Schedule Changes
Kamloops International Cup begins Saturday as wildfire smoke leads to altered schedule
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops International Cup women's soccer action is slated to begin this weekend.Top-flight English professional team Nottingham Forest will square off against Vancouver Rise FC Academy, with kickoff slated for 6:00 p.m. Saturday (July 25) at Hillside Stadium.The tournament schedule has been altered due to w...
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Big Bar Complex Fires
Village of Clinton stills standing with some structure losses, but wildfire still looms
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - An official with the village of Clinton, B.C., says the community is largely still standing after an overnight battle against a raging wildfire. Brian Doddridge, with the village's emergency operations centre, says h...
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Kamloops and Area
Missing swimmer
Kamloops Search and Rescue, RCMP looking for missing swimmer at Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - Festivities at Riverside Park took a turn for the worse as Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) and RCMP are in the area looking for a missing swimmer.First responders were dispatched Saturday morning (July 25) in the midst of the seventh annual Kamloops International Buskers Festival, and urge the public to gi...
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BC Wildfires
Jesmond, Chasm on evacuation order; 70 Mile House on alert due to 'aggressive' Fiftynine Creek fire
CLINTON, B.C. - There are more evacuation orders and alerts in effect north and west of the Village of Clinton as a pair of wildfires continue to run amok in the south Cariboo.Friday (July 24) afternoon, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) expanded evacuation orders in connection with the Fiftynine Creek fire....
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BC Wildfires
'It wasn't unexpected'; Clinton residents flee south as Pear Lake wildfire threatens community
CLINTON, B.C. - (UPDATE 8:30 p.m.): It's been an eventful couple of days in the Village of Clinton, and things took a turn for the worse Friday (July 24) afternoon as the entire community was ordered to evacuate. "We're putting the order in due to the changing conditions at the Pear Lake fire," Clinton mayor ...
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Buskers Festival
Seventh annual Kamloops Buskers Festival to take over Riverside Park this weekend
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops International Buskers Festival gets underway Friday (July 24) evening, and organizers are promising another extraordinary lineup of internationally acclaimed street performers. The seventh edition of the three-day festival is set to take over Riverside Park until Sunday, and it'll feature street...
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Featured Content
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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Oh, Deer!
Art of Gardening: Oh, Deer!
Jun 10, 2026
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British Columbia
Big Bar Complex Fires
Village of Clinton stills standing with some structure losses, but wildfire still looms
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - An official with the village of Clinton, B.C., says the community is largely still standing after an overnight battle against a raging wildfire. Brian Doddridge, with the village's emergency operations centre, says h...
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Embrace difference, says 4-foot-6 B.C. performer Devyn Dalton, Damon's Odyssey double
Vancouver stunt woman Devyn Dalton says she never expected her biceps to go viral. But then Matt Damon credited his four-foot-six-inch stunt double in "The Odyssey" for having "the greatest arms" he's ever seen. He didn't identify her in the interview ...
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Man charged with second-degree murder after body found in Creston, B.C.
CRESTON - A man has been arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder after a body was found in Creston, in southeastern B.C. RCMP say charges have been laid in the death of Larry John Isaac, a Creston resident whose body was discovered...
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Schedule Changes
Kamloops International Cup begins Saturday as wildfire smoke leads to altered schedule
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops International Cup women's soccer action is slated to begin this weekend.Top-flight English professional team Nottingham Forest will square off against Vancouver Rise FC Academy, with kickoff slated for 6:00 p.m. Saturday (July 25) at Hillside Stadium.The tournament schedule has been altered due to w...
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Dunbar Summer Series
'There can be only one Canadian champion': Sun Peaks hosting national downhill mountain bike championships
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Megan Pretorius of Kamloops is among 300 racers registered to compete at the Dunbar Summer Series Canadian Downhill Mountain Bike Championships on Saturday (July 25) and Sunday at Sun Peaks Resort. "Everyone comes here from all across Canada," she said. "There are a lot of people and i...
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NorthPaws Baseball
NorthPaws take two of three in Edmonton
EDMONTON - The Kamloops NorthPaws blew out the Edmonton Riverhawks on the road Wednesday (July 22) to win their three-game series 2-1. After splitting their first two games (6-5 Kamloops on Monday, 6-5 Edmonton on Tuesday), the NorthPaws took the rubber match 15-2. A three-run homerun from third baseman Matt Macdonald ...
Jul 23, 2026
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Canada
Feds' rejection of island airport plan prevents waterfront 'destruction': advocates
The federal government's decision to halt Ontario's plan for a major expansion of Billy Bishop airport will guard Toronto's waterfront against serious setbacks to its revitalization, advocates say. The project would involve increased pollution and "mas...
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Alberta premier says she won't retaliate Trump's latest threats with alcohol ban
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she does not plan to retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian goods with an alcohol ban. She told her provincewide call-in radio show Saturday she is leavi...
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Canadian NATO intern arrested on suspicions of espionage in Belgium
MONS - A Canadian intern at NATO has been arrested on suspicions of espionage. Belgium's federal prosecutor says in a statement the female intern of Chinese origin is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country. She is also suspected of being a ...
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World
2 buses collide in southern Peru, killing 5 and injuring 16
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Two buses crashed into each other Saturday in southern Peru killing at least five people and injuring another 16, authorities said. The head-on collision took place along the southern Panamerican Highway in the town of T...
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Scrutiny of WNBA intensifies as mounting discord around the league looms over All-Star festivities
The WNBA has never been bigger. More people are watching. More are investing. Salaries for many players are higher than ever. But mounting turmoil and discord have been a part of this transformative period that has featured a landmark collective bargai...
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Maine Democratic delegates choose Troy Jackson as new nominee to face US Sen. Susan Collins
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine on Saturday and will face longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November in a race that could decide which party controls the Sen...
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