Power Outage
Power knocked out for thousands in Heffley Creek, Pinantan Lake, Rayleigh and Tk'emlups
KAMLOOPS - Thousands of properties in North Kamloops, on the Tk'emlups reserve and in the Pinantan Lake area are without power. Shortly after 8:00 p.m. Monday (Aug. 10), BC Hydro reported a pair of separate power outages, both caused by trees going down across the utility's wires. The first outage affects 2,027 custome...
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French Bar Creek Wildfire
Cariboo Regional District partially downgrades evacuation order for French Bar Creek wildfire
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Some residents who were forced to evacuate due to the French Bar Creek wildfire are able to return home. Effective 4:00 p.m. Monday (Aug. 10), the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) partially downgraded an evacuation order for the eastern portion of its French Bar Fire Area 5 boundary to an evacuatio...
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Our Community
Question of the Week
DO YOU BELIEVE KAMLOOPS SHOULD RESTRICT ACCESS TO GREEN SPACES AMID ONGOING WILDFIRE AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS?
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Pretty Peonies
Art of Gardening: Pretty Peonies
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: August 10, 2026
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1000 Ways to Heal
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Kamloops and Area
Weather This Week
Northerly winds could bring temporary wildfire smoke relief to Kamloops by mid-week
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada says Kamloops, and the Thompson region could see temporarily clearer skies beginning this week, Wednesday (August 12) after days of heavy wildfire smoke. Operational meteorologist Morgan Shull says little change is expected to be evident on Monday and Tuesday, with the smoke potentially be...
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Wildfire Season 2026
Minister Greene in Kamloops following provincial state of emergency declaration
KAMLOOPS - Over the weekend, the BC Government enacted a province-wide state of emergency, opening up new options in the ongoing fight against wildfires raging across British Columbia. It came as the community of Summerland was forced to evacuate, leaving 20,000 people out of their homes. Minister Kelly Greene was in K...
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Wildland Arson
Salmon Arm RCMP arrest wildland arson suspect
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Salmon Arm RCMP have arrested a suspect who is believed to have deliberately set a brush fire over the weekend. Police officials said officers responded to a report of a fire on the 300-block Trans Canada Highway Southwest shortly before 6 p.m. on Saturday (August 8). Upon arriving at the scene, offi...
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Strategic Priorities Fund
100 Mile House receives $375,000 for assessing and planning
100 MILE HOUSE - The District of 100 Mile House will get $375,000 to develop a plan for the future of the community's assets and infrastructure. The money will go towards developing an in-depth Asset Management Plan and Infrastructure Renewal Strategy.The money comes from the Strategic Priorities Fund, and will be used...
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Featured Content
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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Native Restoration Plants
Art of Gardening: Native Restoration Plants
What happens when a natural area on your property gets damaged by construction or wildfire? According to Shawn, it's got a lot higher chance of sticking around if you plant what's native to the area.
Jun 18, 2026
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British Columbia
Mexican reinforcements arriving for wildfire fight in Summerland, B.C.
PENTICTON - Reinforcements are arriving in the battle against a deadly wildfire on the shores of Okanagan Lake in the southern B.C. Interior that has forced 20,000 people to evacuate. Hugh Murdoch with the BC Wildfire Service has said 100 Mexican firef...
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20,000 evacuees fled ferocious B.C. wildfire. These are some of their stories
PENTICTON - The explosive wildfire that roared down on Summerland, B.C., forced about 20,000 people to flee over the weekend. Some spoke of a scramble for safety, and the later realization that their homes or other properties had been destroyed. Here a...
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Girl remains missing after falling from paddleboard into Cultus Lake, B.C.
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack, B.C., say they have not been able to find a 13-year-old girl who is missing after falling into the waters of Cultus Lake from a paddleboard over the weekend. Mounties say their underwater recovery team is on the scene...
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Local Sports
Ten-thousand possible?
Stankoven hoping for great turnout at Stanley Cup celebration in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven felt the love from his hometown from a distance while his Carolina Hurricanes ripped through the NHL post-season and won the Stanley Cup. He plans to say thanks in person on Sunday [Aug. 16] at Riverside Park, with thousands likely to be in attendance for a Cup celebration event at the Rotary...
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Broncos Football
Broncos shutout by Rebels at home 64-0
KAMLOOPS - For the first time in the 2026 B.C. Football Conference (BCFC) season, the Kamloops Broncos were held off the scoresheet. The Broncos were shutout by the Westshore Rebels at Hillside Stadium Saturday (Aug. 8) 64-0. Kamloops local and Broncos quarterback Cole Rigler completed seven of 16 pass attempts for 67...
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Regis Ranger
National champion Smigielski to play NCAA lacrosse, offers praise to Kamloops mentors
KAMLOOPS - Alivia Smigielski is a two-time national lacrosse champion at age 17. The Regis University Rangers-committed defender credits many people for her success, including her older brother, Beckett. "He kind of trained me up in the backyard and started making me the player I am today," Alivia said. &quo...
Aug 07, 2026
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Canada
In the news today: B.C. wildfire reinforcements, Colombia earthquake, car thefts down
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Mexican reinforcements arriving for wildfire fight in Summerland, B.C. Reinforcements are set to arrive today in the battle against a deadly wildfire on the wester...
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Mexican reinforcements arriving for wildfire fight in Summerland, B.C.
PENTICTON - Reinforcements are arriving in the battle against a deadly wildfire on the shores of Okanagan Lake in the southern B.C. Interior that has forced 20,000 people to evacuate. Hugh Murdoch with the BC Wildfire Service has said 100 Mexican firef...
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Montreal police chief to address racism and misconduct allegations at public meeting
MONTREAL - Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher is set to address city officials and take questions from the public as he provides an update on a scandal at a station in a multicultural neighbourhood in the northern part of the city. Police announced in J...
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World
Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria's 14-year conflict that left about half a millio...
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At least 14 artisanal miners found dead at a disused mine in South Africa, police say
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - At least 14 artisanal miners are dead and scores are injured at a disused mine in South Africa, police said Tuesday. The South African Police Service said the miners were found dead at a mine near the city of Rustenbur...
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Congo says 2,000 people have died in its Ebola outbreak, the fastest growing on record
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - At least 2,000 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest data, as health authorities struggle to get help to remote localities due to rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppa...
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