Unregulated Drug Supply
Kamloops loses six lives due to toxic drug crisis in September
KAMLOOPS - September was a deadly month for Kamloops amid the toxic drug crisis. New figures released Tuesday (Nov. 10) by the BC Coroners Service show 30 suspected unregulated drug deaths recorded in Kamloops as of the end of September, up from 24 as of the end of August. Kamloops is on pace to lose 40 lives due to th...
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Drive Relative to Conditions
Driver clocked going 50 km/h over the speed limit amid dense fog in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - A driver was fined hundreds of dollars after being caught excessively speeding in dense fog near Merritt last month. BC Highway Patrol clocked a dark Ford F-350 pickup going 166 km/h in a 110 km/h zone on a stretch of Highway 97C amid fog, rain and wet snow on Oct. 25. Video provided by BC Highway Patro...
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Our Community
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SOUND OFF: Hospital Employees' Union looks calm from the outside. Members know better
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Kamloops Votes 2026
CFJC Kamloops Mayoral Candidates Debate 2026
Question of the Week
Have the results of the U.S. mid-term elections impacted your willingness to travel to the U.S.?
Nov 9, 2026
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: November 9, 2026
Nov 9, 2026
Kamloops and Area
Shelter Capacity
Additional 60 shelter beds to be available during extreme winter weather in Kamloops: report
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops will be able to expand its shelter capacity to 367 beds during periods of extreme weather over the winter. According to a report on the agenda for Kamloops council's Tuesday (Nov. 10) regular meeting, the city's current year-round shelter system accommodates 307 individuals experiencing ...
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Carey Price leads 2026 induction class into Hockey Hall of Fame
TORONTO - Carey Price first visited the Hockey Hall of Fame as a teenager. The former Montreal Canadiens goaltender joked over the weekend he wouldn't mind trying one of the interactive games - specifically featuring a netminder sporting very familiar ...
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U Sports
'Standing on the shoulders of giants': TRU WolfPack soccer women reflect on first conference podium finish
VANCOUVER - Mark Pennington took a moment to reflect on how far the TRU WolfPack women's soccer program has come since 2019, when he took over as head coach. "We're standing on the shoulders of giants," said Pennington, whose WolfPack joined Canada West in 2014 and carried a -122 goal differential when he arr...
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HVC Strike
'We should put economic hurt on them as well': B.C. unions rally at Highland Valley Copper in support of striking miners
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Striking workers at the Highland Valley Copper mine (HVC) near Logan Lake had support on the picket line Monday (Nov. 9) from representatives of other several other B.C. unions. "It's one big family, that's what the labour movement is and you need to show up when you're needed, and for us, that'...
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Featured Content
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
Legion branch founded by Japanese Canadian veterans is reinstated after 84 years
VICTORIA - A descendant of a decorated soldier who fought at Vimy Ridge says the revival of a British Columbia Legion branch founded by Japanese Canadian veterans like his grandfather helps correct an injustice. Legion Branch No. 9 was shut down in 194...
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Four grizzly bears involved in deadly attack on mother and daughter in B.C.
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says four grizzly bears that it captured in Bella Coola in recent days were all involved in a deadly attack that claimed the lives of a mother and daughter in the community this month. Insp. Jeff Tyre with the serv...
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B.C. drug deaths continue to decline in September, down 19 per cent from 2025
VICTORIA - Toxic drug deaths in British Columbia in September were down about 19 per cent from the same month last year, continuing a pattern that has seen deaths this year fall to the lowest levels since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The BC Coroners S...
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Local Sports
Carey Price leads 2026 induction class into Hockey Hall of Fame
TORONTO - Carey Price first visited the Hockey Hall of Fame as a teenager. The former Montreal Canadiens goaltender joked over the weekend he wouldn't mind trying one of the interactive games - specifically featuring a netminder sporting very familiar ...
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U Sports
'Standing on the shoulders of giants': TRU WolfPack soccer women reflect on first conference podium finish
VANCOUVER - Mark Pennington took a moment to reflect on how far the TRU WolfPack women's soccer program has come since 2019, when he took over as head coach. "We're standing on the shoulders of giants," said Pennington, whose WolfPack joined Canada West in 2014 and carried a -122 goal differential when he arr...
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WolfPack Volleyball
WolfPack men's volleyball team win first game of the season, upset juggernaut Thunderbirds
VANCOUVER - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Wolfpack men's volleyball team put an impressive, emphatic end on an abysmal start. After a straight sets loss (25-21, 25-17 and 25-18) to the University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds in Vancouver Friday (Nov. 6), the WolfPack were 0-5 to start the 2026-27 Canad...
Nov 9, 2026
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Canada
Ottawa releases list of companies lending staff to major projects office
OTTAWA - The major projects office has seconded employees from banks, oil and gas companies and mining firms as it pursues its mandate to improve Canada's review process and get shovels in the ground faster, a new document shows. The list of 41 employe...
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Fact File: Military chaplains can't lead prayers on Remembrance Day; no blanket ban
Recent social media posts claim Canadian Armed Forces chaplains have been banned from saying prayers on Remembrance Day, or that prayers and references to God are banned among members. A policy directive issued by the military in July does instruct mil...
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Legion branch founded by Japanese Canadian veterans is reinstated after 84 years
VICTORIA - A descendant of a decorated soldier who fought at Vimy Ridge says the revival of a British Columbia Legion branch founded by Japanese Canadian veterans like his grandfather helps correct an injustice. Legion Branch No. 9 was shut down in 194...
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World
Senate Republicans vote to keep Thune as leader after steep election losses
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans reelected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as leader of the GOP conference after a tense day of discussions about steep losses in the midterm elections that cost them their majority. Thune was always expec...
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US charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK airbase
NEW YORK (AP) - Three men, including one already jailed in the United States, were accused by U.S. authorities Tuesday of being Iran-supported operatives who plotted nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S. as well as a planned as...
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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio elected to lead House Republicans in the minority
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio won the race Tuesday to serve as House Republican leader as the party prepares for its new role in the minority and a flurry of Democratic investigations aimed at its standard-bearer in the White House. ...
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