Code. Here's what politicians and others are saying about the new legislation: - "A stronger Canada means more...
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Carney says he won't backtrack on digital services tax, streamers' CanCon payments
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he won't change his mind about his decision to eliminate the digital services tax and Canadian content contributions for streamers. Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet asked Carney in the House of Commo...
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NDP Leader Lewis criticized for saying Jews 'failed to do our part' to stop Gaza war
OTTAWA - Critics are calling out NDP Leader Avi Lewis for suggesting online that he and his fellow Jews have "failed" to do their part to stop Israel's violence in the Gaza Strip. Lewis posted Sunday that he is marking the holiest day on the Jewish cal...
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World
UK to offer Saudi Arabia aerial refueling to counter Houthi attacks
ABOARD THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER'S PLANE (AP) - Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that Britain has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to repeal attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Burnham told rep...
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Trump inaugurates new White House helipad, but networks skip coverage during First Amendment fight
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump showed off his new White House helicopter landing pad on Monday, attempting to brush aside a First Amendment firestorm even as major television networks kept their cameras away because CNN wasn't allowed to cove...
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Polo has rapidly intensified to a hurricane and is expected to impact Mexico
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Polo will rapidly intensify in the Pacific Ocean and become a major hurricane later this week, forecasters said Monday. Polo could bring heavy rain, rough surf and tropical-storm-force wind to parts of Mexico late T...
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